Information processing apparatus and information processing method

• US 20050267749A1
• Filed: 05/27/2005
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamada, Kohei, Yamamoto, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US11/139,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20050267749A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/231
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3264 of sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data

Abstract

An information processing apparatus including an receiving unit for receiving sound information correlated with data, a setting unit for setting whether sound information received by the receiving unit is set as an object of predetermined processing, and a storage unit for storing the data on a storage medium in correlation with the sound information and information which shows the setting result of the setting unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an receiving unit configured to receive sound information correlated with data;

a setting unit configured to set whether sound information received by the receiving unit is to be subjected to predetermined processing; and

a storage unit storing the data on a storage medium in correlation with the sound information and information indicating the setting by the setting unit.

2. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined processing includes at least one of a data search, a speech recognition, and a sound classification.

3. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the predetermined processing being a speech recognition;

and a discrimination unit configured to discriminate whether the sound information received by the receiving unit is a speech, wherein the setting unit sets the sound information as the object of speech recognition in cases responsive to the discrimination unit discriminating that the sound information is the speech.

4. An information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a second setting unit configured to set the sound information as the object of sound classification responsive to the discrimination unit discriminating that the sound information is not the speech.

5. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an receiving unit configured to receive sound information correlated with data;

a setting unit configured to set whether sound information received by the receiving unit is set as an object of speech recognition; and

a storage unit storing the data on a storage medium in correlation with information indicating a result of a speech recognition of the sound information in cases in which the sound information is set as the object of speech recognition by the setting unit, and storing the data on the storage medium in correlation with the sound information without performing the speech recognition in cases in which the sound information is not set as the object of speech recognition by the setting unit.

6. (canceled)

7. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive data, sound information and setting information indicating whether the sound information is set as an object of speech recognition, correlated with the data;

a speech recognition unit performing speech recognition on the sound information in cases in which the setting information is set as the object of speech recognition; and

a storage unit storing information indicating a result of the speech recognition by the speech recognition unit on a storage medium in correlation with the data.

8. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive data, sound information and setting information indicating whether the sound information is set as an object of sound classification, correlated with the data;

a classification unit classifying the sound information into a attribute of sound in cases in which the setting information is set as the object of sound classification; and

a storage unit storing the attribute of sound classified by the classification unit on a storage medium in correlation with the data.

9. An information processing method comprising the following steps:

an receiving step of receiving sound information correlated with data;

a setting step of setting whether sound information received in the receiving step is to be subjected to predetermined processing; and

a storage step of storing the data on a storage medium in correlation with the sound information and information indicating the setting result of the setting step.

10. An information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined processing includes one of a data search, a speech recognition and a sound classification.

11. An information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined processing is a speech recognition, and further comprising a discrimination step of discriminating whether the sound information received in the receiving step is a speech, and wherein the setting step includes setting the sound information as the object of speech recognition responsive to discriminating that the sound information is the speech in the discrimination step.

12. An information processing method according to claim 9, further comprising a second setting step of setting the sound information as the object of sound classification responsive to discriminating that the sound information is not the speech in the discrimination step.

17. A computer program executable by computer to perform the image processing method according to claim 9.

22. A computer readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 17.

13. An information processing method comprising the following steps:

an receiving step of receiving sound information correlated with data;

a setting step of setting whether sound information received in the receiving step is set as an object of speech recognition; and

a storing step of storing the data on a storage medium in correlation with information indicating a result of the speech recognition of the sound information in cases in which the sound information is set as the object of speech recognition in the setting step, and storing the data on the storage medium in correlation with the sound information without performing the speech recognition in cases in which the sound information is not set as the object of speech recognition in the setting step.

18. A computer program executable by computer to perform the image processing method according to claim 13.

23. A computer readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 18.

14. (canceled)

19. A computer program executable by computer to perform the image processing method according to claim 14.

24. A computer readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 19.

15. An information processing method comprising the following steps:

a receiving step of receiving data, sound information and setting information indicating whether the sound information is set as an object of speech recognition, correlated with the data;

a speech recognition step of performing the speech recognition on the sound information in cases in which the setting information is set as the object of speech recognition; and

a storing step of storing information indicating a result of the speech recognition performed in the speech recognition step on a storage medium in correlation with the data.

20. A computer program executable by computer to perform the image processing method according to claim 15.

25. A computer readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 20.

16. An information processing method comprising the following steps:

a receiving step of receiving data, sound information and setting information indicating whether the sound information is set as an object of sound classification, correlated with the data;

a classification step of classifying the sound information into a attribute of sound in cases in which the setting information is set as the object of sound classification; and

a storing step of storing the attribute of sound classified in the classification step, on a storage medium in correlation with the data.

21. A computer program executable by computer to perform the image processing method according to claim 16.

26. A computer readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 21.

27. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive data, sound information correlated with the data, and setting information indicating whether the sound information is used for data search; and

a search unit configured to search the data, correlated with sound information corresponding to the setting information set for the data search, based on the sound information.

28. An information processing method comprising the following step:

a receiving step of receiving data, sound information correlated with the data, and setting information indicating whether the sound information is used for data search; and

a search step of searching the data, correlated with sound information corresponding to the setting information set as use for the data search, based on the sound information.