Interactive robot, speech recognition method and computer program product
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1. An interactive robot capable of speech recognition, comprising:
- a sound-source-direction estimating unit that estimates a direction of a sound source for target voices which are required to undergo speech recognition;
a moving unit that moves the interactive robot in the sound-source direction;
a target-voice acquiring unit that acquires the target voices at a position after moving; and
a speech recognizing unit that performs speech recognition of the target voices.
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Abstract
An interactive robot capable of speech recognition includes a sound-source-direction estimating unit that estimates a direction of a sound source for target voices which are required to undergo speech recognition; a moving unit that moves the interactive robot in the sound-source direction; a target-voice acquiring unit that acquires the target voices at a position after moving; and a speech recognizing unit that performs speech recognition of the target voices.
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18 Claims
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1. An interactive robot capable of speech recognition, comprising:
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a sound-source-direction estimating unit that estimates a direction of a sound source for target voices which are required to undergo speech recognition;
a moving unit that moves the interactive robot in the sound-source direction;
a target-voice acquiring unit that acquires the target voices at a position after moving; and
a speech recognizing unit that performs speech recognition of the target voices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A speech recognition method for an interactive robot capable of speech recognition, the method comprising:
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estimating a direction of the sound source of target voices which are required to undergo speech recognition;
moving the interactive robot in the direction of the sound source;
acquiring the target voices when the interactive robot is located at a position after moving; and
performing the speech recognition of the target voices.
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18. A computer program product having a computer readable medium including programmed instructions for performing speech recognition processing on an interactive robot capable of speech recognition, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:
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estimating a direction of the sound source of target voices which are required to undergo speech recognition;
moving the interactive robot in the direction of the sound source;
acquiring the target voices when the interactive robot is located-at a position after moving; and
performing the speech recognition of the target voices.
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