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Voice recognition method and voice recognition apparatus

  • US 20080059175A1
  • Filed: 08/08/2007
  • Published: 03/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A voice recognition apparatus for recognizing a voice spoken by a speaker comprising:

  • a recognition dictionary which stores groups of recognition candidates respectively associated with visual target objects located around the speaker;

    a sight line detector that detects a direction of a sight line of the speaker; and

    a controller that;

    determines one of the visual target objects located in the direction of the sight line of the speaker on the basis of the direction of the sight line;

    from among the recognition candidates in the recognition dictionary, sets each of the recognition candidates associated with the determined visual target object as a recognition target range; and

    from among the recognition target range, selects a recognition candidate which is highly similar to voice data inputted by a microphone.

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