INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20080133238A1
• Filed: 11/30/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Awaya, Kouhei, Yamamoto, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US11/948,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20080133238A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/251
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/193 Formal grammars, e.g. finite state automata, context free grammars or word networks
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present invention include an information processing apparatus comprising a setting unit configured to set first retrieval criteria including a plurality of items; a storage unit configured to store a designated word in relation to the first retrieval criteria set by the setting unit, into a memory; and a retrieval unit configured to receive a speech input including the word stored in relation to the first retrieval criteria and second retrieval criteria different from the first retrieval criteria, and retrieve data based on both the first retrieval criteria and the second retrieval criteria.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a setting unit configured to set first retrieval criteria including a plurality of items;

a storage unit configured to store a designated word in relation to the first retrieval criteria set by the setting unit, into a memory; and

a retrieval unit configured to receive a speech input including the word stored in relation to the first retrieval criteria and second retrieval criteria different from the first retrieval criteria, and retrieve data based on both the first retrieval criteria and the second retrieval criteria.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a speech recognition unit configured to perform speech recognition on a received speech using a speech recognition grammar; and

an updating unit configured to update the speech recognition grammar so that the speech recognition can be performed on the speech input including the word corresponding to the first retrieval criteria and the second retrieval criteria,

wherein the retrieval unit obtains the first retrieval criteria and the second retrieval criteria from a result obtained by the speech recognition unit in response to reception of the speech input.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the updating unit updates the speech recognition grammar while the second retrieval criteria includes retrieval criteria that can be set to an item not being set to the first retrieval criteria among the plurality of items.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a display control unit configured to display the plurality of items on a screen; and

a focus control unit configured to focus the display of the screen on at least one of the plurality of items,

wherein the updating unit updates the speech recognition grammar while the second retrieval criteria includes retrieval criteria that can be set to the at least one of the plurality of items.

5. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first display control unit configured to display on a screen display data that enable a user to set retrieval criteria including a plurality of items;

a focus control unit configured to focus the display of the screen on at least one of the plurality of items;

a setting unit configured to set the retrieval criteria including the plurality of items;

a register unit configured to register a designated word in relation to the retrieval criteria set by the setting unit, wherein the register unit relates the word with an item focused by the focus control unit;

a receiving unit configured to receive designation of the word; and

a second display control unit configured to display on a screen display data setting the retrieval criteria related to the word in response to the designation of the word received by the receiving unit, in a condition where an item relating to the word registered by the register unit is focused.

6. A method comprising:

setting first retrieval criteria including a plurality of items;

storing a designated word in relation to the set first retrieval criteria into a memory; and

receiving a speech input including the word stored in relation to the first retrieval criteria and second retrieval criteria different from the first retrieval criteria and retrieving data based on both the first retrieval criteria and the second retrieval criteria.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

performing speech recognition on a received speech using a speech recognition grammar; and

updating the speech recognition grammar so that the speech recognition can be performed on the speech input including the word corresponding to the first retrieval criteria and the second retrieval criteria,

wherein the first retrieval criteria and the second retrieval criteria are obtained from a result of the speech recognition in response to reception of the speech input.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the speech recognition grammar is updated while the second retrieval criteria includes retrieval criteria that can be set to an item not being set to the first retrieval criteria among the plurality of items.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

displaying the plurality of items on a screen; and

focusing the display of the screen on at least one of the plurality of items,

wherein the speech recognition grammar is updated while the second retrieval criteria includes retrieval criteria that can be set to the at least one of the plurality of items.

10. A method comprising:

displaying on a screen display data that enable a user to set retrieval criteria including a plurality of items;

focusing the display of the screen on at least one of the plurality of items;

setting the retrieval criteria including the plurality of items;

registering a designated word in relation to the retrieval criteria, wherein the word is related with a focused item;

receiving designation of the word; and

displaying on a screen display data setting the retrieval criteria related to the word in response to the designation of the word, in a condition where an item relating to the registered word is focused.