Method for the Natural Language Recognition of Numbers
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Abstract
A method for the natural language recognition of numbers, in particular, for use in a voice recognition system. The recognition method is as the follows: a spoken numeral is detected and digitized, the numeral is broken down into number-related word components, the mutual position of the word components is determined within the numeral, the numerical values corresponding to the word components are compared and recognized using word component-number value pairs maintained in a digital dictionary, and the individual numerical values are strung together and/or added and/or multiplied according to the type and positions thereof of the corresponding word components in the numeral such that the numerical value corresponding to the input numeral is obtained.
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12. A method for the natural-language recognition of numbers for use in a voice recognition system, the method comprising:
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detecting and digitizing a spoken numeral; breaking down the numeral into number-related word components; determining the mutual positions of the word components within the numeral; comparing and recognizing the numerical values corresponding to the word components using word component number value pairs maintained in a digital dictionary; and stringing together and/or adding and/or multiplying the individual numerical values according to the number of detected numerical values, the type thereof and the positions of the corresponding word components in the numeral such that the numerical value corresponding to the input numeral is obtained. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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