KEYWORD EXTRACTING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A keyword extracting device, comprising:
- an audio input section that inputs speech sound of speakers;
a speech segment determination section that determines a speech segment for each speaker in connection with the input speech sound;
a speech recognition section that recognizes the speech sound of the determined speech segment for each speaker;
a speech response feature extraction section that extracts a feature of a speech response suggesting presence of a keyword on the basis of a response from another speaker to the speech sound of each speaker; and
a keyword extraction section that extracts the keyword from the speech sound of the speech segment specified on the basis of the feature of the extracted speech response.
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Abstract
The present invention aims at extracting a keyword of conversation without preparations by advanced anticipation of keywords of conversation. A keyword extracting device of the present invention includes an audio input section 101 by way of which a speech sound made by a speaker is input; a speech segment determination section 102 that determines a speech segment for each speaker in connection with the input speech sound; a speech recognition section 103 that recognizes a speech sound of the determined speech segment for each speaker; an interrupt detection section 104 that detects a feature of a speech response suggesting presence of a keyword on the basis of a response of another speaker to speech sounds of respective speakers; namely, an interrupt where a preceding speech and a subsequent speech overlap; a keyword extraction section 105 that extracts the keyword from the speech in the speech segment specified on the basis of an interrupt; a keyword search section 106 that performs keyword search by means of the keyword; and a display section 107 that displays a result of keyword search.
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11 Claims
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1. A keyword extracting device, comprising:
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an audio input section that inputs speech sound of speakers; a speech segment determination section that determines a speech segment for each speaker in connection with the input speech sound; a speech recognition section that recognizes the speech sound of the determined speech segment for each speaker; a speech response feature extraction section that extracts a feature of a speech response suggesting presence of a keyword on the basis of a response from another speaker to the speech sound of each speaker; and a keyword extraction section that extracts the keyword from the speech sound of the speech segment specified on the basis of the feature of the extracted speech response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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