VOICE INPUT SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD THEREOF, PROGRAM THEREOF, RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING THE PROGRAM, AND NAVIGATION DEVICE
First Claim
1. A voice-input assisting unit for use in a navigator, the navigator navigating a traveling of a movable body from a departure point to a destination point based on map information, a setting item for navigating the movable body being inputted into the navigator through a voice input, the voice-input assisting unit comprising:
- a conversion database having a table structure that stores a plurality of conversion information, the plurality of conversion information each having one data structure and being formed by associating a setting-name information about a name of the setting item with a plurality of related-word information about related words related to a content of the setting item of the setting-name information;
a setting-item database having a table structure that stores a plurality of setting-item information, the plurality of setting-item information each having one data structure and being formed by associating the setting-name information, set-content information and operation-content information together, the set-content information being information about the content of the setting item of the setting-name information, the operation-content information being information about a content of an operation for executing the setting item of the setting-name information;
an audio-signal acquirer that acquires an audio signal corresponding to a voice;
a setting-item selector that, based on the conversion database and the audio signal, computes a probability of the setting item to match the voice and retrieves the setting item in a manner corresponding to the probability;
a related-item selector that retrieves a setting-item information corresponding to the retrieved setting item based on the setting-item database and retrieves a related other setting item based on the set-content information and the operation-content information of the setting-item information; and
a notification controller that associates the setting item selected by the setting-item selector with the related other setting item retrieved by the related-item selector and controls a notifier to notify a notification for requesting that at least one of the setting item and the related other setting item be confirmed.
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Abstract
A setting-item selector calculates probability of a name of a setting item to match a voice based on a conversion database and an audio signal, and retrieves and notifies the setting item in a manner corresponding to the probability. The related-item selector retrieves setting-item information corresponding to the setting item inputted through an input operation by a user based on a setting-item database, and retrieves a name of a related other setting item based on coincidence of set-content information and operation-content information of the setting-item information. A notification controller notifies a combination of related setting items.
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17 Claims
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1. A voice-input assisting unit for use in a navigator, the navigator navigating a traveling of a movable body from a departure point to a destination point based on map information, a setting item for navigating the movable body being inputted into the navigator through a voice input, the voice-input assisting unit comprising:
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a conversion database having a table structure that stores a plurality of conversion information, the plurality of conversion information each having one data structure and being formed by associating a setting-name information about a name of the setting item with a plurality of related-word information about related words related to a content of the setting item of the setting-name information; a setting-item database having a table structure that stores a plurality of setting-item information, the plurality of setting-item information each having one data structure and being formed by associating the setting-name information, set-content information and operation-content information together, the set-content information being information about the content of the setting item of the setting-name information, the operation-content information being information about a content of an operation for executing the setting item of the setting-name information; an audio-signal acquirer that acquires an audio signal corresponding to a voice; a setting-item selector that, based on the conversion database and the audio signal, computes a probability of the setting item to match the voice and retrieves the setting item in a manner corresponding to the probability; a related-item selector that retrieves a setting-item information corresponding to the retrieved setting item based on the setting-item database and retrieves a related other setting item based on the set-content information and the operation-content information of the setting-item information; and a notification controller that associates the setting item selected by the setting-item selector with the related other setting item retrieved by the related-item selector and controls a notifier to notify a notification for requesting that at least one of the setting item and the related other setting item be confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17)
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12. A method of assisting a voice input for use in a navigator, the navigator navigating a traveling of a movable body from a departure point to a destination point based on map information, a setting item for navigating the movable body being inputted into the navigator through the voice input, the method comprising:
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using. a conversion database having a table structure that stores a plurality of conversion information, the plurality of conversion information each being formed by associating a setting-name information about a name of the setting item with a plurality of related-word information about related words related to a content of the setting item of the setting-name information; and
setting-item database having a table structure that stores a plurality of setting-item information, the plurality of setting-item information each being formed by associating the setting-name information, set-content information and operation-content information together, the set-content information being information about the content of the setting item of the setting-name information, the operation-content information being information about a content of an operation for executing the setting item of the setting-name information;acquiring an audio signal outputted by a sound collector, the audio signal corresponding to a voice; computing a probability of the setting item to match the voice based on the conversion database and the audio signal to retrieve the setting item in a manner corresponding to the probability; retrieving a setting-item information corresponding to the retrieved setting item based on the setting-item database and retrieving a related other setting item based on the set-content information and the operation-content information of the setting-item information; and associating the setting item having been selected with the setting item retrieved by the related-item selector, and controlling a notifier to notify a notification for requesting that inputting the setting item be confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (14, 16)
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