SIMULTANEOUS SPEECH PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A simultaneous speech processing apparatus, comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a speech signal;
a speech recognition unit configured to generate a decided character string and at least one candidate character string, the decided character string being a character string corresponding to a speech section in which part of the speech signal having undergone speech recognition processing is converted into a character string, the at least one candidate character string being a character string corresponding to a speech section in which a character string as a conversion result is variable during speech recognition processing in a speech section succeeding the decided character string;
a detection unit configured to detect a first character string as a processing piece character string if the first character string included in the decided character string exists commonly in one or more combined character strings on dividing the one or more combined character strings by a boundary, the one or more combined character strings being obtained by connecting the decided character string and the at least one candidate character string, the boundary indicating a morphological position serving as a start position of a processing piece in natural language processing; and
an output unit configured to output the processing piece character string.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a simultaneous speech processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a speech recognition unit, a detection unit and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires a speech signal. The speech recognition unit generates a decided character string and at least one candidate character string. The detection unit detects a first character string as a processing piece character string if the first character string included in the decided character string exists commonly in one or more combined character strings on dividing the one or more combined character strings by a boundary indicating a morphological position serving as a start position of a processing piece in natural language processing. The output unit outputs the processing piece character string.
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20 Claims
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1. A simultaneous speech processing apparatus, comprising:
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an acquisition unit configured to acquire a speech signal; a speech recognition unit configured to generate a decided character string and at least one candidate character string, the decided character string being a character string corresponding to a speech section in which part of the speech signal having undergone speech recognition processing is converted into a character string, the at least one candidate character string being a character string corresponding to a speech section in which a character string as a conversion result is variable during speech recognition processing in a speech section succeeding the decided character string; a detection unit configured to detect a first character string as a processing piece character string if the first character string included in the decided character string exists commonly in one or more combined character strings on dividing the one or more combined character strings by a boundary, the one or more combined character strings being obtained by connecting the decided character string and the at least one candidate character string, the boundary indicating a morphological position serving as a start position of a processing piece in natural language processing; and an output unit configured to output the processing piece character string. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A simultaneous speech processing method, comprising;
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acquiring a speech signal; generating a decided character string and at least one candidate character string, the decided character string being a character string corresponding to a speech section in which part of the speech signal having undergone speech recognition processing is converted into a character string, the at least one candidate character string being a character string corresponding to a speech section in which a character string as a conversion result is variable during speech recognition processing in a speech section succeeding the decided character string; detecting a first character string as a processing piece character string if the first character string included in the decided character string exists commonly in one or more combined character strings on dividing the one or more combined character strings by a boundary, the one or more combined character strings being obtained by connecting the decided character string and the at least one candidate character string, the boundary indicating a morphological position serving as a start position of a processing piece in natural language processing; and outputting the processing piece character string. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising;
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acquiring a speech signal; generating a decided character string and at least one candidate character string, the decided character string being a character string corresponding to a speech section in which part of the speech signal having undergone speech recognition processing is converted into a character string, the at least one candidate character string being a character string corresponding to a speech section in which a character string as a conversion result is variable during speech recognition processing in a speech section succeeding the decided character string; detecting a first character string as a processing piece character string if the first character string included in the decided character string exists commonly in one or more combined character strings on dividing the one or more combined character strings by a boundary, the one or more combined character strings being obtained by connecting the decided character string and the at least one candidate character string, the boundary indicating a morphological position serving as a start position of a processing piece in natural language processing; and outputting the processing piece character string. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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