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Automatic recognition of audio information in a broadcast program

  • US 6,011,854 A
  • Filed: 09/18/1997
  • Issued: 01/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Audio processing apparatus for outputting preselected audio information detected from a program which is reproduced via output means, said audio processing apparatus comprising:

  • a tuner for tuning to an arbitrary broadcast station and for generating an audio output signal corresponding to said program transmitted by said arbitrary broadcast station;

    a programmable controller for receiving said audio output signal from said tuner and for receiving from a user an arbitrary keyword representative of said preselected audio information, said programmable controller determining whether said preselected audio information is present in said audio output signal based on the received arbitrary keyword by executing a speech recognition operation for recognizing the received arbitrary keyword in the transmitted program; and

    a switch controlled by said programmable controller for supplying said audio output signal to said output means for reproducing said program when said preselected audio information is present in said audio output signal.

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