Speech recognition based on initial sound extraction for navigation and name search

• US 7,809,563 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2006
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai AMCO Company Limited (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai AMCO Company Limited (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Bong Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Lerner; Martin
• Application Number:
  US11/548,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20070136070A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,455 Days
• Field of Search: 704/247, 704/248, 704/249, 704/252, 704/253, 704/254, 704/255, 704/270, 704/251, 701/208, 701/211, 379/88.03
• US Class Current: 704/251
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/142 Hidden Markov Models [HMMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

Provided are a navigation system having a name search function based on voice recognition, and a method thereof. The navigation system having a map database in which names of topography features on map data are mapped to the map data, includes a voice recognizing unit, an initial sound extracting unit, and a controller. The voice recognizing unit receives a voice uttered by a user, recognizes the uttered voice, and converts the recognized voice into text data. The initial sound extracting unit extracts only an initial sound of each syllable from the text data. The controller receives the initial sound from the initial sound extracting unit, and searches the map database for a destination using an initial sound name search.

Claims

1. A method for searching a name in a navigation system having a name search function based on voice recognition, the method comprising steps of:

determining whether or not a voice name search mode is set;

when it is determined that the voice name search mode is set, checking whether or not a voice is inputted;

when it is checked that the voice is inputted, performing the voice recognition;

determining whether or not an initial sound name search mode is set;

when it is determined that the initial sound name search mode is set, extracting an initial sound from each syllable of the voice recognized name; and

performing an initial sound name search by the extracted initial sound.

2. A method for searching a name in a navigation system having a name search function based on voice recognition, the method comprising steps of:

determining whether or not a voice name search mode is set;

when it is determined that the voice name search mode is set, checking whether or not a voice is inputted;

when it is checked that the voice is inputted, determining whether or not an initial sound name search mode is set;

when it is determined that the initial sound name search mode is set, outputting an initial sound recognized at a time of voice recognition on a syllable-per basis; and

performing an initial sound name search by the recognized initial sound.