Patent · US Expired

Voice recognition apparatus, voice recognition method, map displaying apparatus, map displaying method, navigation apparatus, navigation method and car

US5956684A · kind A · utility

22Cited by
4References
14Claims
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Filing dateOct 11, 1996
Grant dateSep 21, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/26
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Voice processing for recognizing a predetermined voice such as a place name is performed by a voice processing section 14 from an audio signal inputted from a microphone 11 on the basis of an operation of a talk switch 18. When a map display is based on the recognized place name is performed, an incorrect reading and a place name commonly mistaken can be also recognized. Accordingly, a high grade operation of a navigation apparatus can be simply performed without obstructing an operator driving while a car.

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