Word predicting method, voice recognition method, and voice recognition apparatus and program using the same methods
US7480612B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 22, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L15/193
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A word predicting method for use with a voice recognition using a computer includes the steps of specifying a sentence structure of a history up to a word immediately before the word to be predicted, referring to a context tree stored in arboreal context tree storage section having information about possible structures of a sentence and a probability of appearance of words with respect to the structures at nodes, and predicting words based on the context tree and the specified sentence structure of the history.
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