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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 dateAug 22, 2002
Grant dateJan 20, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 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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