Interactive robot, speech recognition method and computer program product
US7680667B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L15/26
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interactive robot capable of speech recognition includes a sound-source-direction estimating unit that estimates a direction of a sound source for target voices which are required to undergo speech recognition; a moving unit that moves the interactive robot in the sound-source direction; a target-voice acquiring unit that acquires the target voices at a position after moving; and a speech recognizing unit that performs speech recognition of the target voices.
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