Claims
- 1. An interactive speech recognition apparatus, comprising:
- a voice input unit to receive voice and translate the received voice into digital form;
- a voice analysis unit in communication with said voice input unit to generate characteristic voice data for the received digitized voice;
- a phrase identification unit in communication with said voice analysis unit to determine whether the characteristic voice data substantially matches standard characteristic voice information corresponding to pre-registered expressions and generate phrase identification data in response thereto, wherein the pre-registered expressions are stored as standard speech pat terns capable of recognition in a removable cartridge releasably communicating with said phrase identification unit, said removable cartridge comprising a first memory to retain the standard speech patterns;
- a speech recognition and dialogue management unit in communication with said phrase identification unit to recognize a meaning from the received based on the received phrase identification data and to formulate an appropriate response corresponding to the recognized meaning;
- a response creation function in communication with said speech recognition and dialogue management unit to enable the creation of response data based on information inputted to said speech recognition apparatus; and
- a voice synthesizer in communication with said speech recognition and dialogue management unit to generate synthesized audio corresponding to the appropriate response formulated by said speech recognition and dialogue management unit.
- 2. The interactive speech recognition apparatus of claim 1, wherein said removable cartridge includes a second memory releasably communicating with said speech recognition and dialogue management unit to retain conversation content data used to recognize the meaning from the received and recognized voice.
- 3. The interactive speech recognition apparatus of claim 2, wherein said removable cartridge includes a third memory releasably communicating with said speech recognition and dialogue management unit and said speech synthesis unit to retain response data used to formulate and synthesize the appropriate response to the received and recognized voice.
- 4. The interactive speech recognition apparatus of claim 4, wherein said first, second and third cartridge memories reside within at least one ROM device.
- 5. The interactive speech recognition apparatus of claim 4, wherein said first, second and third cartridge memories reside within at least one EEPROM device.
- 6. The interactive speech recognition apparatus of claim 1, wherein said removable cartridge includes a second memory releasably communicating with said speech recognition and dialogue management unit and said voice synthesizer to retain response data used to formulate and synthesize the appropriate response to the received and recognized voice.
- 7. An interactive speech recognition apparatus, comprising:
- a voice input unit to receive voice and translate the received voice into digital form;
- a voice analysis unit in communication with said voice input unit to generate characteristic voice data for the received digitized voice;
- a phrase identification unit in communication with said voice analysis unit to determine whether the characteristic voice data substantially matches standard characteristic voice information corresponding to pre-registered expressions and generate phrase identification data in response there to;
- a speech recognition and dialogue management unit in communication with said phrase detection unit to recognize a meaning from the received voice based on the received phrase identification data and conversation content information stored in a first memory of a removable cartridge releasably communicating therewith, and to formulate an appropriate response corresponding to the recognized meaning;
- a response creation function in communication with said speech recognition and dialogue management unit to enable the creation of response data based on information inputted to said speech recognition apparatus; and
- a voice synthesizer in communication with said speech recognition and dialogue management unit to generate synthesized audio corresponding to the appropriate response formulated by said speech recognition and dialogue management unit.
- 8. The interactive voice recognition apparatus of claim 7, wherein said removable cartridge includes a second memory releasably communicating with said speech recognition and dialogue management unit and said voice synthesizer to retain response data used to formulate and synthesize the appropriate response to the received and recognized voice.
- 9. The interactive speech recognition apparatus of claim 8, wherein said first and second cartridge memories reside within at least one ROM device.
- 10. The interactive speech recognition apparatus of claim 8, wherein said first and second cartridge memories reside within at least one EEPROM device.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 08/536,563, filed Sep. 29, 1995. Also, this application is related to copending application Ser. No. 08/700,181, filed on the same date as the present application, Attorney's docket No. P2503a, entitled "Voice Activated Interactive Speech Recognition Device And Method", and copending application Ser. No. 08/699,874, filed on the same date as the present application, Attorney's docket No. P2505a, entitled "Speech Recognition Device And Processing Method", all commonly assigned with the present invention to the Seiko Epson Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. This application is also related to the following copending applications: application Ser. No. 08/078,027, filed Jun. 18, 1993, entitled "Speech Recognition System"; application Ser. No. 08/641,268, filed Sep. 29, 1995, entitled "Interactive Voice Recognition Method and Apparatus Using Affirmative/Negative Content Discrimination," which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/078,027, now abandoned; application Ser. No. 08/102,859, filed Aug. 6, 1993, entitled "Speech Recognition Apparatus"now U.S. Pat. No. 5,481,644 issued Jan. 2, 1996; application Ser. No. 08/485,134, filed Jun. 7, 1995, entitled "Speech Recognition Apparatus Using Neural Network and Learning Method Therefor"; and application Ser. No. 08/536,550, filed Sep. 29, 1996, entitled "Interactive Voice Recognition Method And Apparatus Using Affirmative/Negative Content Discrimination"; all commonly assigned with the present invention to the Seiko Epson Corporation of Tokyo, Japan.
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