Patent ID: 9728187
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G10L

Claim:
1. An electronic device comprising: a connection unit configured to be able to simultaneously connect a plurality of information terminals that are each provided with a sound recognition function; a sound input unit configured to receive an utterance sound and to output a sound signal corresponding to the utterance sound; a sound recognition unit configured to perform sound recognition of the sound signal output from the sound input unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether specific identification information is included in the sound signal, based on a sound recognition result of the sound recognition unit; a selection unit configured to select an information terminal to which the sound signal is to be transmitted, based on the specific identification information, when it has been determined that the specific identification information is included, by the determination unit; and a transmission control unit configured to transmit the sound signal through the connection unit, based on a selection result of the selection unit; wherein the specific identification information is information that starts the sound recognition function of the information terminal to which the sound signal is to be transmitted.