Patent ID: 6529875
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A63F,G10L

Abstract:
A voice recognition device used as a peripheral device for a game machine, the voice recognition device comprising:voice input means for receiving a player's voice and outputting a voice signal; a voice recognition section for recognizing the player's voice by comparing the voice signal output from said voice input means with data from previously defined voice recognition dictionaries, and generating control signals relating to the game on the basis of the recognition results; and a game machine control section connected to said voice recognition section; wherein said voice recognition results from said voice recognition section and control data from said game machine control section such that control of the game machine control section and the player's voice input to the voice recognition section; said voice recognition section outputs a value indicating a state of the voice signal output from said voice input means and a similarity level indicating the degree of similarity between said voice signal and the contents of said voice recognition dictionary, and said voice recognition section has a first operating mode, wherein voice recognition is conducted on the basis of the state of the voice signal and the similarity level in order to select the type of game action, and a second operating mode, wherein no voice recognition is conducted and the state of said voice signal is measured in order to select the type of game action; and in said second operating mode, said voice recognition section determines a type of voice based on the state of said voice signal, and sets the state of the game action on the basis of the type of voice.