Patent ID: 7337113
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A speech recognition apparatus comprising: an input section, arranged to input speech; a detector, arranged to detect the present operating mode of a device; an instructor, arranged to search a memory in which has been stored information indicating a corresponding relationship between the operating mode of the device and data for speech recognition, and to issue an instruction indicative of data for speech recognition, which has been retrieved from the memory, corresponding to the operating mode of the device; a recognition section, arranged to recognize the input speech using the data for speech recognition indicated by the instruction from said instructor; a sensor, arranged to acquire an operating sound of the device; and an updater, arranged to update the data for speech recognition and store the updated data in the memory, which has been indicated by the instruction from said instructor, based on the operating sound of the device, wherein said updater performs the update at a timing when the device is turned on, or a timing when the device has performed a prescribed operation a predetermined number of times greater than one; and wherein the device is not the speech recognition apparatus.