Patent ID: 7043427
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: G10K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for speech recognition, comprising: a microphone selected from a group consisting of a microphone close to a speaker and a microphone remote from said speaker, said microphone producing electrical signals from speech elements of said speaker; a recognition system to which said electrical signals are supplied, said electrical signals being supplied via a first transmission channel when said microphone is said microphone close to said speaker, and said electrical signals being supplied via a second transmission channel when said microphone in said microphone remote from said speaker, said recognition system comparing speech elements recorded by said microphone with speech elements learned previously in a training phase and, in case of agreement, producing a recognition signal; and a correction unit connected into said first transmission channel, said correction unit modifying said electrical signals such that said electrical signals have room transmission characteristics substantially as they occur in recording with said microphone remote from said speaker.