Patent ID: 7548861

Claim:
A speech recognition system in a vehicle, the system comprising: a speech recognition apparatus for performing speech recognition; an electronic apparatus for performing at least a specified operation; and a communication network via which the speech recognition apparatus and the electronic apparatus are communicative, wherein the speech recognition apparatus includes: a notifying unit for transmitting, when performing speech recognition, an operating signal indicating that the speech recognition is in operation to the electronic apparatus; a speech recognizing unit for performing speech recognition to specify a candidate for a speech inputted by a user; a reporting unit for reporting the specified candidate so as to require the user to indicate an instruction; and a first control unit for executing, when receiving an instruction signal indicating an operation performed by the user, a subsequent process based on the received instruction signal, wherein the electronic apparatus includes: a receiving unit for receiving an operation performed by the user and generating a corresponding instruction signal; and a second control unit for, when not receiving the operating signal, determining that the instruction signal is not related to speech recognition and executing the specified operation based on the instruction signal, and when receiving the operating signal, determining that the instruction signal is related to speech recognition and transmitting, without executing the specified operation based on the instruction signal, the instruction signal to the speech recognition apparatus, and wherein the speech recognition apparatus then executes the subsequent process based on the instruction signal transmitted from the electronic apparatus.