Patent ID: 7548862

Claim:
An audio-visual apparatus with a voice recognition function comprising: a voice input section to which voices are inputted: a voice recognition section configured to recognize the voices; a code storage section having prestored therein a control code associated with a voice representing a first command to control an apparatus body, and a specified code associated with a voice representing an UNDO command to undo the first command; a recognized voice processing section configured to fetch the control code or the specified code associated with the voice recognized by the voice recognition section from the code storage section and output the control code or the specified code thus fetched; a control section configured to instruct components of the apparatus body to perform respective operations for executing the first command according to the control code associated therewith upon receipt of the control code outputted from the recognized voice processing section; and a settings storage section configured to store therein settings of the apparatus body, wherein: the control section records in the settings storage section settings of the apparatus body that are active before the execution of the first command as last settings before command execution and then executes the first command; when the specified code outputted from the recognized voice processing section is received after the execution of the first command, the control section instructs the components of the apparatus body to perform respective UNDO operations for restoring the last settings stored in the settings storage section from the current settings of the apparatus body; the control section determines whether a second command executed after instructing the components of the apparatus body to perform the respective UNDO operations, is FAST FORWARD or REVERSE; and when determining that the second command is FAST FORWARD or REVERSE, the control section instructs the components of the apparatus body to stop the second command.