Patent ID: 7181396

Claim:
A system for performing a speech recognition procedure, comprising: a sound sensor that converts a spoken utterance into input speech data; a recognizer configured to compare said input speech data to dictionary entries from a merged dictionary, said merged dictionary being implemented by utilizing a merging technique that maps two or more related phrases with similar meanings to a single one of said dictionary entries, said two or more related phrases each having a different final particle that does not alter a basic shared meaning of said two or more related phrases, said merging technique being based upon a particle context from each of said two or more related phrases, said particle context indicating an intended mood of an initial speaker of said input speech data, each of said two or more related phrases including a command followed by said particle context, one of said two or more related phrases having an assertive particle context to indicate said intended mood of said initial speaker of said input speech data; and a processor configured to control said recognizer to perform said speech recognition procedure.