Patent ID: 8279171

Claim:
A voice input device comprising: a command storage section operable to store a command in which one representative command name is associated with at least one paraphrased command name, the command storage section being a non-transitory memory device; a voice acquisition section operable to acquire a voice command produced by a user; a command recognition section operable to refer to the command storage section and to recognize a paraphrased command name based on the voice command acquired by the voice acquisition section; an execution section operable to execute a command corresponding to the paraphrased command name recognized by the command recognition section; and a display control section operable to change the representative command name to the paraphrased command name recognized by the command recognition section, and to display simultaneously both the paraphrased command name and the representative command name on a screen when the execution section executes the command corresponding to the paraphrased command name.