Patent ID: 7809577

Claim:
A simulation apparatus, comprising: a simulated vehicle operable by a driver; a first dictionary phrase data corresponding to a driver with an age less than a first predetermined age; at least a second dictionary phrase data corresponding to a driver with an age greater than the first predetermined age; a microphone for inputting sound; a main control section for controlling operation of the simulated vehicle; a speech recognition section for recognizing sound of speech inputted from said microphone based on the age of the driver that is less than the first predetermined age and for selecting said first dictionary phrase data and for recognizing sound of speech inputted from said microphone based on the age of the driver that is greater than the first predetermined age and for selecting said at least second dictionary phrase data; and an outputting section being responsive to the selecting of the first dictionary phrase data for performing a first predetermined outputting supplied to said main control section based on the operation and the speech of the driver that is less than the first predetermined age for operating the simulated vehicle, said outputting section being responsive to the selecting of at least the second dictionary phrase data for performing a second predetermined outputting supplied to said main control section based on the operation and the speech of the driver that is greater than the first predetermined age; wherein said speech recognition section automatically starts or stops the recognition of speech in response to a situation on simulated driving.