Patent Document ID: 20120271633
Application ID: 13450515
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An interactive device that recognizes input voice of a user and thereby contents of utterance of the user and performs a predetermined response action corresponding to the recognized contents, the interactive device comprising: a recognition section setting means that sets a recognition starting point to an utterance starting end frame serving as a starting end of the user's utterance in the input voice and sets a recognition terminal point to a frame which is a predetermined length of time ahead of the recognition starting point to thereby set a recognition section throughout which voice recognition is performed, a voice recognition means that performs voice recognition for the recognition section, a response action determining means that, if a recognition result by the voice recognition means includes a key phrase, determines a response action associated with the key phrase, and a response action executing means that executes the response action determined by the response action determining means, the recognition section setting means repeatedly updating the frame set as the recognition terminal point to a frame which is the predetermined length of time ahead of the recognition terminal point, to thereby set a plurality of recognition sections having different recognition terminal points, and the voice recognition means performing voice recognition on each of the plurality of recognition sections having different recognition terminal points.