Patent Document ID: 9355639
Application ID: 14229265
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A candidate selection apparatus utilizing voice recognition that enables selection of a target candidate from a plurality of target candidates displayed in a numbered list form by performing voice recognition of either the selected target candidate or a candidate number of the numbered list assigned to the selected target candidate, spoken by a user from among target candidates and candidate numbers that are displayed in list form, the candidate selection apparatus comprising: a character string determination unit that determines whether or not a character string of a target candidate to be displayed in a numbered list represents a numeral that is the same as a candidate number of the list, where the target candidates to be displayed in the list represent choices available for selection by the user, and the candidate numbers are the numerals of the numbered list; an association unit that associates target candidates with the candidate numbers of the numbered list so that numerals of the target candidates are the same as the numerals of the candidate numbers when the character string determination unit determines that a character string of a target candidate to be displayed in the numbered list represents the numeral of a candidate number of the list; a display control unit that displays the target candidates and the candidate numbers associated with each other by the association unit in list form in accordance with associations made between the target candidates and the candidate numbers of the list; and a voice recognition unit that performs voice recognition of the target candidate or the candidate number spoken by the user from among the target candidates and the candidate numbers that are displayed in list form by the display control unit, whereby a spoken target candidate recognized by the voice recognition unit or a target candidate associated with a spoken candidate number recognized by the voice recognition unit is selected by the candidate selection apparatus from among the target candidates displayed in list form.