| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for information processing that can narrow down recognized objects associated with the names of places, facilities, etc., nearby a destination only by roughly specifying the position of the destination on a touch panel and vocally inputting the name of the destination etc. <P>SOLUTION: On a touch panel display 1 where a portion of map data stored in a map data storage part 8 is displayed, positional information in the vicinity of a specified destination is acquired and speech information on place names to be recognition objects in the vicinity is acquired. At the same time, speech information regarding the name of the destination which is inputted through a microphone 6 is acquired. Then, a speech recognition part 5 carries out speech recognition of the speech information on the name of the destination and speech information on the place names to be recognized and outputs the recognition result as a recognition likelihood, thereby acquiring positional information regarding the destination according to the result of speech recognition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI</p> |
