Telephone system for voice recognition

(54) TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR VOICE RECOGNITION

(75) Inventor: Masami Nashirozawa, Kanagawa (JP)

(73) Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ol this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/082,160

(22) Filed: May 20, 1998

(30) Foreign Application Priority Data

Jun. 19, 1997 (JP) 9-178975

(51) Int. CI.7 H04M 1/64; H04M 3/42

(52) U.S. CI 379/88.01; 379/88.02;

379/88.03; 379/88.07; 379/88.16; 379/201.01;

379/201.02

(58) Field of Search 379/88.01, 88.03,

379/88.16, 90.01, 93.17, 201, 210, 216, 355, 356, 419, 142, 211, 88.02, 88.04, 88.06, 88.07, 93.01, 201.01, 201.02, 201.07, 355.01; 704/239, 240, 241, 243, 251, 254, 260; 369/25, 26, 29, 34

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* cited by examiner

Primary Examiner—Allan Hoosain

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Pearne & Gordon LLP

A telephone set 2 to be connected to a main unit 1 ol a private branch exchange or a key service unit includes therein a verbal telephone directory memory section 28rf which stores information relating to the voice ol the user and information relating to telephone numbers, a control section 28a which recognizes the user's input voice on the basis ol the voice information and controls a dialing operation on the basis ol the phone-number information, and a predetermined guidance memory section 28c which stores predetermined guidance used for giving instructions to the user in the form ol voice or an indication.

2 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets