IP Library Patent Application 11324584
Patent Application
App. No. 11/324,584

Recording apparatus and voice recorder program

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11/324,584
Abstract

The present invention provides a recording apparatus and voice recorder program that can selectively record the voice of a specific speaker and can also convert voice into text for each speaker and record the resulting text. The recording apparatus comprises: a voice input device for inputting a voice of a speaker; a voice print registration device which registers a voice print of the speaker; a voice extraction device which filters voices input by the voice input device to extract a voice corresponding to the voice print registered in the voice print registration device; and a recording device which records the extracted voice.

Claims (49)

1 . A recording apparatus comprising:

a voice input device for inputting a voice of a speaker;

a voice print registration device which registers a voice print of the speaker;

a voice extraction device which filters voices input by the voice input device to extract a voice corresponding to the voice print registered in the voice print registration device; and

a recording device which records the extracted voice.

2 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein voice prints of a plurality of speakers and speaker identification information that identifies the speakers are associated and registered in the voice print registration device, and the recording device records in a distinguishable condition respective voices that were extracted for each of the speakers.

3 . The recording apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising an extraction voice designation device which selects the speaker identification information to designate a voice of a speaker to be extracted by the voice extraction device.

4 . A recording apparatus comprising:

a voice input device for inputting a voice of a speaker;

a speaker direction calculation device which calculates a direction in which the speaker that emitted the voice is present based on the voice that was input; and

a recording device which associates and records the direction of the speaker and the voice.

5 . The recording apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the voice input device comprises a plurality of microphones, and the speaker direction calculation device calculates the direction in which the speaker is present based on a difference in the volume of the voice that was input from the plurality of microphones.

6 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a text data generation device which converts the input voice into text data; and

a text recording device which records the text data;

wherein when voices of a plurality of speakers were input the text data generation device generates the text data for each of the speakers.

7 . The recording apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a text data generation device which converts the input voice into text data; and

a text recording device which records the text data;

wherein when voices of a plurality of speakers were input the text data generation device generates the text data for each of the speakers.

8 . The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a text data generation device which converts the input voice into text data; and

a text recording device which records the text data;

wherein when voices of a plurality of speakers were input the text data generation device generates the text data for each of the speakers.

9 . The recording apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a text data generation device which converts the input voice into text data; and

a text recording device which records the text data;

wherein when voices of a plurality of speakers were input the text data generation device generates the text data for each of the speakers.

10 . The recording apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a text data generation device which converts the input voice into text data; and

a text recording device which records the text data;

wherein when voices of a plurality of speakers were input the text data generation device generates the text data for each of the speakers.

11 . The recording apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising an output device that outputs the text data.

12 . The recording apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the output device outputs the text data such that the speaker can be distinguished by at least one member of the group consisting of a font, a font size, a color, a background color, a character decoration and a column of characters of the text data.

13 . The recording apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the output device is a printer that prints the text data.

14 . The recording apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the output device is a printer that prints the text data.

15 . The recording apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a text editing device for editing the text data.

16 . The recording apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising a text editing device for editing the text data.

17 . The recording apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising a text editing device for editing the text data.

18 . The recording apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising a text editing device for editing the text data.

19 . A voice recorder program that causes a computer to implement:

a voice input function which inputs voices of speakers;

a voice print registration function which registers voice prints of the speakers;

a voice extraction function which filters the voices that were input and extracts voices corresponding to the registered voice prints; and

a recording function which records the extracted voices.

20 . A voice recorder program that causes a computer to implement:

a voice input function which inputs voices of speakers;

a speaker direction calculation function which calculates directions in which the speakers that emitted the voices are present based on the input voices; and

a recording function which associates and records the directions of the speakers and the voices.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2006
From: MIYAZAKI, TAKAO
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017443/0333 →