1. A speech recognition apparatus comprising:
a speech input unit configured to receive an input of a speech utterance;
a keyword recognition unit configured to recognize a plurality of keywords included in the speech utterance as a recognition result using a processor;
a presentation unit configured to present the recognition result;
a correction input unit configured to receive a correction input for the recognition result;
a correction unit configured to correct the recognition result based on the correction input to create a correction result;
a dictionary generation unit configured to generate a standby-word dictionary as a union of recognition target vocabulary elements including the plurality of keywords corrected by the correction unit for recognizing the speech utterance; and
a speech utterance recognition unit configured to recognize the speech utterance using the standby-word dictionary.
2. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the correction input unit is configured to receive the correction input by speech via the speech input unit.
3. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an operation unit operated by an operator wherein the correction input unit is configured to receive the correction input by operation of the operation unit.
4. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the operation unit includes a touch panel.
5. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the presentation unit is configured to select a keyword having a recognition score within a predetermined range from among the recognition result and to present the keyword.
6. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the presentation unit is configured to select at least two keywords based on a similarity of acoustic features from among the recognition result and to present the selected keywords.
7. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the presentation unit is configured to select a keyword based on a data size of the standby-word dictionary from among the recognition result and to present the selected keyword.
8. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the presentation unit is configured to select keywords based on a probability of appearing within a recognition-target vocabulary element from among the recognition result and to present the selected keywords.
9. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the presentation unit, the correction input unit, and the correction unit are configured to operate in parallel with the dictionary generation unit and the speech utterance unit.
10. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the correction input is at least one of a deletion from and an addition to the recognition result.
11. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the dictionary generation unit is further configured to specify an appearance position within the speech utterance of each of the at least one keyword and to generate the standby-word dictionary based on the appearance position.
12. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the dictionary generation unit is further configured to generate a search query according to the correction result for searching the standby-word dictionary and to generate the standby-word dictionary so as to include a recognition-target vocabulary element retrieved using the search query.
13. A speech recognition apparatus comprising:
a microphone for receiving a speech utterance;
means for recognizing at least one keyword included in the speech utterance as a recognition result;
means for presenting the recognition result;
means for receiving a correction to the recognition result;
means for correcting the recognition result based on the correction to generate a correction result;
means for generating a standby-word dictionary using the correction result;
means for recognizing the speech utterance using the standby-word dictionary; and
means for operating the presenting means, the receiving means and the correcting means in parallel with the generating means and the means for recognizing the speech utterance.
14. The speech recognition apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the means for recognizing at least one keyword comprises a processor configured to recognize a plurality of keywords and the generating means comprises the processor configured to generate the standby-word dictionary as a union of recognition-target vocabulary elements including the plurality of keywords corrected by the correcting means.
15. A speech recognition method comprising:
receiving a speech utterance;
presenting at least one keyword included in the speech utterance;
correcting the at least one keyword;
generating a standby-word dictionary using a processor, the standby-word dictionary being a union of recognition target vocabulary elements including the at least one keyword as corrected; and
recognizing the speech utterance using the standby-word dictionary.
16. The speech recognition method of claim 15, further comprising:
selecting from among the at least one keyword a selected keyword having a recognition score within a predetermined range; and
presenting the selected keyword.
17. The speech recognition method of claim 15, further comprising:
selecting from among the at least one keyword a selected keyword based on a standby-word dictionary data size of the selected keyword; and
presenting the selected keyword.
18. The speech recognition method of claim 17, further comprising:
selecting from among the at least one keyword a selected keyword having the largest standby-dictionary data size; and
presenting the selected keyword.
19. The speech recognition method of claim 15 wherein presenting the at least one keyword further includes recognizing a plurality of keywords, the method further comprising:
selecting from among the plurality of keywords at least two selected keywords based on a conflict in meaning between the selected keywords; and
presenting the selected keywords.
20. The speech recognition method of claim 15 wherein presenting the at least one keyword further includes recognizing a plurality of keywords, the method further comprising:
selecting from among the plurality of keywords at least two selected keywords based on an interphoneme distance between the selected keywords; and
presenting the selected keywords.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A subcomponent for a power inverter module, comprising:
a housing;
a capacitor having a terminal and integrated into the housing;
a substrate mounted on the housing;
a power semiconductor switch incorporated into the substrate; and
at least one direct current (DC) tab coupled to the power semiconductor switch, wherein the at least one direct current (DC) tab is directly connected to the terminal of the capacitor.
2. The subcomponent for a power inverter module of claim 1, wherein the at least one direct current (DC) tab is connected to an input terminal of the power semiconductor switch.
3. The subcomponent for a power inverter module of claim 1, wherein the capacitor housing is mounted to a chassis for structural support.
4. The subcomponent for a power inverter module of claim 1, further including a DC bus bar coupled to an input terminal of the capacitor and integrated into the capacitor housing to provide electrical connectivity to a DC power source.
5. The subcomponent for a power inverter module of claim 1, wherein the capacitor is circularly disposed about an axis.
6. The subcomponent for a power inverter module of claim 1, further including an alternating current (AC) terminal coupled to an output terminal of the power semiconductor switch and integrated into the capacitor housing to provide electrical connectivity to a load.
7. The subcomponent for a power inverter module of claim 1, wherein the direct current tab comprises a bus to transfer electricity from the capacitor to the substrate.
8. A power inverter module component, comprising:
a housing;
a capacitor integrated into the housing and having an output terminal;
a substrate disposed over the housing;
a semiconductor switch device integrated into the substrate and disposed over the housing; and
an input tab structure integrated into the substrate and semiconductor switch device, and directly coupled to the output terminal of the capacitor.
9. The power inverter module component of claim 8, wherein the output terminal is disposed over a top surface of the housing.
10. The power inverter module component of claim 9, wherein the input tab structure is connected to a bottom surface of the substrate in electrical communication with the semiconductor switch device.
11. The power inverter module component of claim 8, wherein the capacitor is a circular capacitor.
12. The power inverter module component of claim 11, wherein the substrate is angularly disposed about a top portion of the circular capacitor.
13. The power inverter module component of claim 8, wherein the semiconductor switch device is connected to a controller.
14. An apparatus for a power inverter module, comprising:
a capacitor configurable to integrate into a housing, the capacitor having a plurality of output terminal leads corresponding to each of a plurality of direct current (DC) connections;
a plurality of semiconductor switch devices disposed over a plurality of substrates and mounted over the housing, each of the plurality of semiconductor switch devices coupled to a plurality of input terminals extending from the plurality of substrates, wherein each of the plurality of input terminals are directly coupled to each of the plurality of output terminal leads.
15. The capacitor and switch apparatus of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of semiconductor switch devices includes an associated transistor and a diode.
16. The capacitor and switch apparatus of claim 15, wherein the transistor further includes an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT).
17. The capacitor and switch apparatus of claim 15, wherein the transistor is integrated into a semiconductor die.
18. The capacitor and switch apparatus of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of semiconductor switch devices correspond to each of a plurality of AC output phases.
19. The capacitor and switch apparatus of claim 14, further including a bus terminal extending from the housing and coupled to an input terminal of the capacitor for providing electrical connectivity to a power source.
20. The capacitor and switch apparatus of claim 14, wherein the plurality of substrates are comprised of a ceramic layer disposed between a first and second copper layer.