Patents Examined by Jakieda Jackson
  • Interactive manual, system and method for vehicles and other complex equipment
    Patent number: 9263037
    Abstract: A method and system of providing an interactive manual, including a speech engine to receive and process speech from a user, convert the speech into a word sequence, and identify meaning structures from the word sequence, a structured manual including information related to an operation of a device, a visual model to relate visual representation of the information, a dialog management arrangement to interpret the meaning structures in a context and to extract pertinent information and the visual representation from the structured manual and the visual model, and an output arrangement to output the information and visual representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Fuliang Weng, Hauke Schmidt, Gengyan Bei
  • Apparatus and method for clustering speakers, and a non-transitory computer readable medium thereof
    Patent number: 9251808
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a speaker clustering apparatus includes a clustering unit, an extraction unit, and an error detection unit. The clustering unit is configured to extract acoustic features for speakers from an acoustic signal, and to cluster utterances included in the acoustic signal into the speakers by using the acoustic features. The extraction unit is configured to acquire character strings representing contents of the utterances, and to extract linguistic features of the speakers by using the character strings. The error detection unit is configured to decide that, when one of the character strings does not fit with a linguistic feature of a speaker into which an utterance of the one is clustered, the utterance is erroneously clustered by the clustering unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoo Ikeda, Manabu Nagao, Osamu Nishiyama, Hirokazu Suzuki, Koji Ueno, Nobuhiro Shimogori
  • Systems, methods and apparatus for dynamic content management and delivery
    Patent number: 9239834
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for linking virtual content to various types of object, such a static physical objects, through the use of triggers of varying formats. The virtual content can be updated by a content curator over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Globili LLC
    Inventors: William A. Donabedian, Randall L. Mullins
  • Voice actions on computing devices
    Patent number: 9239603
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving spoken input at a computing device from a user of the computing device, the spoken input including a carrier phrase and a subject to which the carrier phrase is directed, providing at least a portion of the spoken input to a server system in audio form for speech-to-text conversion by the server system, the portion including the subject to which the carrier phrase is directed, receiving from the server system instructions for automatically performing an operation on the computing device, the operation including an action defined by the carrier phrase using parameters defined by the subject, and automatically performing the operation on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff
  • Method and system for generating new entries in natural language dictionary
    Patent number: 9239826
    Abstract: A method and computer system for analyzing a text corpus in a natural language is provided. An initial morphological description having word inflection rules for various groups of words in the natural language is created by a linguist. A plurality of text corpuses are analyzed to obtain information on the occurrence of a plurality of word forms for each word token in each text corpus. A morphological dictionary which contains information about each base form and word inflection rules for each word token with verified hypothesis is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: ABBYY InfoPoisk LLC
    Inventors: Vladimir Selegey, Alexey Maramchin
  • Methods and apparatus for proofing of a text input
    Patent number: 9236045
    Abstract: Techniques for presenting data input as a plurality of data chunks including a first data chunk and a second data chunk. The techniques include converting the plurality of data chunks to a textual representation comprising a plurality of text chunks including a first text chunk corresponding to the first data chunk and a second text chunk corresponding to the second data chunk, respectively, and providing a presentation of at least part of the textual representation such that the first text chunk is presented differently than the second text chunk to, when presented, assist a user in proofing the textual representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Labsky, Jan Kleindienst, Tomas Macek, David Nahamoo, Jan Curin, Lars Koenig, Holger Quast
  • Systems and methods for multi-user multi-lingual communications
    Patent number: 9231898
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein facilitate multi-lingual communications. The systems and methods of some embodiments enable multi-lingual communications through different modes of communication including, for example, Internet-based chat, e-mail, text-based mobile phone communications, postings to online forums, postings to online social media services, and the like. Certain embodiments implement communication systems and methods that translate text between two or more languages. Users of the systems and methods may be incentivized to submit corrections for inaccurate or erroneous translations, and may receive a reward for these submissions. Systems and methods for assessing the accuracy of translations are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Machine Zone, Inc.
    Inventors: Francois Orsini, Nikhil Bojja, Bartlomiej Puzon
  • Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio
    Patent number: 9230561
    Abstract: A system and method of creating a customized multi-media message to a recipient is disclosed. The multi-media message is created by a sender and contains an animated entity that delivers an audible message. The sender chooses the animated entity from a plurality of animated entities. The system receives a text message from the sender and receives a sender audio message associated with the text message. The sender audio message is associated with the chosen animated entity to create the multi-media message. The multi-media message is delivered by the animated entity using as the voice the sender audio message wherein the mouth movements of the animated entity conform to the sender audio message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Joern Ostermann, Mehmet Reha Civanlar, Barbara Buda, Claudio Lande
  • Data retrieval and indexing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 9223850
    Abstract: A method of searching a plurality of data files, wherein each data file includes a plurality of features. The method: determines a plurality of feature groups, wherein each feature group includes n features and n is an integer of 2 or more; expresses each data file as a file vector, wherein each component of the vector indicates the frequency of a feature group within the data file, wherein the n features which constitute a feature group do not have to be located adjacent to one another; expresses a search query using the feature groups as a vector; and searches the plurality of data files by comparing the search query expressed as a vector with the file vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Langzhou Chen
  • Apparatus and method for concealing frame erasure and voice decoding apparatus and method using the same
    Patent number: 9224399
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for concealing frame erasure and a voice decoding apparatus and method using the same. The frame erasure concealment apparatus includes: a parameter extraction unit determining whether there is an erased frame in a voice packet, and extracting an excitement signal parameter and a line spectrum pair parameter of a previous good frame; and an erasure frame concealment unit, if there is an erased frame, restoring the excitement signal and line spectrum pair parameter of the erased frame by using a regression analysis from the excitement signal and line spectrum pair parameter of the previous good frame. According to the method and apparatus, by predicting and restoring the parameter of the erased frame through the regression analysis, the quality of the restored voice signal can be enhanced and the algorithm can be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONCIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hosang Sung, Kangeun Lee, Seungho Choi
  • Sound recognition method and system
    Patent number: 9224388
    Abstract: A method for generating an anti-model of a sound class is disclosed. A plurality of candidate sound data is provided for generating the anti-model. A plurality of similarity values between the plurality of candidate sound data and a reference sound model of a sound class is determined. An anti-model of the sound class is generated based on at least one candidate sound data having the similarity value within a similarity threshold range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kisun You, Kyu Woong Hwang, Taesu Kim
  • Method and device for the natural-language recognition of a vocal expression
    Patent number: 9208787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for the natural-language recognition of a vocal expression. A vocal expression of a person is detected and converted into a voice signal to be processed by a voice recognition device. Afterwards, the voice signal is analyzed at the same time or sequentially in a plurality of voice recognition branches of the voice recognition device using a plurality of grammars, wherein the recognition process is successfully completed if the analysis of the voice signal in at least one voice recognition branch supplies a positive recognition result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
    Inventors: Ekkehard Hayn, Klaus-Dieter Liedtke, Guntbert Markefka
  • System and method for providing speech recognition using personal vocabulary in a network environment
    Patent number: 9201965
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a media file and generating a text file based on the media file. The method includes identifying selected words within the text file based on a whitelist, the whitelist includes a plurality of designated words to be tagged. The selected words are compared to a group of words associated with an individual. One or more of the selected words are removed based on the selected words not being found in the group of words associated with the individual. In more specific embodiments, the method includes generating a resultant after removing one or more of the selected words, the resultant can be separated into fields that identify a title and an author associated with the resultant. At least one of the selected words that is removed is associated with a false positive associated with two words that phonetically sound similar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Satish K. Gannu, Guido Jouret, Ashutosh A. Malegaonkar
  • Multilingual prosody generation
    Patent number: 9195656
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for multilingual prosody generation. In some implementations, data indicating a set of linguistic features corresponding to a text is obtained. Data indicating the linguistic features and data indicating the language of the text are provided as input to a neural network that has been trained to provide output indicating prosody information for multiple languages. The neural network can be a neural network having been trained using speech in multiple languages. Output indicating prosody information for the linguistic features is received from the neural network. Audio data representing the text is generated using the output of the neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Javier Gonzalvo Fructuoso, Andrew W. Senior, Byungha Chun
  • System for voice control of a medical implant
    Patent number: 9192773
    Abstract: An implantable system (11) for control of and communication with an implant (17) in a body, comprising a command input device (12) and a processing device (13) coupled thereto, the processing device (13) being adapted to generate input to a command generator (16) which is comprised in the system (11) coupled to the processing device (13) and which is adapted to generate and communicate commands to the medical implant (17) in response to input received from the processing device (13), the system (11) further comprising a memory unit (15) connected to at least one of said devices in the system (11) for storing a memory bank of commands. The command input device (12) is adapted to receive commands from a user as voice commands, and the processing device (13) comprises a filter adapted to filter voice commands against high frequency losses and frequency distortion caused by the mammal body (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Automatic display of user-specific financial information based on audio content recognition
    Patent number: 9191707
    Abstract: Aspects herein describe at least a new method, system, and computer readable storage media for recognizing the content of the audio. A computing device determines whether the content comprises one or more financial products and services offered by a financial institution, correlates the one or more financial products and services with a profile of a person, determines a subset of the one or more financial products and services that are of interest to the person based on the correlation, and transmits data related to the subset to a television for viewing by the person. The subset of the one or more products and services are displayed on a portion of the screen of the television.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Alicia C. Jones, Matthew Perkins, James E. Burgess
  • System and method for communication terminal surveillance based on speaker recognition
    Patent number: 9179302
    Abstract: A Candidate Isolation System (CIS) detects subscribers of phone call services as candidates to be surveillance targets. A Voice Matching System (VMS) then decides whether or not a given candidate Communication Terminals (CTs) should be tracked by determining, using speaker recognition techniques, whether the subscriber operating the candidate CT is a known target subscriber. The CIS receives from the network call event data that relate to CTs in the network. The CIS detects candidate CTs using a unique candidate isolation process, which applies predefined selection criteria to the received call events data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: VERINT SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Eithan Goldfarb, Yoav Ariav
  • Selectively processing user input
    Patent number: 9176944
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A computing system receives text that represents content input by a user. A computing system determines a randomness level for a portion of the text. A computing system determines whether the randomness level for the portion of text exceeds a threshold level. A computing system, responsive to determining that the randomness level does not exceed the threshold level, provides the portion of text for processing by a text processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Coker
  • Method and apparatus for setting selected recognition parameters to minimize an application cost function
    Patent number: 9177552
    Abstract: Methods and systems for setting selected automatic speech recognition parameters are described. A data set associated with operation of a speech recognition application is defined and includes: i. recognition states characterizing the semantic progression of a user interaction with the speech recognition application, and ii. recognition outcomes associated with each recognition state. For a selected user interaction with the speech recognition application, an application cost function is defined that characterizes an estimated cost of the user interaction for each recognition outcome. For one or more system performance parameters indirectly related to the user interaction, the parameters are set to values which optimize the cost of the user interaction over the recognition states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey N. Marcus
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 9164981
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs topic analysis on one or more collected documents to calculate a probability indicating the degree of fitness of each sentence constituting the collected document for each item of a local topic, performs linguistic analysis on the collected document to detect a unique expression pattern in each item of the local topic, sets topic usefulness for each sentence constituting the collected document on the basis of evaluation of the sentence by an evaluator, sets a total evaluation value with respect to each item of the local topic on the basis of the topic analysis result and the topic usefulness, selects an item of the local topic on the basis of the total evaluation values, and extracts an appropriate sentence for a unique expression pattern in the selected item of the local topic from the collected document as a profound text candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Miyazaki, Shingo Takamatsu