Patents Examined by T{overscore (a)}livaldis Ivars Smits
  • Method and system for synchronization of decoded audio and video by adding dummy data to compressed audio data
    Patent number: 6339760
    Abstract: A method for editing audio data includes the steps of creating a header portion containing at least information for indicating a start of an audio unit to be decoded and having composite elements whose values are equal to those of the audio data to which dummy data is to be added, and creating the audio data composed of the dummy data to be ignored during a decoding time. The system for editing audio data is also provided for executing the editing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eriko Koda, Kei Kudou
  • Method and apparatus for command recognition using data-driven semantic inference
    Patent number: 6208971
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for command recognition using data-driven semantic inference includes recognizing a sequence of words received as the voice command. Data-driven semantic inference is then used with the recognized sequence of words to recognize the voice command. Thus, the command is identified on the basis of the semantics of words of the spoken command rather than the particular grammar of each of predetermined different ways the command could be worded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome R. Bellegarda, Kim E. A. Silverman