Patents by Inventor Jeffery Scott Sorensen

Jeffery Scott Sorensen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for transcribing speech when a plurality of speakers are participating
    Patent number: 6996526
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for transcribing speech when a number of speakers are participating. A number of different speech recognition systems, each with a different speaker model, are executed in parallel. When the identity of all of the participating speakers is known and a speaker model is available for each participant, each speech recognition system employs a different speaker model suitable for a corresponding participant. Each speech recognition system decodes the speech and generates a corresponding confidence score. The decoded output having the highest confidence score is selected for presentation to a user. When all participating speakers are not known, or when there are too many participants to implement a unique speaker model for each participant, a speaker independent speech recognition system is employed together with a speaker specific speech recognition system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sara H. Basson, Peter Gustav Fairweather, Alexander Faisman, Dimitri Kanevsky, Jeffery Scott Sorensen
  • Method and apparatus for transcribing speech when a plurality of speakers are participating
    Publication number: 20030125940
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for transcribing speech when a number of speakers are participating. A number of different speech recognition systems, each with a different speaker model, are executed in parallel. When the identity of all of the participating speakers is known and a speaker model is available for each participant, each speech recognition system employs a different speaker model suitable for a corresponding participant. Each speech recognition system decodes the speech and generates a corresponding confidence score. The decoded output having the highest confidence score is selected for presentation to a user. When all participating speakers are not known, or when there are too many participants to implement a unique speaker model for each participant, a speaker independent speech recognition system is employed together with a speaker specific speech recognition system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sara H. Basson, Peter Gustav Fairweather, Alexander Faisman, Dimitri Kanevsky, Jeffery Scott Sorensen