Patents by Inventor Risto Kurki-Suonio

Risto Kurki-Suonio 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).

  • Patent number: 9123343
    Abstract: An arrangement for converting speech into text comprises a mobile device (202) and a server entity (208) configured to perform the conversion and additional optional processes in co-operation. The user of the mobile device (202) may locally edit the speech signal prior to or between the execution of the actual speech recognition tasks, by replacing an inarticulate portion of the speech signal with a new version being recording of the portion. Task sharing details can be negotiated dynamically based on a number of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: MOBITER DICTA OY
    Inventor: Risto Kurki-Suonio
  • Publication number: 20110112836
    Abstract: Electronic device and method for obtaining a digital speech signal and a control command relating to the digital speech signal while obtaining the digital speech signal, and for temporally associating the control command with a substantially corresponding time instant in the digital speech signal to which the control command was directed, wherein the control command determines one or more punctuation marks or another, optionally symbolic, elements to be at least logically positioned at a text location corresponding to the communication instant relative to the digital speech signal so as to cultivate the speech to text conversion procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: MOBITER DICTA OY
    Inventors: Risto Kurki-Suonio, Andrew Cotton
  • Publication number: 20110112837
    Abstract: Electronic device and method for speech to text conversion procedure, wherein the overall conversion result may include smaller portions with multiple conversion options that are audibly and optionally visually or tactilely reproduced for user confirmation, thereby resulting enhanced conversion accuracy with minimal additional effort by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: MOBITER DICTA OY
    Inventors: Risto Kurki-Suonio, Andrew Cotton
  • Publication number: 20090319267
    Abstract: An arrangement for converting speech into text comprises a mobile device (202) and a server entity (208) configured to perform the conversion and additional optional processes in co-operation. The user of the mobile device (202) may locally edit the speech signal prior to or between the execution of the actual speech recognition tasks. Task sharing details can be negotiated dynamically based on a number of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Risto Kurki-Suonio