Abstract: An illumination arrangement of a passenger cabin for a passenger aircraft contains a control line with a connected lamp arrangement and operating unit having operating elements for selecting light scenarios of the lamp arrangement by transmitting dedicated control signals of the operating elements from the operating unit to the lamp arrangement via the control line, the lamp arrangement has a first decoder for allocating a sequence of control signals to a prescribed one of the light scenarios, the first decoder has a decoding instruction in a menu structure, the selection of menu elements of the menu structure is effected by the control signals, the illumination arrangement contains an add-on display which is connected to the control line, the add-on display contains a second decoder with the same decoding instruction, according to which a respectively received control signal is assigned a graphic representation of the menu element that is in each case currently selected by the control signals, the graphic re

Abstract: An illumination arrangement of a passenger cabin for a passenger aircraft contains a control line with a connected lamp arrangement and operating unit having operating elements for selecting light scenarios of the lamp arrangement by transmitting dedicated control signals of the operating elements from the operating unit to the lamp arrangement via the control line, the lamp arrangement has a first decoder for allocating a sequence of control signals to a prescribed one of the light scenarios, the first decoder has a decoding instruction in a menu structure, the selection of menu elements of the menu structure is effected by the control signals, the illumination arrangement contains an add-on display which is connected to the control line, the add-on display contains a second decoder with the same decoding instruction, according to which a respectively received control signal is assigned a graphic representation of the menu element that is in each case currently selected by the control signals, the graphic re

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a lighting arrangement having a control input for a control variable and having a luminaire as a multicolored luminaire having an input interface for a color variable and a brightness variable contains a control unit having an output interface for the color variable and the brightness variable, wherein the control unit assigns a brightness value and a color value to a received control value on the basis of a mapping rule. The present invention is further directed to a vehicle containing such a lighting device and a method for converting a vehicle having a light control infrastructure for connecting luminaires to a control output for a single control variable involves such a lighting device being connected to the control output.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a lighting arrangement having a control input for a control variable and having a luminaire as a multicoloured luminaire having an input interface for a colour variable and a brightness variable contains a control unit having an output interface for the colour variable and the brightness variable, wherein the control unit assigns a brightness value and a colour value to a received control value on the basis of a mapping rule. The present invention is further directed to a vehicle containing such a lighting device and a method for converting a vehicle having a light control infrastructure for connecting luminaires to a control output for a single control variable involves such a lighting device being connected to the control output.

Abstract: An LED lighting device for AC voltage supply is provided. The device has LEDs that are divided into multiple LED part groups. A supply voltage is provided to the device. The LED part groups provides a plurality of LED strands each formed by a certain number of LED part groups arranged in series with each other. The device has shorting links each for bridging one of the LED part groups in an LED strand. The device also has a control means for controlling the shorting links to place the LED strands in at least two switch states. The through voltages of the LED strands are different, when the LED strands are in the switch states, respectively.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus is provided. A lighting means of the apparatus has one or more LEDs. A first device of the apparatus cooperates with a pulse width modulation device for optionally adjusting brightness of the LED. To simplify the maintenance of the lighting apparatus, a memory and a second device are provided. The memory stores information relating to the lighting means. The second device generates a signal, which encodes the information using the pulse width modulation device. As a result, the signal can be transmitted by the LEDs as a pulse width-modulated light signal.

Abstract: An LED lighting device for AC voltage supply is provided. The device has LEDs that form a whole chain. The LEDs are divided into LED part groups. The device also has multiple serial switching means, multiple shorting links and a control means. The control means is configured to control the shorting links and the serial switching means, to place the whole chain in at least two switch states. The switch states differ in the through voltage of the whole chain.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting apparatus (1) having a lighting means (2) comprising at least one LED and having a first device (3) co-operating with a pulse width modulation device (4) for optionally adjusting a brightness of the LED. In order to simplify the maintenance of the lighting apparatus (1), it is proposed according to the invention that a memory (7) for storing at least one piece of information relating to the lighting means (2) and a second device (6) for generating a signal which encodes the information using the pulse width modulation device (4) are provided so that the signal can be transmitted by means of the LED as a pulse width-modulated light signal (L).

Abstract: It is the task of the present invention to provide an LED lighting device that is adapted for an AC voltage supply. Suggested for that is an LED lighting device 1 for an AC voltage supply 2, with several LEDs that form a whole chain 9, whereby the LEDs are divided into LED part groups 11 a, b, c, d, x, y, whereby a supply voltage with changing amplitude is present in the LED lighting device 1, and with several serial switching means 12a, b, c, d, x, y, and with several shorting links 16a, b, and with a control means 10, whereby the control means 10 is designed for controlling the shorting links 16a, b, and the serial switching means 12a, b, c, d, x, y in order to place the whole chain 9 in at least two switch states 1,11, whereby the at least two switch states 1,11 differ in the through voltage of the whole chain 9.

Abstract: It is the task of the present invention to provide an LED lighting device that is adapted for an AC voltage supply. Suggested for this is an LED lighting device 1 for an AC voltage supply 2, with several LEDs that form a whole chain 9, whereby the LEDs are divided into LED part groups 11a, b, c, whereby a supply voltage with changing amplitude is present in the LED lighting device 1, whereby several LED part groups 11a, b, c are arranged in series with each other and form an LED strand 8, 8a, b, c, and with shorting links 12a, b, c, each designed for bridging one of the LED part groups 11a, b, c in the LED strand 8, 8a, b, c, and with a control means 10, whereby the control means 10 is designed for controlling the shorting links 12a, b, c in order to place the LED strand 8, 8a, b, c in at least two switch states I, II, whereby the at least two switch states I, II differ in the through voltage of the LED strand 8, 8a, b, c.

Abstract: A system and method enabling acoustic barge-in during a voice prompt in a communication system. An acoustic prompt model is trained to represent the system prompt using the specific speech signal of the prompt. The acoustic prompt model is utilized in a speech recognizer in parallel with the recognizer's active vocabulary words to suppress the echo of the prompt within the recognizer. The speech recognizer may also use a silence model and traditional garbage models such as noise models and out-of-vocabulary word models to reduce the likelihood that noises and out-of-vocabulary words in the user utterance will be mapped erroneously onto active vocabulary words.

Abstract: Method and device for the recognition of words and pauses in a voice signal. The words (Wi) spoken in a row and pauses (Ti) are thereby combined as to be appertaining to a word group as soon as one of the pauses (Ti) exceeds a limit value (TG). Stored references (Rj) are allocated to the voice signal of the word group, and an indication of the result of the allocation is effected after the limit value (TG) has been exceeded. To this end, parameters corresponding to the moments of the transitions between ranges with voice and non-voice are determined from the voice signal, and the limit value (TG) is then changed in dependence on said parameters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating an adapted reference for automatic speech recognition. In a first step, recognition is performed based on a spoken utterance and a recognition result which corresponds to a currently valid reference is obtained. In a second step, the currently valid reference is adapted in accordance with the utterance in order to create an adapted reference. In a third step, the adapted reference is assessed and it is decided if the adapted reference is used for further recognition.

Abstract: Method and device for the recognition of words and pauses in a voice signal. The words (Wi) spoken in a row and pauses (Ti) are thereby combined as to be appertaining to a word group as soon as one of the pauses (Ti) exceeds a limit value (TG). Stored references (Rj) are allocated to the voice signal of the word group, and an indication of the result of the allocation is effected after the limit value (TG) has been exceeded. To this end, parameters corresponding to the moments of the transitions between ranges with voice and non-voice are determined from the voice signal, and the limit value (TG) is then changed in dependence on said parameters.

Abstract: A system and method enabling acoustic barge-in during a voice prompt in a communication system. An acoustic prompt model is trained to represent the system prompt using the specific speech signal of the prompt. The acoustic prompt model is utilized in a speech recognizer in parallel with the recognizer's active vocabulary words to suppress the echo of the prompt within the recognizer. The speech recognizer may also use a silence model and traditional garbage models such as noise models and out-of-vocabulary word models to reduce the likelihood that noises and out-of-vocabulary words in the user utterance will be mapped erroneously onto active vocabulary words.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a user interactive user friendly speech recognition controller and method of operating the same. The speech recognition controller recognises (S1, S11, S12, S20, S27) at least one keyword in a speech utterance enunciated by a user and obtain (S2, S7, S13, S24, S40) for said at least one recognized keyword a recognition reliability which indicates how reliably said at least one keyword has been recognized correctly by the speech recognition controller. It then compares (S3, S26, S41) said reliability with a recognition reliability threshold and if said obtained reliability is lower than said recognition reliability threshold, it provides (S4, S14, S32, S35) an unreliability indication to the user (S4, S14, S32). In response to said unreliability indication it recognises at least one further keyword and then corrects said at least one recognized recognized in response to said unreliability indication to the user.

Abstract: A mobile terminal (100) which is controllable by spoken utterances like proper names or command words is described. The mobile terminal (100) comprises an interface (200) for receiving from a network server (300) acoustic models for automatic speech recognition and an automatic speech recognizer (110) for recognizing the spoken utterances based on the received acoustic models. The invention further relates to a network server (300) for mobile terminals (100) which are controllable by spoken utterances and to a method for obtaining acoustic models for a mobile terminal (100) controllable by spoken utterances.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating an adapted reference for automatic speech recognition. In a first step, recognition is performed based on a spoken utterance and a recognition result which corresponds to a currently valid reference is obtained. In a second step, the currently valid reference is adapted in accordance with the utterance in order to create an adapted reference. In a third step, the adapted reference is assessed and it is decided if the adapted reference is used for further recognition.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for communication with a subscriber. The arrangement includes a spectral analysis unit for producing short-time spectral values (Y(i)) of received signals (E) which signals are at times subscriber's speech signals superimposed by echoes of transmission signals (S) transmitted to the subscriber, a echo cancelling unit for estimating short-time spectral values of the echoes (X.sub.w (i)) and for producing difference values (D(i)) between the short-time spectral values (Y(i)) of the received signals (E) and the estimated short-time spectral values (X.sub.w (i)) of the echoes, and speech recognition unit for evaluating the difference values (D(i)).

Abstract: Speech recognition produces test signals from the speech signal which are compared with predetermined reference signals so as to form scores. Each subsequent test signal is compared with reference values which are situated within a predetermined neighborhood of the reference value which has been determined to be optimum for the preceding test signal. In dependence on this neighborhood, transition values in conformity with the transition probabilities are added to the scores. In order to enhance the results notably in the case of different speeds of speaking of the instantaneous speaker, it is proposed to adapt these transition values in dependence on the speed of speaking. A further improvement can be achieved by also adapting the reference values themselves to the relevant speaker's pronunciation. This adaptation can also be iteratively performed in a number of steps.