Patents by Inventor Christian Plahl

Christian Plahl 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 for scoring in an automatic speech recognition system
    Patent number: 10650805
    Abstract: A system and method for speech recognition is provided. Embodiments may include receiving an audio signal at a first deep neural network (“DNN”) associated with a computing device. Embodiments may further include receiving the audio signal at a second deep neural network (“DNN”) associated with a computing device, wherein the second deep neural network includes fewer parameters than the first deep neural network. Embodiments may also include determining whether to select an output from the first deep neural network or the second deep neural network and providing the selected output to a decoder with an overall objective of speeding up ASR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Pinto, Daniel Willett, Christian Plahl
  • METHOD FOR SCORING IN AN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170294186
    Abstract: A system and method for speech recognition is provided. Embodiments may include receiving an audio signal at a first deep neural network (“DNN”) associated with a computing device. Embodiments may further include receiving the audio signal at a second deep neural network (“DNN”) associated with a computing device, wherein the second deep neural network includes fewer parameters than the first deep neural network. Embodiments may also include determining whether to select an output from the first deep neural network or the second deep neural network and providing the selected output to a decoder with an overall objective of speeding up ASR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Joel Pinto, Daniel Willett, Christian Plahl