Patents by Inventor Colin W. Wightman

Colin W. Wightman 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 system for performing text edits during audio recording playback
    Patent number: 6360237
    Abstract: A method for editing written text in a text editor which automatically aligns a cursor in the written text on a screen with a particular spoken word during playback of an audio recording. The method may comprise aligning the cursor in a targeted insertion point in response to a user's input, performing one or more editing functions at the targeted insertion point, and realigning the cursor with the spoken words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V.
    Inventors: David E. Schulz, Colin W. Wightman, Michael D. Crovitz
  • Speech-recognition-assisted selective suppression of silent and filled speech pauses during playback of an audio recording
    Patent number: 6161087
    Abstract: A method for playback of speech in an audio recording. The method comprises performing full word-level recognition of the speech including recognition of silent pauses and filled pauses, suppressing playback of the filled pauses and silent pauses, alerting a listener of the audio recording to locations of suppressed filled pauses and silent pauses during playback of the audio recording, and accepting a user command to disable suppression of any filled pause or silent pause during playback of the audio recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V.
    Inventors: Colin W. Wightman, Joan Bachenko