Patents by Inventor David Robert Baker

David Robert Baker 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).

  • Phonetic decoding and concatentive speech synthesis
    Patent number: 8027836
    Abstract: A speech processing system includes a multiplexer that receives speech data input as part of a conversation turn in a conversation session between two or more users where one user is a speaker and each of the other users is a listener in each conversation turn. A speech recognizing engine converts the speech data to an input string of acoustic data while a speech modifier forms an output string based on the input string by changing an item of acoustic data according to a rule. The system also includes a phoneme speech engine for converting the first output string of acoustic data including modified and unmodified data to speech data for output via the multiplexer to listeners during the conversation turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David Robert Baker, Mark Richard Barnard, Richard John Gadd, Eric William Janke
  • PHONETIC DECODING AND CONCATENTIVE SPEECH SYNTHESIS
    Publication number: 20080133241
    Abstract: A speech processing system includes a multiplexer that receives speech data input as part of a conversation turn in a conversation session between two or more users where one user is a speaker and each of the other users is a listener in each conversation turn. A speech recognizing engine converts the speech data to an input string of acoustic data while a speech modifier forms an output string based on the input string by changing an item of acoustic data according to a rule. The system also includes a phoneme speech engine for converting the first output string of acoustic data including modified and unmodified data to speech data for output via the multiplexer to listeners during the conversation turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: David Robert Baker, Mark Richard Barnard, Richard John Gadd, Eric William Janke
  • Hand held spray gun
    Patent number: D397408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Abrasive Developments Limited
    Inventors: David Robert Baker, Jeffrey Philip Earp