Abstract: A voice-based system is configured to process commands in a flexible format, for example, in which a wake word does not necessarily have to occur at the beginning of an utterance. As in natural speech, the system being addressed may be named within or at the end of a spoken utterance rather than at the beginning, or depending on the context, may not be named at all.

Abstract: A vehicle system for classifying spoken utterance within a vehicle cabin as one of system-directed and non-system directed, the system may include at least one microphone configured to detect at least one audio signal from at least one occupant of a vehicle, and a processor programmed to receive the at least one audio signal including at least one acoustic utterance, determine a number of vehicle occupants based at least in part on the at least one signal, determine a probability that the utterance is system directed based at least in part one the utterance and the number of vehicle occupants, determine a classification threshold based at least in part on the number of vehicle occupants, compare the classification threshold to the probability to determine whether the at least one acoustic utterance is one of a system directed utterance and a non-system directed utterance.

Abstract: A method for applying a watermark signal to a speech signal to prevent unauthorized use of speech signals, the method may include receiving an original speech signal; determining a corresponding spectrogram of the original speech signal; selecting a phase sequence of fixed frame length and uniform distribution; and generating an encoded watermark signal based on the corresponding spectrogram and phase sequence.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an antimicrobial drug resistance profile for a microorganism, wherein nucleic acid sequences of the microorganism are analyzed for at least two genetic variations of the nucleic acid sequences comprising at least one genetic variation in a chromosome and at least one genetic variation in at least one plasmid, as well as a, e.g. diagnostic, method of determining an infection of a patient with a microorganism potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment and a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an infection with a potentially resistant microorganism, wherein the data of the antimicrobial drug resistance profile are applied.

Abstract: A method for applying a watermark signal to a speech signal to prevent unauthorized use of speech signals, the method may include receiving an original speech signal; determining a corresponding spectrogram of the original speech signal; selecting a phase sequence of fixed frame length and uniform distribution; and generating an encoded watermark signal based on the corresponding spectrogram and phase sequence.

Abstract: A voice-based system is configured to process commands in a flexible format, for example, in which a wake word does not necessarily have to occur at the beginning of an utterance. As in natural speech, the system being addressed may be named within or at the end of a spoken utterance rather than at the beginning, or depending on the context, may not be named at all.

Abstract: A method for applying a watermark signal to a speech signal to prevent unauthorized use of speech signals, the method may include receiving an original speech signal; determining a corresponding spectrogram of the original speech signal; selecting a phase sequence of fixed frame length and uniform distribution; and generating an encoded watermark signal based on the corresponding spectrogram and phase sequence.

Abstract: A voice-based system is configured to process commands in a flexible format, for example, in which a wake word does not necessarily have to occur at the beginning of an utterance. As in natural speech, the system being addressed may be named within or at the end of a spoken utterance rather than at the beginning, or depending on the context, may not be named at all.

Abstract: A vehicle system for classifying spoken utterance within a vehicle cabin as one of system-directed and non-system directed, the system may include at least one microphone configured to detect at least one acoustic utterance from at least one occupant of a vehicle, at least one sensor to detect user behavior data indicative of user behavior, and a processor programmed to: receive the acoustic utterance, classify the acoustic utterance as one of a system-directed utterance and a non-system directed utterance, determine whether the acoustic utterance was properly classified based on user behavior observed via data received from the sensor after the classification, and apply a mitigating adjustment to classifications of subsequent acoustic utterances based on an improper classification.

Abstract: A vehicle system for classifying spoken utterance within a vehicle cabin as one of system-directed and non-system directed may include at least one microphone to detect at least one acoustic utterance from at least one occupant of the vehicle, at least one camera to detect occupant data indicative of occupant behavior within the vehicle corresponding to the acoustic utterance, and a processor programmed to receive the acoustic utterance, receive the occupant data, determine whether the occupant data is indicative of a vehicle feature, classify the acoustic utterance as a system-directed utterance in response to the occupant data being indicative of a vehicle feature, and process the acoustic utterance.

Abstract: A voice-based system is configured to process commands in a flexible format, for example, in which a wake word does not necessarily have to occur at the beginning of an utterance. As in natural speech, the system being addressed may be named within or at the end of a spoken utterance rather than at the beginning, or depending on the context, may not be named at all.

Abstract: According to some aspects, a system for detecting a designated wake-up word is provided, the system comprising a plurality of microphones to detect acoustic information from a physical space having a plurality of acoustic zones, at least one processor configured to receive a first acoustic signal representing the acoustic information received by the plurality of microphones, process the first acoustic signal to identify content of the first acoustic signal originating from each of the plurality of acoustic zones, provide a plurality of second acoustic signals, each of the plurality of second acoustic signals substantially corresponding to the content identified as originating from a respective one of the plurality of acoustic zones, and performing automatic speech recognition on each of the plurality of second acoustic signals to determine whether the designated wake-up word was spoken.

Abstract: A method, performed by at least one computer, the method comprising using the at least one computer to perform acts of accessing information specifying at least one user-specified condition specified by a user and at least one corresponding user-specified action, the user-specified action to be performed when the user-specified condition is met; determining whether the at least one user-specified condition is met; and when it is determined that the at least one user-specified condition is met, causing a virtual assistant executing on a mobile device different from the at least one computer to perform the at least one user-specified action.

Abstract: Using the full repertoire of genetic information from bacterial genomes and plasmids for improved genetic resistance tests The invention relates to a method of determining an antimicrobial drug resistance profile for a microorganism, wherein nucleic acid sequences of the microorganism are analyzed for at least two genetic variations of the nucleic acid sequences comprising at least one genetic variation in a chromosome and at least one genetic variation in at least one plasmid, as well as a, e.g. diagnostic, method of determining an infection of a patient with a microorganism potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment and a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an infection with a potentially resistant microorganism, wherein the data of the antimicrobial drug resistance profile are applied.

Abstract: According to some aspects, a system for detecting a designated wake-up word is provided, the system comprising a plurality of microphones to detect acoustic information from a physical space having a plurality of acoustic zones, at least one processor configured to receive a first acoustic signal representing the acoustic information received by the plurality of microphones, process the first acoustic signal to identify content of the first acoustic signal originating from each of the plurality of acoustic zones, provide a plurality of second acoustic signals, each of the plurality of second acoustic signals substantially corresponding to the content identified as originating from a respective one of the plurality of acoustic zones, and performing automatic speech recognition on each of the plurality of second acoustic signals to determine whether the designated wake-up word was spoken.

Abstract: An automotive text display arrangement is described which includes a driver text display positioned directly in front of an automobile driver and displaying a limited amount of text to the driver without impairing forward visual attention of the driver. The arrangement may include a boundary insertion mode wherein when the active text position is an active text boundary, new text is inserted between the text items separated by the active text boundary, and when the active text position is an active text item, new text replaces the active text item. In addition or alternatively, there may be a multifunctional text control knob offering multiple different user movements, each performing an associated text processing function.

Abstract: A system comprising at least one processor configured to perform: receiving a first request to access a first user profile of a first user from a first device configured to execute a first virtual assistant to interact with the first user; in response to receiving the first request, providing the first device with access to information in the first user profile so that the first virtual assistant is able to customize, based on the accessed information, its behavior when interacting with the first user; receiving a second request to access the first user profile from a second device configured to execute a second virtual assistant to interact with the first user; and in response to receiving the second request, providing the second device with access to the information so that the second virtual assistant is able to customize, based on the accessed information, its behavior when interacting with the first user.

Abstract: An automotive text display arrangement is described which includes a driver text display positioned directly in front of an automobile driver and displaying a limited amount of text to the driver without impairing forward visual attention of the driver. The arrangement may include a boundary insertion mode wherein when the active text position is an active text boundary, new text is inserted between the text items separated by the active text boundary, and when the active text position is an active text item, new text replaces the active text item. In addition or alternatively, there may be a multifunctional text control knob offering multiple different user movements, each performing an associated text processing function.

Abstract: An automotive text display arrangement is described which includes a driver text display positioned directly in front of an automobile driver and displaying a limited amount of text to the driver without impairing forward visual attention of the driver. The arrangement may include a boundary insertion mode wherein when the active text position is an active text boundary, new text is inserted between the text items separated by the active text boundary, and when the active text position is an active text item, new text replaces the active text item. In addition or alternatively, there may be a multifunctional text control knob offering multiple different user movements, each performing an associated text processing function.

Abstract: A method for conducting a call between a caller and an interactive voice response (IVR) system, the caller using a device to conduct the call, the device configured to execute a virtual assistant, the method comprising using the virtual assistant to conduct the call at least in part by influencing the style of information provided to the caller during the call and/or the content of information passed between the device and the IVR system during the call.