Patents by Inventor Ian C. McGraw

Ian C. McGraw 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).

  • Enhanced stability prediction for incrementally generated speech recognition hypotheses
    Publication number: 20130110492
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for predicting the stability of speech recognition results. In one aspect, a method includes determining a length of time, or a number of occasions, in which a word has remained in an incremental speech recognizer's top hypothesis, and assigning a stability metric to the word based on the length of time or number of occasions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Ian C. McGraw, Alexander H. Gruenstein
  • Tool for selecting ink and other objects in an electronic document
    Patent number: 7454702
    Abstract: A note-taking application is provided which includes a free-form selection tool. In certain embodiments, a particular selection may be based in part on the speed or velocity of a user selection. The free-form selection tool is configured to provide more or less precise selections based in part on the speed of a selection. The free-form selection tool is further operable to recognize when a user is attempting to retry a selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alex J. Simmons, Ian C. McGraw, Peter L. Engrav, Benoit Barabe, Owen C. Braun