Patents by Inventor Jae-Min Joh

Jae-Min Joh 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).

  • Patent number: 11521612
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus and method use speech recognition and include: a passenger recognizing device configured to recognize passengers including a first passenger and at least one second passenger in a vehicle; a voice recognizing device configured to receive and to recognize a voice utterance by the first passenger or the at least one second passenger and to output a speech recognition result based on the received voice utterance; and a processor configured to additionally query the at least one second passenger or the first passenger based on the speech recognition result of the voice utterance of the first passenger or the at least one second passenger, respectively, to provide each of the first passenger and the at least one second passenger with a customized service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jae Min Joh
  • Patent number: 11514908
    Abstract: A voice command recognition device and a method thereof are provided. The voice command recognition device includes a processor that registers one or more voice commands selected by analysis of one or more voice commands repeatedly used by a user or a voice command utterance pattern of the user to generate one package command and a storage storing data or an algorithm for speech recognition by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seo Hwan Choi, Jae Min Joh
  • Patent number: 11195527
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for processing speech recognition may include a speech recognition module that recognizes a voice uttered from a user, and a processing module that calls a user DB where information associated with the user is registered when a voice command of the user is input by the speech recognition module, verifies setting information related to a domain corresponding to the voice command, and processes the voice command through a content provider linked to the associated domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae Min Joh
  • Patent number: 11056113
    Abstract: A conversation guidance method of a speech recognition system may include managing a user domain based on speech recognition function information and situation information corrected from a system mounted on a vehicle, generating a conversation used for speech recognition based on the user domain, and guiding a user with the generated conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Lee, Jae Min Joh
  • Publication number: 20210174797
    Abstract: A voice command recognition device and a method thereof are provided. The voice command recognition device includes a processor that registers one or more voice commands selected by analysis of one or more voice commands repeatedly used by a user or a voice command utterance pattern of the user to generate one package command and a storage storing data or an algorithm for speech recognition by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Seo Hwan Choi, Jae Min Joh
  • Publication number: 20210166683
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus and method use speech recognition and include: a passenger recognizing device configured to recognize passengers including a first passenger and at least one second passenger in a vehicle; a voice recognizing device configured to receive and to recognize a voice utterance by the first passenger or the at least one second passenger and to output a speech recognition result based on the received voice utterance; and a processor configured to additionally query the at least one second passenger or the first passenger based on the speech recognition result of the voice utterance of the first passenger or the at least one second passenger, respectively, to provide each of the first passenger and the at least one second passenger with a customized service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jae Min Joh
  • Patent number: 11004447
    Abstract: A speech processing apparatus includes a speech processor for acquiring information on a relationship between a first user and a second user on the basis of a spoken language of the first user, a storage for storing a first user database (DB) that includes personal information of the second user identified by a second identification tag and a second user DB that includes personal information of the first user identified by a first identification tag, and a DB managing processor for updating the first user DB and the second user DB based on the acquired information on the relationship between the first user and the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho Lee, Jae Min Joh
  • Publication number: 20200193984
    Abstract: A conversation guidance method of a speech recognition system may include managing a user domain based on speech recognition function information and situation information corrected from a system mounted on a vehicle, generating a conversation used for speech recognition based on the user domain, and guiding a user with the generated conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Lee, Jae Min Joh
  • Publication number: 20200193985
    Abstract: A method of managing a domain for a speech recognition system includes may include: collecting, by a vehicle function analysis module, speech recognition function information from a system mounted on a vehicle; collecting, by a vehicle situation analysis module, situation information from the system mounted on the vehicle; and managing, by a user domain management module, a user domain based on the speech recognition function information and the situation information collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Lee, Jae Min Joh
  • Publication number: 20200193986
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for processing speech recognition may include a speech recognition module that recognizes a voice uttered from a user, and a processing module that calls a user DB where information associated with the user is registered when a voice command of the user is input by the speech recognition module, verifies setting information related to a domain corresponding to the voice command, and processes the voice command through a content provider linked to the associated domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae Min JOH
  • Patent number: 10629201
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for correcting an utterance error of a user, which is configured for extracting a sematic frame with high accuracy even though the utterance of the user is incomplete, and a method thereof may include a voice activity detector configured to extract a voice after distinguishing a voice part and a mute part in a user utterance; a voice recognizer configured to output a text corresponding to the voice extracted by the voice activity detector after recognizing the voice; a named-entity recognizer configured to recognize a named entity of each text output from the voice recognizer; a text normalizer configured to normalize each text based on the named entity of each text recognized by the named entity recognizer; and a text determiner configured to determine a final text among normalized texts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Soo Park, Jae Min Joh
  • Patent number: 10621985
    Abstract: A voice recognition device for a vehicle includes: an input device receiving a command and a negative interjection uttered by a user, converting the command into a first voice signal, and converting the negative interjection into a second voice signal; a storage device storing a negative context, an interjection context, and an acoustic model; and a control device receiving the first voice signal, detecting a first start point and a first end point of the first voice signal, receiving the second voice signal after the detection of the first start point and the first end point of the first voice signal, detecting a second start point and a second end point of the second voice signal, and recognizing the second voice signal based on at least one of the negative context, the interjection context, and the acoustic model when the reception of the first voice signal and the second voice signal is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae Min Joh
  • Patent number: 10559304
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted voice recognition device includes: a storage configured to store a plurality of databases for voice recognition generated based on an address book database sent from a terminal device; a processor configured to detect at least one element from the plurality of databases for voice recognition and determine an order of displaying contact information corresponding to the at least one element; and a user interface configured to display the contact information corresponding to the at least one element in the order of displaying and receive a selection of a piece of the contact information from a user. The processor is further configured to detect a database among the plurality of databases for voice recognition, the detected database including an element corresponding to the selected piece of contact information, and re-determine the order of displaying the contact information based on detection frequencies of the plurality of databases for voice recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho Lee, Jae Min Joh
  • Patent number: 10475441
    Abstract: A voice end-point detection device, a system and a method are provided. The voice end-point detection system includes a processor that is configured to determine an end-point detection time to detect an end-point of speaking of a user that varies vary for each user and for each domain. The voice end-point detection system is configured to perform voice recognition and a database (DB) is configured to store data for the voice recognition by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Lee, Jae Min Joh
  • Publication number: 20190180741
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for correcting an utterance error of a user, which is configured for extracting a sematic frame with high accuracy even though the utterance of the user is incomplete, and a method thereof may include a voice activity detector configured to extract a voice after distinguishing a voice part and a mute part in a user utterance; a voice recognizer configured to output a text corresponding to the voice extracted by the voice activity detector after recognizing the voice; a named-entity recognizer configured to recognize a named entity of each text output from the voice recognizer; a text normalizer configured to normalize each text based on the named entity of each text recognized by the named entity recognizer; and a text determiner configured to determine a final text among normalized texts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Soo PARK, Jae Min JOH
  • Publication number: 20190130907
    Abstract: A voice recognition device for a vehicle includes: an input device receiving a command and a negative interjection uttered by a user, converting the command into a first voice signal, and converting the negative interjection into a second voice signal; a storage device storing a negative context, an interjection context, and an acoustic model; and a control device receiving the first voice signal, detecting a first start point and a first end point of the first voice signal, receiving the second voice signal after the detection of the first start point and the first end point of the first voice signal, detecting a second start point and a second end point of the second voice signal, and recognizing the second voice signal based on at least one of the negative context, the interjection context, and the acoustic model when the reception of the first voice signal and the second voice signal is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Jae Min Joh
  • Publication number: 20180357999
    Abstract: A voice end-point detection device, a system and a method are provided. The voice end-point detection system includes a processor that is configured to determine an end-point detection time to detect an end-point of speaking of a user that varies vary for each user and for each domain. The voice end-point detection system is configured to perform voice recognition and a database (DB) is configured to store data for the voice recognition by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Lee, Jae Min Joh
  • Publication number: 20180350365
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted voice recognition device includes: a storage configured to store a plurality of databases for voice recognition generated based on an address book database sent from a terminal device; a processor configured to detect at least one element from the plurality of databases for voice recognition and determine an order of displaying contact information corresponding to the at least one element; and a user interface configured to display the contact information corresponding to the at least one element in the order of displaying and receive a selection of a piece of the contact information from a user. The processor is further configured to detect a database among the plurality of databases for voice recognition, the detected database including an element corresponding to the selected piece of contact information, and re-determine the order of displaying the contact information based on detection frequencies of the plurality of databases for voice recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jin Ho Lee, Jae Min Joh
  • Publication number: 20180182391
    Abstract: A speech processing apparatus includes a speech processor for acquiring information on a relationship between a first user and a second user on the basis of a spoken language of the first user, a storage for storing a first user database (DB) that includes personal information of the second user identified by a second identification tag and a second user DB that includes personal information of the first user identified by a first identification tag, and a DB managing processor for updating the first user DB and the second user DB based on the acquired information on the relationship between the first user and the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Jin Ho LEE, Jae Min Joh
  • Patent number: 9900414
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication, a display, and a controller configured to, activate a mode for voice recognition in response to a touch input to a soft button displayed on the display or to a hard button on the mobile terminal, receive a first voice input associated with a phone call relating operation of the mobile terminal, display an indicator on the display indicating the voice input is being recognized by the mobile terminal, analyze the context of a voice command in the voice input, execute the call relating operation only if there is a single contact in a phonebook that matches the voice command in the first voice input, if there is no single contact that matches the voice command of the received voice input, display a plurality of candidates that is analyzed based on the voice command, receive a second input according to a plurality of candidates, and execute the call relating operation based on the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jong-Keun Youn, Dae-Sung Jung, Jae-Hoon Yu, Tae-Jun Kim, Jae-Min Joh, Jae-Do Kwak, Jong-Ho Shin