Patents by Inventor James P. Lerner

James P. Lerner 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: 5970448
    Abstract: The text is generated from voice input that divides the processing of each spoken word into a dictation event and a text event. Each dictation event handles the processing of data relating to the input into the system, and each text event deals with the generation of text from the inputted voice signals. In order to easily distinguish the dictation events from each other and text events from each other the system and method creates a data structure for storing certain information relating to each individual event. Such data structures enable the system and method to process both simple spoken words as well as spoken commands and to provide the necessary text generation in response to the spoken words or to execute an appropriate function in response to a command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard S. Goldhor, John F. Dooley, Christopher N. Hume, James P. Lerner, Brian D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 5261054
    Abstract: In a computer system, an arrangement for storing condition signals indicative of the position of a pointing device and the condition of a button thereof, apparatus for comparing present condition signals generated by a pointing device with stored signals indicative of a previous condition of the pointing device, and apparatus responsive to the comparison of present condition signals generated by a pointing device for generating a pointer interrupt signal only if a change in the pointer condition has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Lerner, Alan E. Bell
  • Patent number: 5231670
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for generating text from a voice input that divides the processing of each speech event into a dictation event and a text event. Each dictation event handles the processing of data relating to the input into the system, and each text event deals with the generation of text from the inputted voice signals. In order to easily distinguish the dictation events from each other and text events from each other the system and method creates a data structure for storing certain information relating to each individual event. Such data structures enable the system and method to process both simple spoken words as well as spoken commands and to provide the necessary text generation in response to the spoken words or to execute an appropriate function in response to a command. Speech recognition includes the ability to distinguish between dictation text and commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard S. Goldhor, John F. Dooley, Christopher N. Hume, James P. Lerner, Brian D. Wilson