Patents by Inventor Jie Z. Zeng
Jie Z. Zeng 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).
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Patent number: 10216385Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for grouped radio controls. A grouped radio control can include a listing of elements, each element having a specified grouping. The grouped radio control also can include grouping logic programmed to insert elements into, delete elements from, and select elements within the listing. Finally, a grouped radio control can include a grouped radio control interface configured to accept interface events for processing in the grouping logic.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Maria E. Smith, Jie Z. Zeng
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Publication number: 20150317072Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for grouped radio controls. A grouped radio control can include a listing of elements, each element having a specified grouping. The grouped radio control also can include grouping logic programmed to insert elements into, delete elements from, and select elements within the listing. Finally, a grouped radio control can include a grouped radio control interface configured to accept interface events for processing in the grouping logic.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Maria E. Smith, Jie Z. Zeng
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Patent number: 9098149Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for grouped radio controls. A grouped radio control can include a listing of elements, each element having a specified grouping. The grouped radio control also can include grouping logic programmed to insert elements into, delete elements from, and select elements within the listing. Finally, a grouped radio control can include a grouped radio control interface configured to accept interface events for processing in the grouping logic.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2004Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Maria Elena Smith, Jie Z. Zeng
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Patent number: 8849669Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is a software tool used to convert text, speech synthesis markup language (SSML), and/or extended SSML to synthesized audio. Provisions are provided to create, view, play, and edit the synthesized speech, including editing pitch and duration targets, speaking type, paralinguistic events, and prosody. Prosody can be provided by way of a sample recording. Users can interact with the software tool by way of a graphical user interface (GUI). The software tool can produce synthesized audio file output in many file formats.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Raimo Bakis, Ellen Marie Eide, Roberto Pieraccini, Maria E. Smith, Jie Z. Zeng
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Publication number: 20140058734Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is a software tool used to convert text, speech synthesis markup language (SSML), and/or extended SSML to synthesized audio. Provisions are provided to create, view, play, and edit the synthesized speech, including editing pitch and duration targets, speaking type, paralinguistic events, and prosody. Prosody can be provided by way of a sample recording. Users can interact with the software tool by way of a graphical user interface (GUI). The software tool can produce synthesized audio file output in many file formats.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Inventors: Raimo Bakis, Ellen Marie Eide, Roberto Pieraccini, Maria E. Smith, Jie Z. Zeng
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Patent number: 8027437Abstract: A method for delivering a message to a recipient in an environment with ambient noise includes the steps of recording the ambient noise in the environment at a certain time interval, analyzing the recorded ambient noise to obtain an average power Pnoise or a RMS amplitude Anoise of the ambient noise, providing a predetermined desired SNRdesired, calculating an average signal power Psignal or a RMS amplitude Asignal of the message to be delivered based on the Pnoise or Anoise and the desired SNRdesired, and adjusting a volume of the message to be delivered according to the Psignal or Asignal. Alternatively, the actual SNRactual will be computed and the message will be repeated if the SNRactual falls below the SNRmin. Systems for delivering a message to a recipient in an environment with ambient noise and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for carrying out the methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Paritosh D. Patel, Oscar J. Blass, Roberto Vila, Jie Z. Zeng, Anatol Blass
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Patent number: 7487092Abstract: A method, a system, and an apparatus for identifying and correcting sources of problems in synthesized speech which is generated using a concatenative text-to-speech (CTTS) technique. The method can include the step of displaying a waveform corresponding to synthesized speech generated from concatenated phonetic units. The synthesized speech can be generated from text input received from a user. The method further can include the step of displaying parameters corresponding to at least one of the phonetic units. The method can include the step of displaying the original recordings containing selected phonetic units. An editing input can be received from the user and the parameters can be adjusted in accordance with the editing input.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2003Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Philip Gleason, Maria E. Smith, Mahesh Viswanathan, Jie Z. Zeng
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Patent number: 7475016Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for identifying problematic speech segments is provided. The system includes a clustering module for generating a first cluster of one or more consecutive speech segments if the consecutive speech segments satisfy a predetermined filtering test, and for generating a second cluster comprising at least one different consecutive speech segment selected from the ordered sequence if the at least one different consecutive speech segment satisfies the predetermined filtering test. The system also includes a combining module for combining the first and second clusters as well as the at least one intervening consecutive speech segment to form an aggregated cluster if the aggregated cluster satisfies a predetermined combining criterion. The system can further include a ranking module for ranking aggregated clusters, the ranking reflecting a relative severity of misalignments among problematic speech segments.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Maria E. Smith, Jie Z. Zeng
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Publication number: 20080147386Abstract: A method for delivering a message to a recipient in an environment with ambient noise includes the steps of recording the ambient noise in the environment at a certain time interval, analyzing the recorded ambient noise to obtain an average power Pnoise or a RMS amplitude Anoise of the ambient noise, providing a predetermined desired SNRdesired, calculating an average signal power Psignal or a RMS amplitude Asignal of the message to be delivered based on the Pnoise or Anoise and the desired SNRdesired, and adjusting a volume of the message to be delivered according to the Psignal or Asignal. Alternatively, the actual SNRactual will be computed and the message will be repeated if the SNRactual falls below the SNRmin. Systems for delivering a message to a recipient in an environment with ambient noise and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for carrying out the methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2006Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Paritosh D. Patel, Oscar J. Blass, Roberto Vila, Jie Z. Zeng, Anatol Blass
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Patent number: 7280967Abstract: A method of filtering phonetic units to be used within a concatenative text-to-speech (CTTS) voice. Initially, a normality threshold can be established. At least one phonetic unit that has been automatically extracted from a speech corpus in order to construct the CTTS voice can be received. An abnormality index can be calculated for the phonetic unit. Then, the abnormality index can be compared to the established normality threshold. If the abnormality index exceeds the normality threshold, the phonetic unit can be marked as a suspect phonetic unit. If the abnormality index does not exceed the normality threshold, the phonetic unit can be marked as a verified phonetic unit. The concatenative text-to-speech voice can be built using the verified phonetic units.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Philip Gleason, Maria E. Smith, Jie Z. Zeng