Patents by Inventor Karin Lissette Bootsma

Karin Lissette Bootsma 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).

  • Method and apparatus for voice controlled devices with improved phrase storage, use, conversion, transfer, and recognition
    Patent number: 7283964
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention provide for the storage of speech phrases. Speech phrases are processed by a speaker-independent speech recognition engine of a voice controlled device. This engine returns a speaker-independent representation of the phrase. The speaker-independent representation is stored. Embodiments of the invention include methods of converting text to speaker-independent representations of speech and speaker-independent representations of speech into text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Geilhufe, Phillip Paul Pyo, Avraham Barel, Amos Brown, Karin Lissette Bootsma, Lawrence Kent Gaddy, David MacMillan
  • Method and apparatus for controlling voice controlled devices
    Patent number: 6584439
    Abstract: Voice controlled devices with speech recognition have user assignable appliance names and default appliance names to address and control the voice controlled devices. Methods of controling voice controlled devices include addressing a voice controlled device by name and providing a command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Geilhufe, David MacMillan, Avraham Barel, Amos Brown, Karin Lissette Bootsma, Lawrence Kent Gaddy, Phillip Paul Pyo
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING VOICE CONTROLLED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20020193989
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method, apparatus and system for STANDARD VOICE USER INTERFACE AND VOICE CONTROLLED DEVICES as described in the claims. Briefly, a standard voice user interface is provided to control various devices by using standard speech commands. The standard VUI provides a set of standard VUI commands and syntax for the interface between a user and the voice controlled device. The standard VUI commands include an identification phrase to determine if voice controlled devices are available in an environment. Other standard VUI commands provide for determining the names of the voice controlled devices and altering them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: MICHAEL GEILHUFE, DAVID MACMILLAN, AVRAHAM BAREL, AMOS BROWN, KARIN LISSETTE BOOTSMA, LAWRENCE KENT GADDY, PHILLIP PAUL PYO