Patents by Inventor Karl Weilhammer

Karl Weilhammer 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: 9679557
    Abstract: An adaptive dialogue system and also a computer-implemented method for semantic training of a dialogue system are disclosed. In this connection, semantic annotations are generated automatically on the basis of received speech inputs, the semantic annotations being intended for controlling instruments or for communication with a user. For this purpose, at least one speech input is received in the course of an interaction with a user. A sense content of the speech input is registered and appraised, by the speech input being classified on the basis of a trainable semantic model, in order to make a semantic annotation available for the speech input. Further user information connected with the speech input is taken into account if the registered sense content is appraised erroneously, incompletely and/or as untrustworthy. The sense content of the speech input is learned automatically on the basis of the additional user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ELEKTROBIT AUTOMOTIVE GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Weilhammer, Silke Goronzy-Thomae
  • Publication number: 20140324429
    Abstract: An adaptive dialogue system and also a computer-implemented method for semantic training of a dialogue system are disclosed. In this connection, semantic annotations are generated automatically on the basis of received speech inputs, the semantic annotations being intended for controlling instruments or for communication with a user. For this purpose, at least one speech input is received in the course of an interaction with a user. A sense content of the speech input is registered and appraised, by the speech input being classified on the basis of a trainable semantic model, in order to make a semantic annotation available for the speech input. Further user information connected with the speech input is taken into account if the registered sense content is appraised erroneously, incompletely and/or as untrustworthy. The sense content of the speech input is learned automatically on the basis of the additional user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ELEKTROBIT AUTOMOTIVE GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Weilhammer, Silke Goronzy-Thomae