Abstract: A cylinder housing includes a longitudinal hole for receiving a cylinder of an auxiliary lock. An annular flange is formed on an end of an outer circumference of the cylinder housing, leaving an annular end portion on the end of the cylinder housing. The cylinder housing is mounted to an outer surface of a door having a bore-hole, with the end portion being in intimate contact with a circumferential surface delimiting the bore-hole of the door, and with the annular flange intimately abutting against the outer surface of the door.

Abstract: An escutcheon assembly for a lock includes a mounting plate and a cover plate. The mounting plate is mounted to a front face of a door. The mounting plate comprises a receiving section for receiving a lock body of a lock cylinder. The cover plate is securely mounted around the mounting plate. The cover plate comprises a figure-8-shaped through-hole aligned with a figure-8-shaped cross section of an interchangeable lock core removably mounted in the lock body. The mounting plate and the cover plate can be made by inexpensive punching. Replacement of the cover plate, when desired, can be easily achieved at a low cost.

Abstract: An interactive speech correcting method is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a reference speech, (b) receiving a user speech, (c) analyzing the user speech and the reference speech, (d) creating a speech parameter, (e) proceeding a speech correction by using the speech parameter and the user speech, and (f) outputting a corrected speech.

Abstract: A method for a speech input is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) establishing a hierarchical command list having a plurality of classified commands and a plurality of predetermined commands in a first device, (b) issuing a first speech command to the first device from a third device of a second device so that the first device obtains a first classified command corresponding to the first speech command, (c) determining a first command set from the plurality of predetermined commands via the first device based on the first classified command, (d) controlling the first device by the third device so as to cyclically provide each command in the first command set, (e) issuing a second speech command according to the each command in the first command set, (f) recognizing the second speech command with the first device, and (g) performing an operation corresponding to the recognized second speech command.

Abstract: A message inputting device is provided. The message inputting device includes a template having a blank space for filling so as to produce a message.

Abstract: A mortise lock includes a chassis, a handle assembly mounted to a side of the chassis, a sleeve, and a trim for returning the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a spindle and a handle. An end of the sleeve is securely mounted around an end of the spindle to turn therewith. The other end of the sleeve receives the other end of the spindle and is securely connected to the handle. The trim includes a spring seat, a ring received in the spring seat and mounted around the sleeve, and a spring mounted on a side of the ring. The spring seat includes a plate mounted around the sleeve. A protrusion is formed on an inner periphery of the body and engaged in a longitudinal groove in the sleeve. Two ends of the spring respectively abut against two sides of a leg extending from the ring.

Abstract: A combination of a locking button and a spindle for a lock includes a spindle having a longitudinal hole and a locking button having a grip portion for manual turning and a shank that is mounted in the longitudinal hole of the spindle. A guiding groove is defined in a circumference delimiting the longitudinal hole and extending along a circumferential direction. The shank includes a coupling section including a protrusion engaged in the guiding groove and movable between two end walls delimiting the guiding groove, allowing the locking button to be movable between a locking position and an unlocking position.

Abstract: A system and method for selecting audio contents by using the speech recognition to obtain a textual phrase from a series of audio contents are provided. The system includes an output module outputting the audio contents, an input module receiving a speech input from a user, a buffer temporarily storing the audio contents within a desired period and the speech input, and a recognizing module performing a speech recognition between the audio contents within the desired period and the speech input to generate an audio phrase and the corresponding textual phrase matching with the speech input.

Abstract: A call barring system of mobile phone that applies an intelligent process comprising a first and a second procedures for handling different call barring conditions, wherein the first procedure is used to preset call barring conditions to all the incoming calls and the second procedure is used to recognize caller ID of an incoming call, and bars the incoming call and send a corresponding message back when the incoming call is recognized to meet the call barring condition, and then process the incoming call and store a record thereof into a special directory. Thus, user can check the record and do the necessary later on.

Abstract: A mortise lock includes a chassis, a handle assembly mounted to a side of the chassis, a sleeve, and a trim for returning the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a spindle and a handle. An end of the sleeve is securely mounted around an end of the spindle to turn therewith. The other end of the sleeve receives the other end of the spindle and is securely connected to the handle. The trim includes a spring seat, a ring received in the spring seat and mounted around the sleeve, and a spring mounted on a side of the ring. The spring seat includes a plate mounted around the sleeve. A protrusion is formed on an inner periphery of the body and engaged in a longitudinal groove in the sleeve. Two ends of the spring respectively abut against two sides of a leg extending from the ring.

Abstract: An auxiliary lock includes a dustproof support ring mounted to an outer side of a door, a cylinder mounted to the outer side of the door, a cylinder housing mounted to the outer side of the door and securely mounted around the cylinder, a trim enclosing the cylinder housing, and a deadbolt mechanism. The dustproof support ring includes a flange on an inner side thereof. The flange extends into a bore hole of the door and is in contact with an inner periphery delimiting the bore hole. A dustproof wall extends from the flange further into the bore hole and is in contact with the inner periphery delimiting the bore hole. The dustproof wall includes a notch through which a retractor of the deadbolt mechanism extends.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for constructing new Chinese words by voice input is disclosed. The invention provides a method of adding new words to a speech recognition system, for example, a speaker-independent Chinese speech recognition system, for updating its vocabulary database. In the invention, voice signals indicating a description of Chinese characters/syllables are input sequentially, and feature parameters are derived from the voice signals. The feature parameters are compared with a description constraint unit to determine corresponding characters or syllables. The characters or syllables are stored in a storage unit. After confirmation by users, the characters or syllables are combined into a new word.

Abstract: A mortise lock includes a chassis mounted in a mounting hole of a door and an outside handle assembly mounted to a side of the chassis. The outside handle assembly includes an outside spindle having a first end partially received in the chassis and operably connected to at least one bolt of the chassis such that rotation of the outside spindle causes retraction of the bolt. The first end of the outside spindle includes a perimeter groove, forming a fragile portion. An outside handle includes an end securely connected to a second end of the outside spindle to turn therewith. The fragile portion of the outside spindle is broken when an excessive force is applied to the outside handle. Thus, unauthorized opening of the door by forcibly turning the outside handle is prevented. Further, the mortise lock can be easily installed, and the cost of the mortise lock is cut.

Abstract: A speech input apparatus having a speech input from a user and the method therefor are provided. The speech input apparatus includes a speech template unit providing a plurality of speech templates, an I/O interface outputting and switching the plurality of speech templates to the user to be selected in response to the speech, a speech recognition unit recognizing the speech to provide a result; a database unit storing data; and a search unit searching the database unit for specific data in response to the result.

Abstract: In the present invention, a speech input method for the portable device is provided. The speech input method includes steps of (a) selecting a language mode and determining an acoustic unit, (b) inputting a speech by a user and comparing the speech with the acoustic unit to generate a plurality of recognition results, (c) selecting one of the recognition results for obtaining a plurality of keywords with a recognition result-to-keyword mapping table, (d) obtaining a plurality of selected results having the keywords therein from a database by using the keywords as search units, (e) repeating step (b) to step (d) so as to narrow a range of the selected results when a next speech is present, and (f) displaying the selected results in order when the next speech is absent.

Abstract: An interactive entertainment center is provided in the present invention. The interactive entertainment center includes a multimedia system providing plural multimedia services, a server system providing services for the interactive entertainment center, a dialogue system being a speech-commanded interface between a user and the interactive entertainment center, and a network system linking the interactive entertainment center, the server system, and the dialogue system. The interactive entertainment center communicates with the user via the dialogue system.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a text-to-speech system, including a text processor dividing a first text data and a second text data from a text string having at least a first language and a second language; a database including a plurality of acoustic units commonly used by the first and second languages; a first speech synthesis unit and a second speech synthesis unit generating a first speech data corresponding to the first text data and a second speech data corresponding to the second text data respectively by using the plurality of acoustic units; and a prosody processor optimizing prosodies of the first and second speech data.

Abstract: A power processing interface for a radio frequency identification system is provided.

Abstract: A remote control device and method with speech control for controlling an electric appliance which stores up an identifiable speech vocabulary data. The remote control device includes a sensor and a speech identification module. The sensor receives speech to produce a speech sense signal. The speech identification module establishes contact to the electric appliance through communication protocol and obtains the identifiable speech vocabulary data with which a speech vocabulary of the speech sense signal is compared to produce a remote control signal. The remote control signal controls the said electric appliance by communication protocol.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for speech control is provided. The apparatus includes a speech receiver, a speech recognition engine, and an automatic regulation device. In the method, first, a speech is received. Then the speech is identified to obtain an operating order which is to adjust the quantification set with graduation. The machine's quantification set is automatically regulated by means of the operating order. Last, the regulation of the said quantification set is stopped.