Patents by Inventor M. Kashif Imam

M. Kashif Imam 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 for voice recognition
    Patent number: 8751145
    Abstract: A voice recognition method that is used for finding a street uses a database including information about a plurality of streets. The streets are characterized by respective street names and street types. A user provides a voice input for the street that the user tries to find. The voice input includes a street name and a street type. The street type is recognized by processing the voice input. Streets having the recognized street type are then selected from the database and a street name of at least one of the streets selected from the database is recognized by processing the voice input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: Volkswagen of America, Inc., Audi AG
    Inventors: Ramon Eduardo Prieto, Carsten Bergmann, William B. Lathrop, M. Kashif Imam, Gerd Gruchalski, Markus Möhrle
  • Motor vehicle with a speech interface
    Patent number: 7873517
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a speech interface for an acoustic input of commands for operating the motor vehicle or a module of the motor vehicle. The speech interface includes a speech recognition database in which a substantial portion of commands or command components, which can be input, are stored in a version according to a pronunciation in a first language and in a version according to a pronunciation in at least a second language, and a speech recognition engine for automatically comparing an acoustic command to commands and/or command components, which are stored in the speech recognition database, in a version according to the pronunciation in the first language and to commands and/or command components, which are stored in the speech recognition database, in a version according to the pronunciation in the second language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramon Prieto, M. Kashif Imam, Carsten Bergmann, Wai Yin Cheung, Carly Williams
  • Motor vehicle with a speech interface
    Publication number: 20080114598
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a speech interface for an acoustic input of commands for operating the motor vehicle or a module of the motor vehicle. The speech interface includes a speech recognition database in which a substantial portion of commands or command components, which can be input, are stored in a version according to a pronunciation in a first language and in a version according to a pronunciation in at least a second language, and a speech recognition engine for automatically comparing an acoustic command to commands and/or command components, which are stored in the speech recognition database, in a version according to the pronunciation in the first language and to commands and/or command components, which are stored in the speech recognition database, in a version according to the pronunciation in the second language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramon Prieto, M. Kashif Imam, Carsten Bergmann, Wai Yin Cheung, Carly Williams