Patents by Inventor Margarita Kotti

Margarita Kotti 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).

  • Spoken dialogue system, a spoken dialogue method and a method of adapting a spoken dialogue system
    Patent number: 10832667
    Abstract: A spoken dialogue system comprising: an input for receiving data relating to speech signals originating from a user, where the speech signals form part of a dialogue; an output for outputting information specified by an action; and a processor configured to: extract one or more acoustic features from the input speech signal; determine an action using a dialogue model, wherein the input to the dialogue model is generated using the input speech signal; output information specified by the action at the output; generate a success measure using the acoustic features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Margarita Kotti, Alexandros Papangelis, Ioannis Stylianou
  • SPOKEN DIALOGUE SYSTEM, A SPOKEN DIALOGUE METHOD AND A METHOD OF ADAPTING A SPOKEN DIALOGUE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180226076
    Abstract: A spoken dialogue system comprising: an input for receiving data relating to speech signals originating from a user, where the speech signals form part of a dialogue; an output for outputting information specified by an action; and a processor configured to: extract one or more acoustic features from the input speech signal; determine an action using a dialogue model, wherein the input to the dialogue model is generated using the input speech signal; output information specified by the action at the output; generate a success measure using the acoustic features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Margarita Kotti, Alexandros Papangelis, loannis Stylianou