Patents by Inventor Michael Lessac

Michael Lessac 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 of recognizing spoken language with recognition of language color
    Patent number: 7280964
    Abstract: In accordance with a present invention speech recognition is disclosed. It uses a microphone to receive audible sounds input by a user into a first computing device having a program with a database consisting of (i) digital representations of known audible sounds and associated alphanumeric representations of the known audible sounds and (ii) digital representations of known audible sounds corresponding to mispronunciations resulting from known classes of mispronounced words and phrases. The method is performed by receiving the audible sounds in the form of the electrical output of the microphone. A particular audible sound to be recognized is converted into a digital representation of the audible sound. The digital representation of the particular audible sound is then compared to the digital representations of the known audible sounds to determine which of those known audible sounds is most likely to be the particular audible sound being compared to the sounds in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Lessac Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Donald Wilson, Anthony H. Handal, Gary Marple, Michael Lessac
  • Speech training method with alternative proper pronunciation database
    Patent number: 6963841
    Abstract: In accordance with a present invention speech training system is disclosed. It uses a microphone to receive audible sounds input by a user into a first computing device having a program with a database consisting of (i) digital representations of known audible sounds and associated alphanumeric representations of the known audible sounds, and (ii) digital representations of known audible sounds corresponding to mispronunciations resulting from known classes of mispronounced words and phrases. The method is performed by receiving the audible sounds in the form of the electrical output of the microphone. A particular audible sound to be recognized is converted into a digital representation of the audible sound. The digital representation of the particular audible sound is then compared to the digital representations of the known audible sounds to determine which of those known audible sounds is most likely to be the particular audible sound being compared to the sounds in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Lessac Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony H. Handal, Gary Marple, H. Donald Wilson, Michael Lessac
  • Speech recognition method
    Publication number: 20030229497
    Abstract: In accordance with a present invention speech recognition is disclosed. It uses a microphone to receive audible sounds input by a user into a first computing device having a program with a database consisting of (i) digital representations of known audible sounds and associated alphanumeric representations of the known audible sounds and (ii) digital representations of known audible sounds corresponding to mispronunciations resulting from known classes of mispronounced words and phrases. The method is performed by receiving the audible sounds in the form of the electrical output of the microphone. A particular audible sound to be recognized is converted into a digital representation of the audible sound. The digital representation of the particular audible sound is then compared to the digital representations of the known audible sounds to determine which of those known audible sounds is most likely to be the particular audible sound being compared to the sounds in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: LESSAC TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: H. Donald Wilson, Anthony H. Handal, Gary Marple, Michael Lessac
  • Speech training method with color instruction
    Publication number: 20030182111
    Abstract: In accordance with a present invention speech training system is disclosed. It uses a microphone to receive audible sounds input by a user into a first computing device having a program with a database consisting of (i) digital representations of known audible sounds and associated alphanumeric representations of the known audible sounds, and (ii) digital representations of known audible sounds corresponding to mispronunciations resulting from known classes of mispronounced words and phrases. The method is performed by receiving the audible sounds in the form of the electrical output of the microphone. A particular audible sound to be recognized is converted into a digital representation of the audible sound. The digital representation of the particular audible sound is then compared to the digital representations of the known audible sounds to determine which of those known audible sounds is most likely to be the particular audible sound being compared to the sounds in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Anthony H. Handal, Gary Marple, H. Donald Wilson, Michael Lessac