Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Schone

Patrick J. Schone 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 phones in speech of any language
    Patent number: 7406408
    Abstract: Method of recognizing phones in speech of any language. Acquire phones for all languages and a set of languages. Acquire a pronunciation dictionary, a transcript of speech for the set of languages, and speech for the transcript. Receive speech containing unknown phones. If the speech's language is unknown, compare it to the phones for all languages to determine the phones. If the language is known but no phones were acquired in that language, compare the speech to the phones for all languages to determine the phones. If phones were acquired in the speech's language but no corresponding pronunciation dictionary was acquired, compare the speech to the phones for all languages to determine the phones. If a pronunciation dictionary was acquired for the phones in the speech's language but no transcript was acquired then compare the speech to the phones for all languages to determine the phones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency
    Inventors: Bradley C. Lackey, Patrick J. Schone, Brenton D. Walker