Patents by Inventor Rainer Haberlander

Rainer Haberlander 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).

  • Electrical appliance voice input unit and method with interference correction based on operational status of noise source
    Patent number: 6778964
    Abstract: Improving voice recognition when there exist interference noises in a configuration with an electrically operated appliance, a voice input unit, and a voice processing unit that derives control signals for controlling functions of the appliance from spoken input instructions includes an operating status detection unit detecting the operating status of the household appliance or other noise sources and signals such detection results to the voice processing unit, the voice processing unit performing an interference noise correction only if a noise source is switched on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Geiger, Rainer Haberlander, Uwe Has
  • Electrical appliance with voice input unit and voice input method
    Publication number: 20030023448
    Abstract: Improving voice recognition when there exist interference noises in a configuration with an electrically operated appliance, a voice input unit, and a voice processing unit that derives control signals for controlling functions of the appliance from spoken input instructions includes an operating status detection unit detecting the operating status of the household appliance or other noise sources and signals such detection results to the voice processing unit, the voice processing unit performing an interference noise correction only if a noise source is switched on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Dieter Geiger, Rainer Haberlander, Uwe Has