Patents by Inventor Sean Kavanagh

Sean Kavanagh 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).

  • Speech recognition using both time encoding and HMM in parallel
    Patent number: 6301562
    Abstract: A speech recognition method that combines time encoding and hidden Markov approaches. The speech is input and encoded using time encoding, such as TESPAR. A hidden Markov model generates scores; the scores are used to determine the speech element; and the result is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: New Transducers Limited
    Inventors: Henry Azima, Charalampos Ferekidis, Sean Kavanagh