Patents by Inventor Sheng Hu Bao

Sheng Hu Bao 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).

  • Patent number: 9183367
    Abstract: Voice based biometric authentication method, apparatus (system), and computer program product. Provided is voice verification solution with a high accuracy rate that can prevent cheating via recording. The method includes: transmitting to the user a question prompt requiring the user to speak out a voice segment and an answer to a dynamic question, the voice segment having a corresponding text dependent speaker verification model enrolled before the authentication; segmenting, in response to receiving the voice answer, the voice segment part and the dynamic question answer part out from the voice answer; and verifying boundary smoothness between the voice segment and the answer to the dynamic question within the voice answer. With this method, whether a voice answer relates to cheating via recording is determined according to the degree of smoothness at a detected boundary. The apparatus and computer program product carry out the steps of the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Hu Bao, Min Li, Yong Qin, Zhong Su, Liu Wen, Shi Lei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140359739
    Abstract: Voice based biometric authentication method, apparatus (system), and computer program product. Provided is voice verification solution with a high accuracy rate that can prevent cheating via recording. The method includes: transmitting to the user a question prompt requiring the user to speak out a voice segment and an answer to a dynamic question, the voice segment having a corresponding text dependent speaker verification model enrolled before the authentication; segmenting, in response to receiving the voice answer, the voice segment part and the dynamic question answer part out from the voice answer; and verifying boundary smoothness between the voice segment and the answer to the dynamic question within the voice answer. With this method, whether a voice answer relates to cheating via recording is determined according to the degree of smoothness at a detected boundary. The apparatus and computer program product carry out the steps of the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng Hu Bao, Min Li, Yong Qin, Zhong Su, Liu Wen, Shi Lei Zhang