Patents by Inventor Shih-Chien Chien

Shih-Chien Chien 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 with plural confidence measures
    Patent number: 7043429
    Abstract: A speech recognition system is used to receive a speech signal and output an output language word with respect to the speech signal. The speech recognition system has preset quantities for a first threshold, a second threshold, and a third threshold. The speech recognition system includes a first speech recognition device that is used to receive the speech signal and generate a first candidate language word and a first confidence measurement of the first candidate language word, according to the speech signal. A second speech recognition device is used to receive the speech signal and generate a second candidate language word and a second confidence measurement of the second candidate language word, according to the speech signal. A confidence measurement judging unit is used to output the language word, by comparing the first confidence measurement and the second confidence measurement to the above thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Sen-Chia Chang, Shih-Chien Chien, Jia-Jang Tu
  • Speech recognition system
    Publication number: 20030040907
    Abstract: A speech recognition system is used to receive a speech signal and output an output language word with respect to the speech signal. The speech recognition system has preset quantities for a first threshold, a second threshold, and a third threshold. The speech recognition system comprises a first speech recognition device that is used to receive the speech signal and generate a first candidate language word and a first confidence measurement of the first candidate language word, according to the speech signal. A second speech recognition device is used to receive the speech signal and generate a second candidate language word and a second confidence measurement of the second candidate language word, according the speech signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Sen-Chia Chang, Shih-Chien Chien, Jia-Jang Tu