Patents by Inventor Yow-Bang Wang

Yow-Bang Wang 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).

  • Voice processing methods and systems
    Patent number: 8543400
    Abstract: Voice processing methods and systems are provided. An utterance is received. The utterance is compared with teaching materials according to at least one matching algorithm to obtain a plurality of matching values corresponding to a plurality of voice units of the utterance. Respective voice units are scored in at least one first scoring item according to the matching values and a personified voice scoring algorithm. The personified voice scoring algorithm is generated according to training utterances corresponding to at least one training sentence in a phonetic-balanced sentence set of a plurality of learners and at least one real teacher, and scores corresponding to the respective voice units of the training utterances of the learners in the first scoring item provided by the real teacher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Lin-Shan Lee, Che-Kuang Lin, Chia-Lin Chang, Yi-Jing Lin, Yow-Bang Wang, Yun-Huan Lee, Li-Wei Cheng
  • VOICE PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20080306738
    Abstract: Voice processing methods and systems are provided. An utterance is received. The utterance is compared with teaching materials according to at least one matching algorithm to obtain a plurality of matching values corresponding to a plurality of voice units of the utterance. Respective voice units are scored in at least one first scoring item according to the matching values and a personified voice scoring algorithm. The personified voice scoring algorithm is generated according to training utterances corresponding to at least one training sentence in a phonetic-balanced sentence set of a plurality of learners and at least one real teacher, and scores corresponding to the respective voice units of the training utterances of the learners in the first scoring item provided by the real teacher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lin-Shan Lee, Che-Kuang Lin, Chia-Lin Chang, Yi-Jing Lin, Yow-Bang Wang, Yun-Huan Lee, Li-Wei Cheng