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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7165030 | Concatenative speech synthesis using a finite-state transducer A method for concatenative speech synthesis includes a processing stage that selects segments based on their symbolic labeling in an efficient graph-based search, which uses a finite-state transducer formalism. This graph-based search uses a representation of concat... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7165029 | Coupled hidden Markov model for audiovisual speech recognition A speech recognition method includes use of synchronous or asynchronous audio and a video data to enhance speech recognition probabilities. A two stream coupled hidden Markov model is trained and used to identify speech. At least one stream is derived from audio dat... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7165019 | Language input architecture for converting one text form to another text form with modeless entry A language input architecture converts input strings of phonetic text (e.g., Chinese Pinyin) to an output string of language text (e.g., Chinese Hanzi) in a manner that minimizes typographical errors and conversion errors that occur during conversion from the phonet... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162424 | Method and system for defining a sequence of sound modules for synthesis of a speech signal in a tonal language The invention relates to a method for defining a sequence of sound modules for synthesis of a speech signal in a tonal language corresponding to a sequence of speech modules. The method according to the invention differs from known methods in that the speech modules... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162425 | Speech-related event notification system The present invention is directed to a system and method of notifying a speech related application of events generated by a speech related engine. A middleware layer receives a notification selection from the application. The notification selection is indicative of ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162426 | Computer motherboard architecture with integrated DSP for continuous and command and control speech processing The invention is essentially a motherboard design for personal computers which uses DSP hardware in conjunction with a general or specific purpose CPU to process command and continuous speech. The DSP hardware serves as a bridge between the audio input of the sound ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162526 | Apparatus and methods for filtering content based on accessibility to a user Apparatus and methods for filtering content based on the accessibility of the content to a user are provided. The apparatus and methods make use of an evaluation tool that evaluates requested content for accessibility to users having special needs, such as handicapp... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162015 | Automated information access via the telephone line Disclosed is a method and apparatus for obtaining information from a remote database via a telephone network using an automated interactive system. Such information may include, for example, credit history information, address/telephone number information, and book ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162414 | Method and apparatus to perform speech recognition over a data channel A method and apparatus to perform speech recognition over a data channel is described. The method may include communicating voice information encoded using a voice compression algorithm over a voice channel, receiving a request for voice information for a speech rec... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162417 | Speech synthesizing method and apparatus for altering amplitudes of voiced and invoiced portions An amplitude altering magnification (r) applied to sub-phoneme units of a voiced portion and an amplitude altering magnification s to be applied to sub-phoneme units of an unvoiced portion are determined based upon a target phoneme average power (p0) of s... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158499 | Voice-operated two-way asynchronous radio A method and apparatus for communicating audio messages uses a two-way radio. An output audio message is asynchronously transmitted by generating a first acoustic signal in an input device of the radio. A determination is made whether the first acoustic signal is a ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155392 | Context free grammar engine for speech recognition system The present invention includes a context-free grammar (CFG) engine which communicates through an exposed interface with a speech recognition engine. The context-free grammar engine, in one illustrative embodiment, handles loading and unloading of grammars, as well a... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151952 | Portable telephone and terminal equipment The portable telephone (and terminal equipment) according to the present invention comprises operating means 25 having a plurality of input modes and provided with at least one operating keys, for inputting data of a type in accordance with a current input mo... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151826 | Third party coaching for agents in a communication system The method and apparatus improve transactions in a communication system, such as a communication system having an automatic call distributor. In one embodiment, an assessment is performed in substantially real time of respective stress levels of at least one of a ca... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149686 | System and method for eliminating synchronization errors in electronic audiovisual transmissions and presentations A system and method for eliminating synchronization errors using speech recognition. Using separate audio and visual speech recognition techniques, the inventive system and method identifies visemes, or visual cues which are indicative of articulatory type, in the v... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149690 | Method and apparatus for interactive language instruction A method and apparatus for interactive language instruction is provided that displays text files for processing, provide key features and functions for interactive learning, displays facial animation, and provides a workspace for language building functions. The sys... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145539 | Liquid crystal display device and method of testing the same A liquid crystal display device and a testing method thereof that that is capable of accurately detecting a point defect existing in a liquid crystal display panel. In the method, scanning lines are scanned in a sequence directing from the low-order lines into the h... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145606 | Post-synchronizing an information stream including lip objects replacement A method for post-synchronizing information stream includes obtaining lip-objects from a video signal. The original lip-objects are replaced with new lip-objects which correspond to a translated audio signal. The new lip-objects may be obtained by tracking a further... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146321 | Distributed speech recognition system A distributed speech recognition system includes a speech processor linked to a plurality of speech recognition engines. The speech processor includes an input for receiving speech files from a plurality of users and storage means for storing the received speech fil... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146401 | Method for communicating business messages A method for performing business training communications includes determining a targeted business and performing a needs analysis to determine a plurality of recipient events in accordance with the targeted business. A plurality of business training messages is dete... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146319 | Phonetically based speech recognition system and method A speech recognition method includes a step of receiving a phonetic sequence output by a phonetic recognizer. The method also includes a step of matching the phonetic sequence with one of a plurality of reference phoneme sequences stored in a reference list that mat... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146320 | Electronic mail replies with speech recognition A method for responding to an electronic mail message with a limited input device such as a phone includes audibly rendering the question and a set of proposed answers typically provided in the electronic mail message by the sender of the electronic mail message. A ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143037 | Spelling words using an arbitrary phonetic alphabet Words are spelled by receiving recognizable words from a user of an interactive voice response system. The first letter of each recognizable word is identified, and a spelling is determined based on the first letters of the recognizable words. Statistics for previou... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142645 | System and method for generating and distributing personalized media Personalized media is generated by obtaining a master clip having predefined insert points, obtaining an insert clip, seamlessly merging the insert clip into the selected master clip to generate a personalized media clip with undetectable transitions between spliced... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143063 | Method and apparatus for a verifiable on line rejection of an applicant for credit A system and method are disclosed for presenting a reason for the rejection of a credit application from an applicant is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a factor from a credit bureau identified as a factor that influences the FICO score assigned to the appl... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143364 | System for and method of selecting and presenting user customizable preferences The system and method herein provide selecting and presenting user customizable preferences. Techniques involved can include having a custom entry in a list box such that the list view item updates its displayed item based upon the configuration settings. As such, t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143038 | Speech synthesis system A speech synthesizing system producing a speech of an improved quality of voice by selecting a combination of speech segment most suitable for a synthesis speech unit sequence. The speech synthesizing system comprises a speech segment storage section where speech se... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139711 | Noise filtering utilizing non-Gaussian signal statistics The present invention is directed to a method and system for capturing an information signal from within a noisy background utilizing a non-Gaussian model for the a priori statistics of the information signal conditioned on other a priori quantities. A specific impl... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139975 | Method and system for converting structured documents A document conversion method for converting a first structured document F1, formed based on a first document type definition D1, to a second structured document F3, formed based on a second document type definition D2, the document conver... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138575 | System and method for musical sonification of data A musical sonification system and method sonifies data, such as real-time financial market data, to produce an audio signal output including a musical rendering of the data. A sonification engine converts the data into sound parameters based on configuration data an... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138982 | Information processing apparatus and information output controlling method The invention provides an information processing apparatus wherein playback of display data and playback of audio data relating to the display data are changed over in an associated relationship with each other in response to an open or closed state of a lid with re... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139688 | Method and apparatus for classifying unmarked string substructures using Markov Models A technique for structurally classifying substructures of at least one unmarked string utilizing at least one training data set with inserted markers identifying labeled substructures. A model of class labels and substructures within strings of the training data set... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139709 | Middleware layer between speech related applications and engines The present invention provides an application-independent and engine-independent middleware layer between applications and engines. The middleware provides speech-related services to both applications and engines, thereby making it far easier for application vendors... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139710 | Audio synthesis of a currently tuned frequency A system 10 is provided which is receptive to selective tuning at particular frequencies. The system 10 includes a display device 15, an audio synthesizer 14, and a controller 20. The controller 20 is in communication with t... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139712 | Speech synthesis apparatus, control method therefor and computer-readable memory A second phoneme is generated in consideration of a phonemic context with respect to a first phoneme as a search target. Phonemic piece data corresponding to the second phoneme is searched out from a database. A third phoneme is generated by changing the phonemic co... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137126 | Conversational computing via conversational virtual machine A conversational computing system that provides a universal coordinated multi-modal conversational user interface (CUI) (10) across a plurality of conversationally aware applications (11) (i.e., applications that “speak” conversational protocols) a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136802 | Method and apparatus for detecting prosodic phrase break in a text to speech (TTS) system Methods for processing speech data are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes receiving a text sentence comprising a plurality of words, each of the plurality of words having a part of speech (POS) tag, generating a POS sequen... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136811 | Low bandwidth speech communication using default and personal phoneme tables A voice coding and decoding system 300 and method uses a personal phoneme table (320, 344) associated with a voice signature identifier (348) to permit encoding of true sounding voice by personalizing the phoneme table used for encoding and deco... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135635 | System and method for musical sonification of data parameters in a data stream One embodiment of a musical sonification system and method receives a data stream including different data parameters. The sonification system may apply different sonification processes to the different data parameters to produce a musical rendering of the data stre... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136816 | System and method for predicting prosodic parameters A method for generating a prosody model that predicts prosodic parameters is disclosed. Upon receiving text annotated with acoustic features, the method comprises generating first classification and regression trees (CARTs) that predict durations and F0 from text by... | 11/14/2006 |
