IP Library Granted Patent US 7,403,896
Granted Patent B2
US 7,403,896 · App. 10/389,859 · Granted Jul 22, 2008

Speech recognition system and program thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,403,896
App. No.
10/389,859
Granted
Jul 22, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

Speech recognition is performed by matching between a characteristic quantity of an inputted speech and a composite HMM obtained by synthesizing a speech HMM (hidden Markov model) and a noise HMM for each speech frame of the inputted speech by use of the composite HMM.

Claims (4)

1. A speech recognition method for recognizing a speech by controlling a computer, the method comprising the steps of:

extracting a characteristic quantity of an inputted speech to be recognized and storing the characteristic quantity into a memory;

reading out from a memory a phoneme hidden Markov model into which noise elements are incorporated, the noise elements being generated based on noise data and predetermined speech; and

recognizing the inputted speech by matching the characteristic quantity of the inputted speech stored in the memory to the phoneme hidden Markov model for each speech frame of the inputted speech, while the recognition being performed based on results of the matching, and wherein the step of recognizing the inputted speech selects the phoneme hidden Markov model to be matched to the characteristic quantity of the inputted speech independently of each speech frame thereof and executes matching between the characteristic quantity of the inputted speech and the phoneme hidden Markov model.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 065552/0934 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2009
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 022354/0566 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2003
From: TAKIGUCHI, TETSUYA; NISHIMURA, MASAFUMI
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014246/0141 →