Communications webs for PSTN subscribers
Systems according to the present invention feature a Network Control Unit or Web Control Unit ("NCU") which interfaces to any desired number of PSTN connections. Where the connections are analog, a Ne... Read More
Inventors: Snelling, Richard K.; McIntosh, P. Stuckey; Taylor, John C. W.; Tucker, Mark;, Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc. (Norcross, GA) |
Method of and system for recognizing a spoken text
The applicants have recognized limitations in the known speech recognition method. The verification device of the known speech recognition system is very intricate and complex because a large amount o... Read More
Inventors: Bartosik, Heinrich;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
Communication system with handset for distributed processing
In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, we provide a communication system comprising at least one mobile handheld telephone handset adapted to communicate via a wireless telephony ... Read More
Inventors: Moore, Iain Charles; Ellis, Christopher William Henderson;, Assignee: Cable & Wireless PLC (London, GB) |
Method and apparatus for providing unsupervised adaptation of transcriptions
I claim: 1. A method for adapting the transcription content of a speech recognition dictionary, the speech recognition dictionary including a plurality of dictionary transcription groups, each diction... Read More
Inventors: Sabourin, Michael;, Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (Montreal, CA) |
System for separately designating security requirements for methods invoked on a computer
Systems and methods consistent with the present invention represent an improvement over conventional systems by permitting a server to designate communication requirements on a per-method basis. That ... Read More
Inventors: Scheifler, Robert W.;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Apparatus for converting speech to text
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT As shown in FIG. 1, the system consists of user terminals 2 attached by E-mail or phone links 4 to a server 6. The server is connected via a network to a number of processors ... Read More
Inventors: Bijl, David; Hyde-Thomson, Henry;, Assignee: Speech Machines, Plc (Northhampton, GB) |
Method of speech recognition
Therefore, it is an object of the invention to ensure an acceptable processing time with a high recognition quality for the recognition of a speech input. This object is achieved in that the client ca... Read More
Inventors: Besling, Stefan; Thelen, Eric; Ullrich, Meinhard;, Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, NL) |
Interactive goal-directed ultrasound measurement system
The present invention is a goal-directed computerized ultrasound measurement system. The measurement menus of the ultrasound measurement system of the present invention that allow for the selection of... Read More
Inventors: Snider, A. Rebecca; Bennett, Richard M.; McCabe, Laurence J.; Magsig, Peter J.; Ng, Kane L.; Purdy, Lynn M.; Ruffles, Joseph W.;, Assignee: Acuson Corporation (Mountain View, CA) |
Method and apparatus using shaped field of repositionable magnet to guide implant
It is thus an object of the invention to provide a rapid interactive display of the aligning torque and magnetic pulling directions of a magnet acting on a volume. It is a further object of the invent... Read More
Inventors: Blume, Walter M.; Ritter, Rogers C.; Werp, Peter R.; Hogg, Bevil J.; Howard, III, Matthew A.;, Assignee: Stereotaxis, Inc. (St. Louis, MO) |
System and method for switching between software applications in multi-window operating system
OF THE INVENTION There is shown in FIG. 6 an example computer system 60 for carrying out method 10 shown in the flow diagrams of FIGS. 1 through 5. Computer system 60 is comprised of a personal compu... Read More
Inventors: McAuliffe, Garrett; Zuvela, Leonard;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Ultrasonic system and method for data transfer, storage and/or processing
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 1, a preferred embodiment of an ultrasound system according to the present invention is generally shown at 20. The flexible system 20 is described below, fi... Read More
Inventors: Finger, David J.; Guracar, Ismayil M.; Fash, III, D. Grant; Shakouri, Shahrokh;, Assignee: Acuson Corporation (Mountain View, CA) |
Ultrasonic system and method for storing data
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 1, a preferred embodiment of an ultrasound system according to the present invention is generally shown at 20. The flexible system 20 is described below, fi... Read More
Inventors: Finger, David J.; Guracar, Ismayil M.; Fash, III, D. Grant; Shakouri, Shahrokh;, Assignee: Acuson Corporation (Mountain View, CA) |
Method for supporting numeric voice dialing
The foregoing and other problems are overcome and the objects of the invention are realized by methods and apparatus in accordance with embodiments of this invention. A method of this invention is dis... Read More
Inventors: Meche, Paul S.;, Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited (Espoo, FI) |
System architecture and method for operating a medical diagnostic ultrasound system
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 1, a preferred embodiment of an ultrasound system according to the present invention is generally shown at 20. The flexible system 20 is described below, fi... Read More
Inventors: Finger, David J.; Guracar, Ismayil M.; Fash, III, D. Grant; Shakouri, Shahrokh;, Assignee: Acuson Corporation (Mountain View, CA) |
Method for assignment of a selectable option to an actuating means
What is claimed is: 1. Method for controlling a system having a voice-aided control device and one distinct means that can be assigned a function selected from two or more available functions, compris... Read More
Inventors: Gortz, Udo; Theimer, Wolfgang;, Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited (Espoo, FI) |
Ultrasound method and system for enabling an ultrasound device feature
OF THE PRESENTLY PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Turning now to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an ultrasound device 100 of a preferred embodiment. For simplicity, the term "ultrasound device" is... Read More
Inventors: Fenstemaker, David E.; Raiff, Steven U.;, Assignee: Acuson Corporation (Mountain View, CA) |
General purpose distributed operating room control system
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a control system for selecting from and controlling a plurality of devices in an operating room, the control system comprising: a master cont... Read More
Inventors: Wang, Yulun; Jordan, Charles S.; Uecker, Darrin R.; Wooters, Charles C.;, Assignee: Computer Motion, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Methods and systems for personal interactive voice response
The present invention provides a personal IVR system with a web-based interface allowing the user to specify treatment of incoming calls based on voice or touchtone responses provided by the calling p... Read More
Inventors: Koch, Robert A.;, Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Method and apparatus for performing an automatic correction of misrecognized words produced by an optical character recognition technique by using a Hidden Markov Model based algorithm
In order to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages found in previous techniques for correcting misrecognized words, the present invention is directed to a method and apparatus that automatically s... Read More
Inventors: Goldberg, Randy G.;, Assignee: AT&T Corp. (New York, NY) |
Pronunciation generation in speech recognition
What is claimed is: 1. A method of adding a word to a speech recognition vocabulary, comprising: receiving a spelling of the word, receiving an utterance of the word, creating a collection of possible... Read More
Inventors: Baker, James K.; Gadbois, Gregory J.; Ingold, Charles E.; Parke, Joel W.; Even, Stijn Van;, Assignee: Dragon Systems, Inc. (Newton, MA) |
System for developing word-pronunciation pairs
The present invention relates generally to speech recognition and speech synthesis systems. More particularly, the invention relates to developing word-pronunciation pairs. Computer-implemented and au... Read More
Inventors: Shaw, Rhonda; Kuhn, Roland; Pearson, Steve;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Method of noise reduction based on dynamic aspects of speech
A system and method are provided that reduce noise in pattern recognition signals. To do this, embodiments of the present invention utilize a prior model of dynamic aspects of clean speech together wi... Read More
Inventors: Deng, Li; Droppo, James G.; Acero, Alejandro;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Microphone signal attenuating apparatus for oxygen masks
The breathing mask of the present invention solves the prior art problems discussed above and provides a distinct advance in the state of the art. More particularly, the breathing mask hereof reduces ... Read More
Inventors: Sinclair, Gary A.; Vice, Charles L.; Brumley, Michael; McDonald, Tom;, Assignee: Puritan-Bennett Corporation (Overland Park, KS) |
Method for detecting and masking bad frames in coded speech signals
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of improving the detection and masking of bad frames in a coded speech signal resulting from channel transmission errors, said ... Read More
Inventors: Su, Huan-Yu;, Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited (Montreal, CA) |
Method and apparatus for the active reduction of compression waves
The present invention includes a method and an apparatus for the active reduction of complex noise and other compression waves in essentially unrestricted environments. This is accomplished by a combi... Read More
Inventors: Martinez, J. Raul; Mason, V. Bradford;, Assignee: SRI International (Menlo Park, CA) |
Digital mobil E radio communication system
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a digital mobile radio communications system adapted to transmit data signals in bursts the system comprising a transmitter and a... Read More
Inventors: Malkamaki, Esa; Ranta, Pekka;, Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. (Salo, FI) |
Method and apparatus for digital filtering of audio signals
What is claimed is: 1. A method for generating a digital filter for an equalizer of an audio reproduction system comprising the steps of, recording a measurement signal m(t) of the response of said au... Read More
Inventors: Hildebrand, Harold A.;, Assignee: Hildebrand; Harold A. (Applegate, CA) |
Method and apparatus for sonic breath determination
OF THE INVENTION It has been found that, when the human lips are formed into a large "O"-shape and a deep exhalation is made without the introduction of vocalized or intonaled sounds, the exhaled air... Read More
Inventors: Koppel, Ronald; Kirchmeier, Edwin;, Assignee: Alcohol Sensors International, Ltd. (Islandia, NY) |
Emulator chip/board architecture and interface
The present invention relates generally to in-circuit emulation. Objects, advantages and features of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the following ... Read More
Inventors: Snyder, Warren; Nemecek, Craig; Sullam, Bert;, Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (San Jose, CA) |
Microphone attenuation device for use in oxygen breathing masks
Briefly and in general terms, the present invention is directed to aircraft breathing masks including a microphone for transmitting voice signals to other occupants within the aircraft, to the control... Read More
Inventors: Hannah, Gary R.; Stratman, Randy G.;, Assignee: Puritan-Bennett Corporation (Overland Park, KS) |
Data Compression 
