Simultaneous multi-user real-time voice recognition system

• US 20020049589A1
• Filed: 06/27/2001
• Published: 04/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SynKloud Technologies, LLC (SY Ventures)
• Original Assignee: Darrell A. Poirier
• Inventors: Poirier, Darrell A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,047,192 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/34 Adaptation of a single recogniser for parallel processing, e.g. by use of multiple processors or cloud computing

Abstract

This invention is a combination of software and hardware components and methodologies that enable voice recognition for multiple users simultaneously. It introduces the concept of a “conversational voice log” and how voice logs are combined to represent the spoken words of a meeting or group conversations. It defines the components needed, command set for control, text output features, and usage of such a system.

Claims

1. A Micro-Computer that is enclosed in a 5¼

″

enclosure.

2. A Micro-Computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the Micro-computer is enclosed in a 5¼

″

enclosure that mounts into a standard personal computer 5¼

″

storage peripheral bay.

3. A Micro-Computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the Microcomputer is enclosed in a 5¼

″

enclosure that mounts into a standard personal computer 5¼

″

storage peripheral bay that contains a microprocessor, memory, disk drive, universal serial bus, display output, and network connection.

4. A Micro-Computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the Micro-computer is enclosed in a 5¼

″

enclosure that mounts into a standard personal computer 5¼

″

storage peripheral bay that contains a microprocessor, memory, disk drive, universal serial bus, display output, and network connection that has an operating system and voice recognition software.

5. A Micro-Computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the Micro-computer is enclosed in a 5¼

″

enclosure that mounts into a standard personal computer 5¼

″

storage peripheral bay that contains a microprocessor, memory, disk drive, universal serial bus, display output, and network connection that has an operating system, voice recognition software, and an indexing software.

6. A Micro-Computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the Micro-computer is enclosed in a 5¼

″

enclosure that mounts into a standard personal computer 5¼

″

storage peripheral bay that contains a microprocessor, memory, disk drive, universal serial bus, display output, and network connection that has an operating system, voice recognition software, and an indexing software where this system is used for collection of spoken words to create a voice log.

7. A group of computers that individually contains a microprocessor, memory, disk drive, universal serial bus, display output, and network connection that has an operating system, voice recognition software, and indexing software where this system is used for collection of spoken words to create a voice log.

8. A group of computers as recited in claim 7, wherein at least one of the computers is mobile.

9. The system that is a Voice Log that is text that was translated from spoken words using speech recognition that includes an index of time stamp, count, control codes or other similar method of indexing.

10. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that provides indexing of groups of spoken words between pauses, as the words are input to the computer and translated to text by voice recognition software.

11. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that provides indexing of groups of spoken words as input to the computer that is activated by pressing a button, or sound, or sound pressure, or sound frequency levels, and/or voice command.

12. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that provides indexing of groups of spoken words as input to the computer that is activated by pressing a button, or sound, or sound pressure, or sound frequency levels, or voice command, that inserts the index into the voice log file where the index is visible or hidden in the voice log file.

13. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that can take many Voice Logs and integrate them into one single voice log of chronological sequence.

14. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that can take many Voice Logs and integrate them into one single voice log of chronological sequence that highlights or notes words that were spoken at the same time.

15. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that can take many Voice Logs and integrate them into one single voice log of chronological sequence that highlights or notes words that were spoken at the same time, that exports the files to destinations like databases, text transcripts, audio output, and text file.

16. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes the concept of a specific set of words for voice command and control for creating and controlling Voice Logs and Multi-User Voice Logs.

17. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that provides command and control for creating Voice Log files.

18. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that provides command and control for creating Multi-User Voice Log files that contains the commands:

Start meeting, Stop meeting, Recognize group, Recognize user, Pause meeting, Print meeting, Print individual “

name”

, Index method “

type”

, Strike class comment, Start mute, Stop mute, Start recognize “

name”

, Stop recognize “

name”

, Off the record, On the record, Bookmark “

phrase”

, Mark for correction, List uncorrected, List corrected, Play voice reference, Display user “

name”

.

19. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that can compare spoken words with a text documents and determines word accuracy.

20. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that can compare spoken words with a text documents and determines word accuracy.

21. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein the system includes software that measures and displays the time interval from when a word or group of words is spoken into a microphone until the time text is displayed on an output screen.