Incident report transcription system and methodologies

• US 20070094034A1
• Filed: 10/23/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bradley Berlin, Margaret Nyswonger
• Original Assignee: Bradley Berlin, Margaret Nyswonger
• Inventors: Berlin, Bradley, Nyswonger, Margaret
• Application Number:
  US11/584,541
• Publication Number:
  US 20070094034A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/273
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques

Abstract

A system and methodologies are provided that support speech-based generation of incident reports.

Claims

1. An incident report transcription system comprising:

a biometric speaker verification module configured to verify an identity of a speaker via one or more biometric indicia;

a speech recognition and transcription module configured to accept spoken data entry commands and transcribe spoken data to generate at least one electronic format incident report; and

a records management system interface module configured to store the at least one electronic format incident report in a records management system following generation.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the biometric speaker verification module and speech recognition and records management system interface module are included in a mobile unit assigned to one or more personnel members.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the mobile unit is implemented in a personnel member'"'"'s vehicle.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the mobile unit is implemented as a personal computer.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the mobile unit is implemented as a personal computing device that enables data entry via at least speech.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the mobile unit includes at least one text data entry and review interface.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile unit includes a Keep Alive Sensor configured to monitor and maintain at least one communication mechanism for use by the mobile unit.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the biometric speaker verification module, speech recognition and transcription module and records management system interface module are implemented in at least one server.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented using distributed algorithms and multiagent systems.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the biometric speaker verification module is configured to authenticate the identity of the personnel member using the system.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the speech recognition and transcription module is trained using both a sample of actual incident reports in electronic text form and speech samples provided from a pool of varied personnel.

12. A method for generating at least one transcribed, electronic format incident report, the method comprising:

verifying an identify of a speaker via a biometric speaker verification module that analyzes one or more biometric indicia;

implementing spoken data entry commands from the speaker and transcribing data spoken by the speaker to generate at least one electronic format incident report; and

storing the at least one electronic format incident report in a records management system.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the verification, implementation and storing are performed by a mobile unit associated with at least one personnel member.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile unit is implemented in a personnel member'"'"'s vehicle.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile unit is implemented as a personal computer.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile unit is implemented as a personal computing device that enables data entry via at least speech.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile unit includes at least one text data entry and review interface.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile unit includes a Keep Alive Sensor configured to monitor and maintain at least one communication mechanism for use by the mobile unit.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the system is implemented using distributed algorithms and multiagent systems.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the biometric speaker verification module is configured to authenticate the identity of the personnel member using the system.

21. The method of claim 12, further comprising training using both a sample of actual incident reports in electronic text form and speech samples provided from a pool of varied personnel.