Wireless speech recognition

• US 20070218955A1
• Filed: 03/17/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Mowatt, David, Cook, Daniel, Scholz, Oliver, Chambers, Robert, Murillo, Oscar, Bickel, Ryan
• Granted Patent: US 7,680,514 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/563
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/28 Constructional details of speech recognition systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00

Abstract

A portable wireless-enabled system includes an input transducer (for example, a microphone), an output transducer (for example, a speaker) and a wireless transceiver system. Also included, is a memory having a programmable user speech profile. A processor system controls operation of the input transducer, the output transducer, the wireless transceiver system and the memory.

Claims

1. A portable wireless-enabled system comprising:

an input transducer;

a wireless transceiver system;

a memory having a programmable user speech recognition (SR) profile; and

a processor system configured to control operation of the input transducer, the output transducer, the wireless transceiver system and the memory.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the input transducer is a microphone.

3. The system of claim 1 and further comprising an output transducer.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the output transducer is a speaker.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the input transducer, the wireless transceiver system, the memory having the programmable user SR profile and the processor system are a part of a headset.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the headset further comprises a SR on/off button to enable/disable communication of speech signals from the headset to a SR application running on a personal computer (PC).

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the input transducer, a first wireless transceiver of the wireless transceiver system and a first processor of the processor system are a part of a headset, and wherein a second wireless transceiver of the wireless transceiver system, the memory having the programmable user SR profile and a second processor system of the processor system are a part of a wireless adapter.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the wireless adapter is configured to plug into a computer port of a PC.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the input transducer, a first wireless transceiver of the wireless transceiver system, the memory having the programmable user SR profile and a first processor of the processor system are a part of a headset, and wherein a second wireless transceiver of the wireless transceiver system and a second processor of the processor system are a part of a wireless adapter.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the wireless adapter is configured to plug into a computer port of a PC.

11. The system of claim 5 wherein the headset is configured to communicate with a non-wireless enabled PC via a wireless-enabled PC that is coupled the non-wireless enabled PC.

12. The system of claim 5 wherein the headset is configured to communicate via a wireless communication link with multiple wireless-enabled PCs.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the memory is non-volatile.

14. A wireless adapter comprising:

a wireless transceiver;

a memory having a programmable user SR profile; and

a processor system configured to control the wireless transceiver and the memory.

15. The adapter of claim 14 wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to receive speech signals from a headset via a wireless communication link.

16. The adapter of claim 14 wherein the memory is non-volatile.

17. The adapter of claim 14 and further comprising a connector configured to plug into a computer port of a PC.

18. The adapter of claim 14 wherein the processor is configured to transfer the programmable user SR profile to a PC upon connection of the wireless adapter to the PC.

19. A headset comprising:

a memory having a programmable user SR profile; and

a processor configured to control operation of the memory.

20. The headset of claim 19 wherein the programmable user SR profile in the memory can be accessed by a PC that the headset is connected to.