Speech Recognition, and Related Systems
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1. A method comprising the acts:
- receiving audio corresponding to a user'"'"'s speech;
obtaining speech recognition data associated with said speech;
generating digital speech data corresponding to said received audio; and
transmitting the digital speech data accompanied by the speech recognition data.
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Abstract
In one arrangement, information useful in understanding the content of user speech (e.g., phonemes identified by a speech recognition algorithm, data indicating the gender of the speaker, etc.) is determined at an apparatus (e.g., a cell phone), and accompanies speech data sent from that apparatus. (Steganographic encoding of the speech data can be employed to convey this information.) A receiving device can use this accompanying information to better understand the content of the speech. A great variety of other features and arrangements—some dealing with imagery rather than audio—are also detailed.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising the acts:
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receiving audio corresponding to a user'"'"'s speech;
obtaining speech recognition data associated with said speech;
generating digital speech data corresponding to said received audio; and
transmitting the digital speech data accompanied by the speech recognition data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method performed at a first location, using a speech signal provided from a remote location, comprising the acts:
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obtaining speech recognition data conveyed with the speech signal; and
applying a speech recognition algorithm to said speech signal, employing the speech recognition data conveyed therewith. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a telecommunications method that includes sensing speech from a speaker, and relaying speech data corresponding thereto to a remote location, an improvement comprising conveying auxiliary information with said speech data, said auxiliary information comprising at least one of the following:
- data indicating a language of said speech, data indicating an age of said speaker, or data indicating a gender of said speaker.
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18. A method comprising:
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at a first, battery-powered, wireless device, performing an initial recognition operation on received audio or image content;
conveying a representation of said content, together with data resulting from said initial recognition operation, from said first device to a second, remotely located, device; and
at said second device, performing a further recognition operation on said representation of content, said further operation making use of data resulting from said initial operation. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A mobile handset including a microphone and a speech recognition system, characterized in that a processor thereof changes the handset between different modes of operation depending on assessment of speech recognition accuracy.
- 21. A method using a handheld wireless communications device that includes a camera system which captures raw image data, converts same to RGB data, and compresses the RGB data, the method further including performing at least a partial fingerprint determination operation on the raw image data prior to said conversion-to-RGB and prior to said compression, and sending resultant fingerprint information from said device to a remote system.
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24. A method of fingerprint determination comprising:
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at a wireless communications device, capturing audio;
performing a partial fingerprint determination on data corresponding to said captured audio;
transmitting results from said partial fingerprint determination to a remote system; and
performing a further fingerprint determination on said remote system.
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25. A method comprising:
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capturing an image including a face using a camera system of a handheld wireless communications device;
performing a partial signature calculation characterizing the face in said image, using a processor in said handheld wireless communications device;
transmitting data resulting from said partial signature calculation to a remote system;
performing a further signature calculation on the remote system; and
using resultant signature data to seek a match between said face and a reference database of facial image data.
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