Method and computer program product for generating recognition error correction information

• US 20090144056A1
• Filed: 11/29/2007
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Barkan, Ella, Belinsky, Eran, Mamou, Jonathan Joseph, Aizenbud-Reshef, Netta, Navon, Yaakov, Ophir, Boaz
• Application Number:
  US11/946,847
• Publication Number:
  US 20090144056A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/228
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/10 Character recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/268 Lexical context
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

A method for providing recognition error correction information, the method includes: obtaining metadata associated with a capture of a media item; and generating recognition error correction information in response to the metadata. The recognition error correction information is to be used in a recognition process selected out of a list consisting of an automatic speech recognition process and an optical characters recognition process.

Claims

1. A method for providing recognition error correction information, the method comprises:

obtaining metadata associated with a capture of a media item; and

generating, in response to the metadata, recognition error correction information to be used in a recognition process selected out of a list consisting of an automatic speech recognition process and an optical characters recognition process.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising correcting errors of an information recognition process based upon the recognition error correction information.

3. The method according to claim 1 comprising finding at least one data structure that is associated with the metadata and retrieving recognition error correction information from the at least one data structure.

4. The method according to claim 3 comprising retrieving recognition error correction information from a personal information management data structure of a person that is identified by the metadata;

wherein the retrieving is responsive to at least one characteristic out of a media item capture time and a media item capture location.

5. The method according to claim 1 comprising retrieving recognition error correction information from a web site that is identified by the metadata.

6. The method according to claim 1 comprising obtaining pre-corrected information from the media item;

and generating recognition error correction information in response to the pre-corrected information.

7. The method according to claim 1 comprising determining an event during which the media item was captured and generating recognition error correction information based upon at least one characteristic of the event.

8. The method according to claim 1 comprising retrieving recognition error correction information in response to setting information of a capture device during a capture of the media item.

9. The method according to claim 1 comprising correcting errors of an automatic speech recognition process.

10. The method according to claim 1 comprising correcting optical characters recognition errors.

11. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

obtain metadata associated with a capture of a media item;

generate, in response to the metadata, recognition error correction information to be used in a recognition process selected out of a list consisting of an automatic speech recognition process and an optical characters recognition process.

12. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to correct errors of an information recognition process that based upon the recognition error correction information.

13. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to find at least one data structure that is associated with the metadata and retrieving recognition error correction information from the at least one data structure.

14. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to retrieve recognition error correction information from a personal information management data structure of a person that is identified by the metadata;

wherein the retrieval is responsive to at least one characteristic out of a media item capture time and a media item capture location.

15. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to retrieve recognition error correction information from a web site that is identified by the metadata.

16. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to obtain pre-corrected information from the media item;

and generate recognition error correction information in response to the pre-corrected information.

17. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to determine an event during which the media item was captured and generate recognition error correction information based upon at least one characteristic of the event.

18. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to retrieve recognition error correction information in response to setting information of a capture device during a capture of the media item.

19. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to correct errors of an automatic speech recognition process.

20. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to correct optical characters recognition errors.