"System and Method for the Adaptive Use of Uncertainty Information in Speech Recognition to Assist in the Recognition of Natural Language Phrases"

• US 20110213616A1
• Filed: 09/23/2010
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Williams, Robert E., Keane, John E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,560,311 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/257
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/18 using natural language modelling

Abstract

A speech recognition system includes a natural language processing component and an automated speech recognition component distinct from each other such that uncertainty in speech recognition is isolated from uncertainty in natural language understanding, wherein the natural language processing component and an automated speech recognition component communicate corresponding weighted meta-information representative of the uncertainty.

Claims

1. A speech recognition system comprising a natural language processing component and an automated speech recognition component distinct from each other such that uncertainty in speech recognition is isolated from uncertainty in natural language understanding, wherein the natural language processing component and an automated speech recognition component communicate corresponding weighted meta-information representative of the uncertainty.