Apparatus and method for identifying a speech pattern
First Claim
1. Apparatus for identifying one or more boundaries of a speech pattern within an input utterance, comprising:
- circuitry for defining one or more anchor patterns;
circuitry for receiving the input utterance;
circuitry for identifying a beginning and an end of an anchor section of the input utterance, said anchor section corresponding to at least one of said anchor patterns; and
circuitry for defining one boundary of the speech pattern based upon said anchor section, wherein said boundary defining circuitry comprises circuitry for defining a start boundary of the speech pattern at the end of said anchor section.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for identifying one or more boundaries of a speech pattern within an input utterance. One or more anchor patterns are defined, and an input utterance is received. An anchor section of the input utterance is identified as corresponding to at least one of the anchor patterns. A boundary of the speech pattern is defined based upon the anchor section. Also provided are a method and apparatus for identifying a speech pattern within an input utterance. One or more segment patterns are defined, and an input utterance is received. Portions of the input utterance which correspond to the segment patterns are identified. One or more of the segments of the input utterance are defined responsive to the identified portions.
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62 Claims
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1. Apparatus for identifying one or more boundaries of a speech pattern within an input utterance, comprising:
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circuitry for defining one or more anchor patterns; circuitry for receiving the input utterance; circuitry for identifying a beginning and an end of an anchor section of the input utterance, said anchor section corresponding to at least one of said anchor patterns; and circuitry for defining one boundary of the speech pattern based upon said anchor section, wherein said boundary defining circuitry comprises circuitry for defining a start boundary of the speech pattern at the end of said anchor section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for identifying a speech pattern within an input utterance, comprising:
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circuitry for defining one or more segment patterns, wherein said segment patterns comprise noise patterns; circuitry for receiving an input utterance; circuitry for identifying portions of said utterance which correspond to said segment patterns; and circuitry for defining one or more segments of said input utterance responsive to said identified portions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for identifying one or more boundaries of a speech pattern within an input utterance, comprising the steps of:
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defining one or more anchor patterns; receiving the input utterance; identifying a beginning and an end of an anchor section of the input utterance, said anchor section corresponding to at least one of said anchor patterns; and defining one boundary of the speech pattern based upon said anchor section, wherein said boundary defining step comprises the step of defining a start boundary of the speech pattern at the end of said anchor section. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for identifying a speech pattern within an input utterance, comprising the steps of:
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defining one or more segment patterns, wherein said segment patterns defining step comprises the step of defining one or more noise patterns; receiving an input utterance; identifying portions of said input utterance which correspond to said segment patterns; and defining one or more segments of said input utterance responsive to said identified portions. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A system for enrolling a predetermined speech pattern in a speech recognition system, comprising:
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circuitry for defining one or more anchor patterns; circuitry for receiving an input utterance; circuitry for identifying a beginning and an end of one or more anchor sections of said input utterance, said anchor sections corresponding to at least one of said anchor patterns; circuitry for defining one or more boundaries of the predetermined speech pattern to be adjacent said anchor sections within said input utterance, wherein said boundary defining circuitry comprises circuitry for defining a start boundary of the speech pattern at the end of said anchor section; and circuitry for storing the predetermined speech pattern. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52)
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53. A system for enrolling a specific speech pattern in a speech recognition system, comprising:
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circuitry for defining one or ore segment patterns; circuitry for receiving an input utterance; circuitry for defining one or more segments of said input utterance, said defined segments comprising portions of said input utterance which fail to correspond to said segment patterns; circuitry for defining the specific speech pattern as comprising one or more of said segments, wherein said specific speech pattern defining circuitry comprises circuitry for excluding from the speech pattern any segment group that fails to have a minimum size; and circuitry for storing the specific speech pattern. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55)
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56. A system for controlling a device responsive to a speech pattern within an input utterance, comprising:
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circuitry for determining a speech pattern; circuitry for defining one or more anchor patterns; circuitry for receiving the input utterance; circuitry for identifying one or more anchor sections of the input utterance, said anchor sections corresponding to at least one of said anchor patterns; circuitry for defining one or more boundaries of said speech pattern to be adjacent said anchor sections within the input utterance, wherein said boundary defining circuitry comprises circuitry for defining a start boundary of said speech pattern at the end of said anchor section; and circuitry for associating said speech pattern with a function of the device. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59)
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60. A system for controlling a device responsive to a speech pattern, comprising:
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circuitry for determining a speech pattern; circuitry for defining one or more segment patterns; circuitry for receiving an input utterance; circuitry for defining one or more segments of said input utterance, said defined segments comprising portions of said input utterance which fail to correspond to said segment patterns; circuitry for defining said speech pattern as comprising one or more of said segments; circuitry for defining one or ore segment groups, each said segment group comprising one or more segments that are uninterrupted in said input utterance by one of said portions; and circuitry for associating said speech pattern with a function of the device. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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