Method and system for a recognition system having a verification recognition system

• US 7,324,938 B1
• Filed: 08/08/2005
• Issued: 01/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Wong, Yoon Kean
• Primary Examiner(s): MCFADDEN, SUSAN IRIS
• Application Number:
  US11/200,530
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 704/231
• US Class Current: 704/231
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/225 Feedback of the input speech

Abstract

A method and system for performing computer implemented recognition. In one method embodiment, the present invention first accesses user input stored in a memory of a mobile device. On the mobile device, the present invention performs a coarse recognition process on the user input to generate a coarse result. The coarse process may operate in real-time. The embodiment then displays a portion of the coarse result on a display screen of the mobile device. The embodiment further performs a detailed recognition process on the user input to generate a detailed result. The detailed process has more recognition patterns and computing resources available to it. The present embodiment performs a comparison of the detailed result and the coarse result. The present embodiment displays a portion of the comparison on the display screen.

Claims

1. A method of performing computer implemented recognition comprising:

accessing user input to be recognized;

on a mobile device, performing a coarse recognition process on said input to generate a coarse result;

on said mobile device, performing a comparison of said coarse result and a detailed result wherein said detailed result is generated by a detailed recognition process operable on said input; and

displaying a portion of said comparison on a display screen of said mobile device.

2. A method as described in claim 1 further comprising performing said detailed recognition process on said input to generate said detailed result wherein said detailed recognition process is performed on another computing system separate from said mobile device.

3. A method as described in claim 2 further comprising:

transferring said input from said mobile device to said another computing system for processing of said detailed result; and

at said mobile device, receiving said detailed result from said another computing system.

4. A method as described in claim 1 further comprising:

transferring said input from said mobile device to said another computing system for processing of said detailed result; and

at said mobile device, receiving said detailed result from said another computing system.

5. A method as described in claim 4 further comprising:

transferring said coarse result to said another computing system in conjunction with said input.

6. A method as described in claim 4 wherein said transferring is performed wirelessly over a wireless communications channel.

7. A method as described in claim 1 further comprising performing said detailed recognition process on, said input to generate said detailed result wherein said detailed recognition process is performed on said mobile device.

8. A method as described in claim 7 wherein said detailed recognition process is performed during background processing of said mobile device.

9. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said user input is speech data and wherein said coarse and said detailed recognition processes are speech recognition processes.

10. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said user input is handwriting data and wherein said coarse and said detailed recognition processes are handwriting recognition processes.

11. A method of performing computer implemented recognition comprising:

accessing user input to be recognized;

on a mobile device, performing a coarse recognition process on said input to generate a coarse result;

on said mobile device, performing a detailed recognition process on said input to generate a detailed result,

on said mobile device, performing a comparison of said coarse result and said detailed result; and

displaying a portion of said comparison on a display screen of said mobile device.

12. A method as described in claim 11 wherein said detailed recognition process is performed during background processing of said mobile device.

13. A method as described in claim 11 wherein said user input is speech data and wherein said coarse and said detailed recognition processes are speech recognition processes.

14. A method as described in claim 11 wherein said user input is handwriting data and wherein said coarse and said detailed recognition processes are handwriting recognition processes.

15. A method as described in claim 11 further comprising displaying a portion of said coarse result on said display screen.

16. A recognition system comprising:

a mobile device accessing user input and performing a coarse recognition process thereon; and

a data link communicatively coupled to said mobile device and for communicating with another computer system; and

wherein said mobile device is further for performing a comparison between said coarse result and a detailed result wherein said detailed result is generated by a detailed recognition process operable on said user input and wherein further said mobile device comprises a display screen for displaying a portion of said comparison.

17. The system as recited in claim 16 wherein a portion of said coarse recognition process is displayed upon said display screen of said mobile device.

18. The system as recited in claim 16 wherein said data link is wireless.

19. The system as recited in claim 16 wherein said data link is wired.

20. The system as described in claim 16 wherein said data link is operable to transmit said user input to said another computer system.

21. The system as described in claim 20 wherein said data link is further operable to transmit a portion of said coarse result to said another computer system.

22. The system as described in claim 20 wherein said mobile device is operable to receive said detailed result communicated over said data link.

23. The system as described in claim 20 further comprising said another computer system and wherein said another computer system is separate from said mobile device and is operable to perform said detailed recognition process on said user input.

24. The system as recited in claim 23 wherein said another computing system is further operable to receive a portion of the result of said coarse recognition process.

25. The system as recited in claim 16 wherein said mobile device is further operable to perform said detailed recognition process on said user input.

26. The system as recited in claim 16 wherein said display screen is operable to display a portion of said coarse result.

27. A recognition system comprising:

a mobile device accessing user input and performing a coarse recognition process thereon;

a background recognition process performed on said mobile device, wherein said background recognition process performs a detailed recognition process on said user input, said background recognition process returning a detailed result to a foreground application of said mobile device; and

wherein said foreground application performs a comparison of said detailed and coarse results.

28. The system as recited in claim 27 wherein said mobile device comprises a display screen and wherein the result of said coarse recognition process is displayed upon said display screen.

29. The system as recited in claim 28 wherein said display screen is operable to display a portion of said comparison.

30. A mobile device comprising a processor coupled to a bus, a memory device coupled to said bus and a display screen and wherein said memory device comprises instructions that when executed implement a method of performing computer implemented recognition, said method comprising:

accessing user input to be recognized;

performing a coarse recognition process on said input to generate a coarse result;

performing a comparison of said coarse result and a detailed result wherein said detailed result is generated by a detailed recognition process operable on said input; and

displaying a portion of said comparison on said display screen.

31. A mobile device as described in claim 30 wherein said method further comprises performing said detailed recognition process on said input to generate said detailed result.

32. A mobile device as described in claim 30 wherein said method further comprises:

transferring said input from said mobile device to another computing system for processing of said detailed result; and

at said mobile device, receiving said detailed result from said another computing system.

33. A mobile device as described in claim 32 wherein said method further comprises transferring said coarse result to said another computing system in conjunction with said input.

34. A mobile device as described in claim 32 further comprising a wireless data link and wherein said transferring is performed wirelessly over said wireless data link.

35. A mobile device as described in claim 30 wherein said user input is speech data and wherein said coarse and said detailed recognition processes are speech recognition processes.

36. A mobile device as described in claim 30 wherein said user input is handwriting data and wherein said coarse and said detailed recognition processes are handwriting recognition processes.