SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNITION OF ALPHANUMERIC PATTERNS INCLUDING LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS
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1. A method of recognizing an audible alphanumeric pattern associated with a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving audio information corresponding to an alphanumeric pattern spoken by a user identifying a vehicle identifier carried by a vehicle;
obtaining contextual information, wherein the contextual information comprises one or more of a context of the vehicle, a context of the user, or a description of the vehicle;
processing the received audio information to identify the vehicle identifier, wherein identification of the vehicle identifier from the received audio information is further based on the obtained contextual information.
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Abstract
Voice recognition technology is combined with external information sources and/or contextual information to enhance the quality of voice recognition results specifically for the use case of reading out or speaking an alphanumeric identifier. The alphanumeric identifier may be associated with a good, service, person, account, or other entity. For example, the identifier may be a vehicle license plate number.
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1. A method of recognizing an audible alphanumeric pattern associated with a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving audio information corresponding to an alphanumeric pattern spoken by a user identifying a vehicle identifier carried by a vehicle; obtaining contextual information, wherein the contextual information comprises one or more of a context of the vehicle, a context of the user, or a description of the vehicle; processing the received audio information to identify the vehicle identifier, wherein identification of the vehicle identifier from the received audio information is further based on the obtained contextual information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16)
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10. A system configured to recognize spoken alphanumeric patterns, the system comprising:
one or more processors configured (i) to receive audio information, the audio information corresponding to an alphanumeric pattern spoken by a user, wherein the alphanumeric pattern is an identifier, (ii) to obtain contextual information, wherein the contextual information comprises one or more of a context of a good or service associated with the identifier, a context of the user, or a description of the good or service associated with the identifier, and (iii) to process the received audio information to identify the identifier, wherein identification of the identifier from the received audio information is further based on the obtained contextual information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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