Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Query endpointing based on lip detection
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Application No.: US16936948Application Date: 2020-07-23
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Publication No.: US11308963B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Chanwoo Kim , Rajeev Nongpiur , Michiel Bacchiani
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Middleton Reutlinger
- Main IPC: H04N19/176
- IPC: H04N19/176 ; G06F3/16 ; G10L15/22 ; G10L15/04 ; G10L25/78 ; G10L15/25 ; G10L15/26 ; G06K9/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods are described for improving endpoint detection of a voice query submitted by a user. In some implementations, a synchronized video data and audio data is received. A sequence of frames of the video data that includes images corresponding to lip movement on a face is determined. The audio data is endpointed based on first audio data that corresponds to a first frame of the sequence of frames and second audio data that corresponds to a last frame of the sequence of frames. A transcription of the endpointed audio data is generated by an automated speech recognizer. The generated transcription is then provided for output.
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