Methods and apparatus for performing speech recognition using acoustic models which are improved through an interactive process
    1.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for performing speech recognition using acoustic models which are improved through an interactive process 有权
    使用通过交互过程改善的声学模型进行语音识别的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06263308B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-17

    申请号:US09531055

    申请日:2000-03-20

    IPC分类号: G10L1502

    CPC分类号: G10L15/063

    摘要: Automated methods and apparatus for synchronizing audio and text data, e.g., in the form of electronic files, representing audio and text expressions of the same work or information are described. Also described are automated methods of detecting errors and other discrepancies between the audio and text versions of the same work. A speech recognition operation is performed on the audio data initially using a speaker independent acoustic model. The recognized text in addition to audio time stamps are produced by the speech recognition operation. The recognized text is compared to the text in text data to identify correctly recognized words. The acoustic model is then retrained using the correctly recognized text and corresponding audio segments from the audio data transforming the initial acoustic model into a speaker trained acoustic model. The retrained acoustic model is then used to perform an additional speech recognition operation on the audio data. The audio and text data are synchronized using the results of the updated acoustic model. In addition, one or more error reports based on the final recognition results are generated showing discrepancies between the recognized words and the words included in the text. By retraining the acoustic model in the above described manner, improved accuracy is achieved.

    摘要翻译: 描述用于同步音频和文本数据的自动方法和装置,例如以电子文件的形式,表示相同作品或信息的音频和文本表达。 还描述了检测相同作品的音频和文本版本之间的错误和其他差异的自动化方法。 首先使用与扬声器无关的声学模型对音频数据执行语音识别操作。 通过语音识别操作产生除音频时间戳之外的识别文本。 将识别的文本与文本数据中的文本进行比较,以识别正确识别的字词。 然后使用来自音频数据的正确识别的文本和对应的音频段将声学模型再训练,将初始声学模型变换成扬声器训练的声学模型。 然后再训练的声学模型用于对音频数据执行附加的语音识别操作。 使用更新的声学模型的结果来同步音频和文本数据。 此外,生成基于最终识别结果的一个或多个错误报告,显示识别的单词与文本中包含的单词之间的差异。 通过以上述方式重新训练声学模型,实现了提高的精度。

    Methods and apparatus for automatically synchronizing electronic audio files with electronic text files
    2.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for automatically synchronizing electronic audio files with electronic text files 有权
    电子音频文件与电子文本文件自动同步的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06260011B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-10

    申请号:US09531054

    申请日:2000-03-20

    IPC分类号: G10L1508

    摘要: Automated methods and apparatus for synchronizing audio and text data, e.g., in the form of electronic files, representing audio and text expressions of the same work or information are described. A statistical language model is generated from the text data. A speech recognition operation is then performed on the audio data using the generated language model and a speaker independent acoustic model. Silence is modeled as a word which can be recognized. The speech recognition operation produces a time indexed set of recognized words some of which may be silence. The recognized words are globally aligned with the words in the text data. Recognized periods of silence, which correspond to expected periods of silence, and are adjoined by one or more correctly recognized words are identified as points where the text and audio files should be synchronized, e.g., by the insertion of bi-directional pointers. In one embodiment, for a text location to be identified for synchronization purposes, both words which bracket, e.g., precede and follow, the recognized silence must be correctly identified. Pointers, corresponding to identified locations of silence to be used for synchronization purposes are inserted into the text and/or audio files at the identified locations. Audio time stamps obtained from the speech recognition operation may be used as the bi-directional pointers. Synchronized text and audio data may be output in a variety of file formats.

    摘要翻译: 描述用于同步音频和文本数据的自动方法和装置,例如以电子文件的形式,表示相同作品或信息的音频和文本表达。 从文本数据生成统计语言模型。 然后使用生成的语言模型和与扬声器无关的声学模型对音频数据执行语音识别操作。 沉默被模仿为可以被认可的一个词。 语音识别操作产生识别字的时间索引集合,其中一些可能是静音。 识别的单词与文本数据中的单词全局对齐。 识别的静音期间,其对应于预期的沉默期,并且被一个或多个正确识别的字相邻,被识别为文本和音频文件应当被同步的点,例如通过插入双向指针。 在一个实施例中,对于要为同步目的被识别的文本位置,必须正确地识别包括例如先前和后面的两个单词。 对应于要用于同步目的的所确定的沉默位置的指针被插入到所识别位置的文本和/或音频文件中。 从语音识别操作获得的音频时间戳可以用作双向指针。 可以以各种文件格式输出同步的文本和音频数据。

    Transmission of information during ad click-through
    3.
    发明授权
    Transmission of information during ad click-through 有权
    广告点击过程中的信息传输

    公开(公告)号:US07058592B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-06

    申请号:US09450262

    申请日:1999-11-29

    IPC分类号: G06F17/60

    摘要: The transmission of information during ad click-through is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method selects an ad to be displayed on a web page, as one of a plurality of ads within a current cluster in which each of the ad has a probability to be selected. The method displays the ad on the web page, and then detects activation—for example, click-through—of the displayed ad. The method transmits information to an entity associated with the ad, such as an advertiser, upon detecting click-through or other activation of the ad. In one embodiment, the information transmitted includes information regarding the current cluster.

    摘要翻译: 透露广告点击过程中的信息传输。 在一个实施例中,计算机实现的方法选择要在网页上显示的广告,作为当前集群中的多个广告之一,其中每个广告具有被选择的概率。 该方法会在网页上显示广告,然后检测激活 - 例如,所显示广告的点击。 该方法在检测到点击或其他激活广告时,向与广告相关联的实体(例如广告商)发送信息。 在一个实施例中,发送的信息包括关于当前集群的信息。

    Cluster-based and rule-based approach for automated web-based targeted advertising with quotas
    4.
    发明授权
    Cluster-based and rule-based approach for automated web-based targeted advertising with quotas 有权
    基于群集和基于规则的自动化基于Web的定向广告配额配额方法

    公开(公告)号:US07472102B1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-30

    申请号:US09430767

    申请日:1999-10-29

    IPC分类号: G06N5/00

    CPC分类号: G06Q30/02 G06Q10/087

    摘要: Targeted delivery of items with inventory management using a cluster-based approach or a rule-based approach is disclosed. An example of items is advertisements. Each item is allocated to one or more clusters. The allocation is made based on a predetermined criterion accounting for at least a quota for each item and possibly a constraint for each cluster. The former can refer to the number of times an item must be shown. The latter can refer to the number of times a given group of web pages is likely to be visited by users, and hence is the number of times items can be shown in a given cluster. The invention is not limited to any particular definition of what constitutes a cluster or item.

    摘要翻译: 披露了使用基于群集的方法或基于规则的方法对库存管理进行目标交付。 项目的一个例子是广告。 每个项目被分配给一个或多个集群。 基于至少考虑每个项目的配额和可能的每个集群的约束的预定标准进行分配。 前者可以参考项目必须显示的次数。 后者可以参考给定的一组网页可能被用户访问的次数,因此是在给定的集群中可以显示项目的次数。 本发明不限于什么构成集群或项目的任何具体定义。

    Composite relief image printing plates
    5.
    发明授权
    Composite relief image printing plates 有权
    复合浮雕图像印版

    公开(公告)号:US06312872B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-11-06

    申请号:US09417043

    申请日:1999-10-12

    IPC分类号: G03F726

    摘要: High-quality composite printing elements are prepared without the need for precise registration of constituent photocurable elements by disposing at least one photocurable element, and preferably a plurality of photocurable elements, upon a surface of a printing element in approximate register and then transferring a computer-generated negative onto a surface of the elements.

    摘要翻译: 通过在打印元件的表面近似地配置至少一个光固化元件(优选多个可光固化元件),然后将计算机可读取元件传送到计算机可读元件, 在元件的表面上产生负值。

    Harmonic metronome
    6.
    发明授权
    Harmonic metronome 失效
    谐波节拍器

    公开(公告)号:US5515764A

    公开(公告)日:1996-05-14

    申请号:US366611

    申请日:1994-12-30

    申请人: Daniel Rosen

    发明人: Daniel Rosen

    IPC分类号: G04F5/02 G09B15/00

    CPC分类号: G04F5/025 Y10S84/12

    摘要: An electronic metronome device producing precisely timed and tuned rhythms and pitches that are pre-programmed to correspond to specific scales or modes, arpeggios, chords, and etudes. A combination of microprocessor and user interface (34, 30, 28, and 26) stores these musical exercises and retrieves them from an electronic memory (36), inputs them to a signal processor (42) for amplification and modification, and outputs (40) them to speakers (12), optical displays (24), audio outputs (18), etc. A volume control 20 and balance control 22 modify the audio signal coming from the speakers 12. The components, enabled either by an internal (battery) or external (plug) power source (44), are housed in a light and durable case for easy portability and user control.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子节拍器设备,可精确定时调整节奏和音调,预编程为符合特定尺度或模式,琶音,和弦和色调。 微处理器和用户界面(34,30,28和26)的组合存储这些音乐练习并从电子存储器(36)检索它们,将它们输入到用于放大和修改的信号处理器(42),并输出(40 )它们到扬声器(12),光学显示器(24),音频输出(18)等。音量控制器20和平衡控制器22修改来自扬声器12的音频信号。该组件由内部(电池 )或外部(插头)电源(44),容纳在轻便耐用的外壳中,便于携带和用户控制。

    Risk environment modeling for predicting decisions
    7.
    发明申请
    Risk environment modeling for predicting decisions 审中-公开
    用于预测决策的风险环境建模

    公开(公告)号:US20060247956A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-02

    申请号:US10561750

    申请日:2004-06-24

    IPC分类号: G06F9/44 G06F17/50

    摘要: A modeling method for predicting a decision is disclosed. A risk environment is simulated for one or more control groups. One or more experimental groups are exposed to an intervention, and the risk environment is simulated for the experimental groups.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于预测决策的建模方法。 模拟一个或多个控制组的风险环境。 一个或多个实验组暴露于干预,并为实验组模拟风险环境。

    Composite relief image printing elements
    8.
    发明授权
    Composite relief image printing elements 失效
    复合浮雕图像打印元件

    公开(公告)号:US06472121B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-10-29

    申请号:US09922826

    申请日:2001-08-06

    IPC分类号: G03F7095

    摘要: High-quality composite printing elements are prepared without the need for precise registration of constituent photocurable elements by disposing at least one photocurable element, and preferably a plurality of photocurable elements, upon a surface of a printing element in approximate register and then transferring a computer-generated negative onto a surface of the elements.

    摘要翻译: 通过在打印元件的表面近似地配置至少一个光固化元件(优选多个可光固化元件),然后将计算机可读取元件传送到计算机可读元件, 在元件的表面上产生负值。

    Electronic online commerce card with customer generated transaction
proxy number for online transactions
    9.
    发明授权
    Electronic online commerce card with customer generated transaction proxy number for online transactions 失效
    电子在线商务卡与客户交易代理号码进行网上交易

    公开(公告)号:US6000832A

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-14

    申请号:US935485

    申请日:1997-09-24

    摘要: An online commerce system facilitates online commerce over a public network using an online commerce card. The "card" does not exist in physical form, but instead exists in digital form. It is assigned a customer account number that includes digits for a prefix number for bank-handling information, digits for a customer identification number, digits reserved for an embedded code number, and a digit for check sum. The bank also gives the customer a private key. During an online transaction, the customer computer retrieves the private key and customer account number from storage. The customer computer generates a code number as a function of the private key, customer-specific data (e.g, card-holder's name, account number, etc.) and transaction-specific data (e.g., transaction amount, merchant ID, goods ID, time, transaction date, etc.). The customer computer embeds the code number in the reserved digits of the customer account number to create a transaction number specific to the transaction. The customer submits that transaction number to the merchant as a proxy for a regular card number. When the merchant submits the number for approval, the issuing institution recognizes it as a proxy transaction number, indexes the customer account record, and looks up the associated private key and customer-specific data. The institution computes a test code number using the same function and input parameters as the customer computer. The issuing institution compares the test code number with the code number embedded in the transaction number. If the two numbers match, the issuing institution accepts the transaction number as valid.

    摘要翻译: 在线商务系统通过使用在线商务卡的公共网络促进网络商务。 “卡”不以物理形式存在,而是以数字形式存在。 它被分配一个客户帐号,其中包括用于银行处理信息的前缀号码的数字,用于客户识别号码的数字,为嵌入代码号码保留的数字和用于校验和的数字的客户帐号。 银行也给客户一个私钥。 在线交易期间,客户计算机从存储中检索私钥和客户帐号。 客户计算机根据私钥,客户特定数据(例如,持卡人的姓名,帐号等)和交易特定的数据(例如,交易金额,商家ID,商品ID, 时间,交易日期等)。 客户计算机将代码号码嵌入客户帐号的保留位数,以创建特定于事务的交易号码。 客户将该交易号码作为常规卡号的代理提交给商家。 当商户提交批准号码时,发卡机构将其认定为代理交易号码,对客户帐户记录进行索引,并查找相关私钥和客户特定数据。 机构使用与客户计算机相同的功能和输入参数来计算测试代码编号。 签发机构将测试代码号码与嵌入在交易号码中的代码号进行比较。 如果两个数字匹配,发卡机构接受交易号码为有效。

    Subtitling stereographic imagery
    10.
    发明授权
    Subtitling stereographic imagery 有权
    字幕立体图像

    公开(公告)号:US08723927B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-13

    申请号:US12415049

    申请日:2009-03-31

    申请人: Daniel Rosen

    发明人: Daniel Rosen

    IPC分类号: H04N13/04 H04N7/00

    CPC分类号: G03B35/00 G03B21/26

    摘要: There is disclosed a method and apparatus for subtitling stereoscopic imagery. The stereoscopic imagery may include a plurality of paired stereo images having a perspective and providing a stereoscopic scene, wherein each image of a given pair represents a perspective of the imagery as viewed by a single eye of the stereoscopic scene. A subtitle may be presented solely upon one image of the stereo pair of images of at least some of the stereoscopic imagery.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于字幕立体图像的方法和装置。 立体图像可以包括具有透视图并提供立体场景的多个配对立体图像,其中给定对的每个图像表示由立体场景的单眼所观看的图像的透视图。 副标题可以仅仅呈现在至少一些立体图像的立体图像对的一个图像上。