公开(公告)号：US06490297B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-03

申请号：US09325968

申请日：1999-06-04

申请人： Mark H. Kraml ,  Jane Mary Leonard ,  Harvey Rubin ,  Carl Joseph Spies

发明人： Mark H. Kraml ,  Jane Mary Leonard ,  Harvey Rubin ,  Carl Joseph Spies

IPC分类号： H04J312

CPC分类号： H04J3/12 ,  H04L69/14

摘要： The system and method of the invention enable any channel of a multi-channel communication link to be used for transmission of a control signal to a system component by a system controller. The system component, connected to the system controller by the multi-channel communication link, automatically locates the one or more signaling channels carrying the control signal(s) and then establishes communication with the system controller in accordance with the control signal(s). If no signaling channels are located after a predetermined number of attempts or after a predetermined period of time, the system component may, if particular conditions are met, reset itself before continuing to search for the signaling channel(s).

摘要翻译： 本发明的系统和方法使得多信道通信链路的任何信道能够用于由系统控制器将控制信号发送到系统组件。 通过多信道通信链路连接到系统控制器的系统组件自动定位携带控制信号的一个或多个信令信道，然后根据控制信号建立与系统控制器的通信。 如果在预定次数的尝试之后或在预定时间段之后没有信令信道被定位，则如果特定条件被满足，则系统组件可以在继续搜索信令信道之前重置自身。

公开(公告)号：US6035273A

公开(公告)日：2000-03-07

申请号：US673242

申请日：1996-06-26

申请人： Carl Joseph Spies

发明人： Carl Joseph Spies

IPC分类号： G10L5/00

CPC分类号： G10L19/0018 ,  G10L15/07

摘要： The invention consists of speech compression and transmission devices (CTD) connected to one another for transmission of signals therebetween via any transmission media including the public switched telephone network, a cellular network, a satellite or submarine communications system or any combination of such existing networks and systems. Each CTD consists of a speech profile defining the coefficients of speech for any person that will be using that device, a means for converting speech to text, and a means for converting text to speech based on the speech profile. When a connection is established between the devices, the speech profiles of the calling party and the called parties are exchanged such that the calling party's CTD stores in RAM the called party's speech profile and the called party's CTD stores in RAM the calling party's speech profile. When either one of the parties speaks, that party's speech is converted into text. Changes in picth, rate, and volume of the speech are detected, and the amount of change indicated by hypertext characters inserted in the text. The text is transmitted from the speaking party's device to the listening party's device where it is converted back into speech using the speaking party's speech profile. Because speech typically occurs at a rate of between 4 and 5 words per second with an average of 4.2 characters per word, normal speech generates approximately 20 characters per second. Assuming the formatted text uses 8 bits to define a character such as for standard ASCII text plus hypertext characters, the system of the invention transmit speech at a data rate of 160-300 bits per second, a data rate significantly lower than known speech compression techniques.

摘要翻译： 本发明包括通过包括公共交换电话网，蜂窝网络，卫星或海底通信系统或这些现有网络的任何组合的任何传输介质彼此连接的用于传输信号之间的信号的语音压缩和传输设备（CTD） 系统。 每个CTD包括定义要使用该设备的任何人的语音系数的语音简档，用于将语音转换为文本的手段，以及用于基于语音简档转换文本到语音的装置。 当在设备之间建立连接时，主叫方和被叫方的语音配置文件被交换，使得呼叫方的CTD存储在RAM中被叫方的语音配置文件，被叫方的CTD将主叫方的语音配置文件存储在RAM中。 当任何一方发言时，该方的演讲将转换为文字。 检测到语音的字节，速率和音量的变化，以及插入到文本中的超文本字符表示的变化量。 该文本从演讲方的设备传送到聆听方的设备，在该设备上，使用演讲方的语音配置文件将其转换为语音。 因为语音通常以每秒4到5个字之间的速率发生，平均每个字为4.2个字符，所以普通语音每秒产生大约20个字符。 假设格式化的文本使用8位来定义诸如标准ASCII文本加上超文本字符的字符，本发明的系统以每秒160-300比特的数据速率发送语音，数据速率显着低于已知语音压缩技术 。