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EP About this file: EP1262953

EP1262953 - Speaker adaptation for speech recognition [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2002/49]Speaker and environment adaptation based on linear separation of variability sources
[2005/26]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.10.2006
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.12.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CY		published on 07.01.2009  [2009/02]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi Osaka
571-8501 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2005/49]For all designated states
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
1006, Oaza-Kadoma
Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501 / JP
Former [2002/49]For all designated states
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
1006, Oaza-Kadoma
Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Rigazio, Luca
165 San Angelo, Apt. G
Santa Barbara, California 93111 / US
02 / Nguyen, Patrick
1117 E. Cota Street
Santa Barbara, California 93103 / US
03 / Kryze, David
208 Natoma Avenue, No. 2
Santa Barbara, California 93101 / US
04 / Junqua, Jean-Claude
4543 Nueces Drive
Santa Barbara, California 93110 / US
 [2002/49]
Representative(s)Chapman, Paul Nicholas
Atkinson & Company
Intellectual Property Limited
7 Moorgate Road
Rotherham
South Yorkshire S60 2EN / GB
[N/P]
Former [2005/37]Chapman, Paul Nicholas
Atkinson Burrington Limited 28 President Buildings President Way
Sheffield S4 7UR / GB
Former [2005/16]Atkinson, Ralph, et al
Atkinson Burrington Ltd 28 President Buildings President Way
Sheffield S4 7UR / GB
Former [2002/49]Burrington, Alan Graham Headford, et al
Atkinson Burrington 25-29 President Buildings President Way
Sheffield S4 7UR / GB
Application number, filing date02253651.023.05.2002
[2002/49]
Priority number, dateUS2001086483824.05.2001         Original published format: US 864838
[2002/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1262953
Date:04.12.2002
Language:EN
[2002/49]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1262953
Date:07.04.2004
[2004/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1262953
Date:07.12.2005
Language:EN
[2005/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.02.2004
ClassificationIPC:G10L15/06, G10L15/20
[2004/15]
CPC:
G10L15/07 (EP,US); G10L21/0208 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2002/49]G10L15/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2002/49]
TitleGerman:Sprecheranpassung für die Spracherkennung[2005/26]
English:Speaker adaptation for speech recognition[2005/26]
French:Adaptation au locuteur pour la reconnaissance de la parole[2005/26]
Former [2002/49]Sprecher- und Umgebungsanpassung auf der Basis linearer Trennung von Variabilitätsquellen
Former [2002/49]Speaker and environment adaptation based on linear separation of variability sources
Former [2002/49]Adaptation de locuteur et d'environnement basée sur la séparation linéaire de sources de variabilité
Examination procedure11.09.2004Examination requested  [2004/47]
10.06.2005Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.10.2005Fee for grant paid
06.10.2005Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)08.09.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2006/46]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.05.2004Renewal fee patent year 03
27.05.2005Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT07.12.2005
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ES18.03.2006
PT08.05.2006
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IE23.05.2006
LU23.05.2006
MC31.05.2006
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0779609  (NEC CORP [JP]) [A] 1,12 * abstract * * column 4, line 1 - column 5, line 6 * * column 7, line 9 - line 37 *;
 [A]US5664059  (ZHAO YUNXIN [US]) [A] 1,12 * abstract * * column 2, line 51 - column 3, line 33 * * column 3, line 59 - column 4, line 42 *;
 [A]  - SAGAYAMA S ET AL, "Jacobian approach to fast acoustic model adaptation", ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 1997. ICASSP-97., 1997 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MUNICH, GERMANY 21-24 APRIL 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19970421), ISBN 0-8186-7919-0, pages 835 - 838, XP010225924 [A] 1,12 * abstract *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1997.596063
 [PX]  - LUCA RIGAZIO ET AL, "Separating speaker and environment variabilities for improved recognition in non-stationary conditions", PROCEEDINGS OF EUROSPEECH 2001, (20010902), vol. 4, page 2347, XP007004861 [PX] 1-22 * the whole document *
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