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EP1610301 - Speech recognition method based on word duration modelling [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.08.2009
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.08.2009No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 16.09.2009  [2009/38]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
[N/P]
Former [2005/52]For all designated states
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Huang, Xuedong David
6179 - 155th Avenue SE
Bellevue, WA 98006 / US
02 / Alleva, Fileno A.
6314 - 204th Drive NE
Redmond, WA 98053 / US
03 / Jiang, Li
14561 NE 57th Street
Bellevue, WA 98007 / US
04 / Hwang, Mei-Yuh
20583 NE 31st Street
Sammamish, WA 98074 / US
 [2006/25]
Former [2005/52]01 / Huang, Xuedong D.
20020 NE 121st Street
Woodinville, WA 98072 / US
02 / Alleva, Fileno A.
16516 NE 48th Street
Redmond, WA 98052 / US
03 / Jiang, Li
15360 NE 66th Court
Redmond, WA 98052 / US
04 / Hwang, Mei-Yuh
14802 NE 68th Street
Redmond, WA 98052 / US
Representative(s)Palmer, Jonathan R.
Boult Wade Tennant
Verulam Gardens
70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
[N/P]
Former [2005/52]Palmer, Jonathan R.
Boult Wade Tennant, Verulam Gardens, 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
Application number, filing date05077070.016.09.1998
[2005/52]
Priority number, dateUS1997093462219.09.1997         Original published format: US 934622
[2005/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1610301
Date:28.12.2005
Language:EN
[2005/52]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1610301
Date:15.03.2006
[2006/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1610301
Date:08.10.2008
Language:EN
[2008/41]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.02.2006
ClassificationIPC:G10L15/08
[2006/11]
CPC:
G10L15/08 (EP,US); G10L15/05 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2005/52]G10L15/04, G10L15/08
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   FI,   FR,   GB,   SE [2005/52]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Spracherkennung mittels Modellierung der Wortdauer[2005/52]
English:Speech recognition method based on word duration modelling[2005/52]
French:Procédé de reconnaissance de la parole basé sur une modélisation de la durée des mots[2005/52]
Examination procedure14.09.2006Examination requested  [2006/43]
21.04.2008Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.08.2008Fee for grant paid
18.08.2008Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP98944874.1  / EP1012827
Opposition(s)09.07.2009No opposition filed within time limit [2009/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 03
12.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 04
12.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 05
12.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 06
12.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 07
12.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 08
11.09.2006Renewal fee patent year 09
12.09.2007Renewal fee patent year 10
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 11
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Documents cited:Search[A]  - BURSHTEIN D, "Robust parametric modeling of durations in hidden Markov models", ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 1995. ICASSP-95., 1995 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DETROIT, MI, USA 9-12 MAY 1995, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, (19950509), vol. 1, ISBN 0-7803-2431-5, pages 548 - 551, XP010625291 [A] 1 * paragraphs [0002] , [0003]; figure 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1995.479656
 [A]  - ANASTASAKOS A ET AL, "Duration modeling in large vocabulary speech recognition", ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 1995. ICASSP-95., 1995 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DETROIT, MI, USA 9-12 MAY 1995, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, (19950509), vol. 1, ISBN 0-7803-2431-5, pages 628 - 631, XP010625311 [A] 1 * paragraph [0005] *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1995.479676
 [A]  - RABINER L R, "A TUTORIAL ON HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS AND SELECTED APPLICATIONS IN SPEECH RECOGNITION", PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, IEEE. NEW YORK, US, (19890201), vol. 77, no. 2, ISSN 0018-9219, pages 257 - 285, XP000099251 [A] 1 * paragraph [VI.G] *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/5.18626
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