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EP2161718 - Speech recognition [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.07.2012
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.07.2012No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 08.08.2012  [2012/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nuance Communications, Inc.
1 Wayside Road
Burlington, MA 01803-4613 / US
[2011/48]
Former [2010/10]For all designated states
Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
Becker-Göring-Strasse 16
76307 Karlsbad / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Herbig, Tobias
Traminerweg 40
89075 Ulm / DE
02 / Raab, Martin
Am Hochsträss 2
89081 Ulm / DE
03 / Brueckner, Raymond
Ulmerstrasse 14
89134 Blaustein / DE
04 / Gruhn, Rainer
Riedlenstrasse 85
89079 Ulm / DE
 [2010/10]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2011/35]Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München / DE
Former [2010/10]Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München / DE
Application number, filing date08015561.703.09.2008
[2010/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2161718
Date:10.03.2010
Language:EN
[2010/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2161718
Date:31.08.2011
Language:EN
[2011/35]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.11.2008
ClassificationIPC:G10L15/06, G10L15/02
[2010/10]
CPC:
G10L15/02 (EP,US); G10L15/142 (EP,US); G10L15/06 (EP,US);
G10L2015/025 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2010/46]
Former [2010/10]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Spracherkennung[2010/10]
English:Speech recognition[2010/10]
French:Reconnaissance vocale[2010/10]
Examination procedure07.09.2010Examination requested  [2010/42]
11.09.2010Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
04.10.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.10.2010Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
09.02.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.03.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.07.2011Fee for grant paid
14.07.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  04.10.2010
Opposition(s)01.06.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.11.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.09.201003   M06   Fee paid on   24.11.2010
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Documents cited:Search[XA]  - FERREIRA ANÃBAL, "Static features in real-time recognition of isolated vowels at high pitch", JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, AIP / ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MELVILLE, NY, US, (20071001), vol. 122, no. 4, ISSN 0001-4966, pages 2389 - 2404, XP012102523 [X] 1,10 * sections I.C, II * * figures 5-7 * [A] 2-9,11-15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2772228
 [XA]  - ARSLAN L M ET AL, "Frequency characteristics of foreign accented speech", 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), vol. 2, ISBN 978-0-8186-7919-3, pages 1123 - 1126, XP010225996 [X] 1,10 * abstract * * paragraphs 3, 4 * * figures 2, 3, 5 * [A] 2-9,11-15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1997.596139
 [XA]  - MARTIN RAAB ET AL, "Multilingual weighted codebooks", ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 2008. ICASSP 2008. IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20080331), ISBN 978-1-4244-1483-3, pages 4257 - 4260, XP031251537 [X] 1,10 * sections 3.1, 3.2, 5.3 * * figure 1 * [A] 8,11
 [XA]  - HE ET AL, "Prior knowledge guided maximum expected likelihood based model selection and adaptation for nonnative speech recognition", COMPUTER SPEECH AND LANGUAGE, ELSEVIER, LONDON, GB, (20061112), vol. 21, no. 2, ISSN 0885-2308, pages 247 - 265, XP005726202 [X] 1,10 * the whole document * [A] 8,11

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csl.2006.06.001
by applicant   - A. FERREIRA, "a paper entitled Static features in real-time recognition of isolated vowels at high pitch", JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, (200710), vol. 122, no. 4, pages 2389 - 2404
    - L.M. ARSLAND; J.H.L. HANSEN, "a paper entitled "Frequency characteristics of foreign accented speech", ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, ICASSP-97, (199704), vol. 2, pages 1123 - 1126
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