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EP2808866 - Method and apparatus for automatic speaker-based speech clustering [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  23.12.2016
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip23.12.2016Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 25.01.2017  [2017/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nuance Communications, Inc.
One Wayside Road
Burlington, MA 01803 / US
[2014/49]
Inventor(s)01 / Colibro, Daniels Ernesto
Via Casalbaglianlo 47/T
15121 Alessandra / IT
02 / Vair, Claudio
Via Felice Falco, 87
TO 10050 Brogone Susa / IT
03 / Farrell, Kevin R.
25 Norwich Circle
Medford, MA Massachusetts 02155 / US
 [2014/49]
Representative(s)Suèr, Steven Johannes, et al
Graham Watt & Co LLP
St. Botolph's House
7-9 St. Botolph's Road
Sevenoaks TN13 3AJ / GB
[2014/49]
Application number, filing date14170662.230.05.2014
[2014/49]
Priority number, dateUS20131390736431.05.2013         Original published format: US201313907364
[2014/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2808866
Date:03.12.2014
Language:EN
[2014/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.10.2014
ClassificationIPC:G10L17/04, G06K9/62
[2014/49]
CPC:
G10L17/04 (EP,US); G10L15/063 (US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2015/29]
Former [2014/49]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:Verfahren und Vorrichtung für automatisches sprecherbasiertes Sprachclustering[2014/49]
English:Method and apparatus for automatic speaker-based speech clustering[2014/49]
French:Procédé et appareil de regroupement de parole automatique basé sur un locuteur[2014/49]
Examination procedure03.06.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.06.2015Examination requested  [2015/29]
21.03.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.08.2016Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2017/04]
08.09.2016Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time  [2017/04]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.05.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[I]  - XAVIER ANGUERA MIRO ET AL, "Speaker Diarization: A Review of Recent Research", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, NEW YORK, NY, USA, (20120201), vol. 20, no. 2, doi:10.1109/TASL.2011.2125954, ISSN 1558-7916, pages 356 - 370, XP011398123 [I] 1-8,10-15 * section A "Main approaches"; subsetion 1) Bottom-Up Approach; page 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TASL.2011.2125954
 [I]  - MICKAEL ROUVIER ET AL, "A Global Optimization Framework For Speaker Diarization", ODYSSEY 2012: THE SPEAKER AND LANGUAGE RECOGNITION WORKSHOP, (20120625), pages 1 - 5, XP055140140 [I] 1-8,10-15 * section 1; page 2, paragraph 2 *
 [I]  - WEI-HO TSAI ET AL, "Clustering Speech Utterances by Speaker Using Eigenvoice-Motivated Vector Space Models", 2005 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING - 18-23 MARCH 2005 - PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, (20050318), vol. 1, doi:10.1109/ICASSP.2005.1415216, ISBN 978-0-7803-8874-1, pages 725 - 728, XP010792140 [I] 1-8,10-15 * page 726, column 1, paragraph 2 - paragraph 4 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2005.1415216
 [A]  - JIYEON CHOO ET AL, MOSAIC: A Proximity Graph Approach for Agglomerative Clustering, 20070903, PAGE(S) 231 - 240, (20070903), ISBN 978-3-540-74552-5, XP019098992 [A] 1-15 * section 2.2; Equations 1 and 4; page 235 * * page 232; figure 2 *
 [A]  - SOLOMONOFF A ET AL, "Clustering speakers by their voices", ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 1998. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1998 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEATTLE, WA, USA 12-15 MAY 1998, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, (19980512), vol. 2, doi:10.1109/ICASSP.1998.675375, ISBN 978-0-7803-4428-0, pages 757 - 760, XP010279341 [A] 1-15 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1998.675375
 [A]  - P ROUSSEEUW, "Silhouettes: A graphical aid to the interpretation and validation of cluster analysis", JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS, (19871101), vol. 20, no. 1, doi:10.1016/0377-0427(87)90125-7, ISSN 0377-0427, pages 53 - 65, XP055004128 [A] 1-15 * section 2; page 55 - page 56 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0377-0427(87)90125-7
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