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EP0805434 - Method and system for speech recognition using continuous density hidden Markov models [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.01.2004
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.01.2004No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 18.02.2004  [2004/08]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
[N/P]
Former [1997/45]For all designated states
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Huang, Xuedong D.
10026 - 177th Avenue N.E.
Redmond, Washington 98052 / US
02 / Mahajan, Milind V.
16624 N.E. 34th Court
No. SS302, Redmond, Washington 98052 / US
[1997/45]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1997/45]Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date97107116.229.04.1997
[1997/45]
Priority number, dateUS1996065527301.05.1996         Original published format: US 655273
[1997/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0805434
Date:05.11.1997
Language:EN
[1997/45]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0805434
Date:26.08.1998
[1998/35]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0805434
Date:26.02.2003
Language:EN
[2003/09]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.07.1998
ClassificationIPC:G10L15/14
[2002/37]
CPC:
G10L15/144 (EP,US); G06F18/295 (EP,US); G10L15/187 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2002/35]G06K9/68, G10L15/14
Former IPC [1997/45]G10L5/06
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1997/45]
TitleGerman:Verfahren und System zur Spracherkennung mittels verborgener Markoff-Modelle mit kontinuierlichen Ausgangswahrscheinlichkeiten[1997/45]
English:Method and system for speech recognition using continuous density hidden Markov models[1997/45]
French:Procédé et système de reconnaissance de la parole utilisant des modèles Markoviens cachés à densité de probabilités continue[1997/45]
Examination procedure14.12.1998Examination requested  [1999/06]
25.05.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
04.12.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.08.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.12.2002Fee for grant paid
11.12.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)27.11.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2004/08]
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.04.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
03.04.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
02.04.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
12.04.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]US4587670  (LEVINSON STEPHEN E [US], et al) [A] 1,2,5,6,12,17,18 * abstract ** column 1, line 61 - column 2, line 5 *;
 [X]EP0706171  (CANON KK [JP]) [X] 1,2,4-7,12 * abstract * * column 1, line 21 - line 50 *;
 [PX]  - HUANG X D ET AL, "Deleted interpolation and density sharing for continuous hidden Markov models", INSPEC, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, STEVENAGE, GB, XP002069616 [PX] 1-23 * the whole document *
    [ ] - 1996 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (CAT. NO.96CH35903), 1996 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, ATLANTA, GA, USA, 7-10 M, ISBN 0-7803-3192-3, 1996, NEW YORK, NY, USA, IEEE, USA, pages 885 - 888 vol. 2, XP002069650 [ ] * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1996.543263
 [X]  - KOMORI Y ET AL, "AN EFFICIENT OUTPUT PROBABILITY COMPUTATION FOR CONTINUOUS HMM USING ROUGH AND DETAIL MODELS", EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON SPEECH COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EUROSPEECH), (19950918), vol. 2, pages 1087 - 1090, XP000670819 [X] 1-3,5,6,12,17-19 * abstract * * paragraph [0002] *
 [A]  - SANKAR A ET AL, "STOCHASTIC MATCHING FOR ROBUST SPEECH RECOGNITION", IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING LETTERS, (199408), vol. 1, no. 8, page 124/125, XP000474606 [A] 2,3,8,13,15,18,19 * abstract * * page 124, column R, line 11 - line 17 * * paragraph [0III] *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/97.311815
 [A]  - WATANABE T ET AL, "HIGH SPEED SPEECH RECOGNITION USING TREE-STRUCTURED PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (ICASSP), DETROIT, MAY 9 - 12, 1995 SPEECH, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19950509), VOL. 1, pages 556 - 559, XP000658054 [A] 1,2,5,6,12,17,18 * abstract *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1995.479658
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