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EP0921519 - Technique for adaptation of hidden Markov Models for speech recognition [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.09.2005
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip23.09.2005No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 09.11.2005  [2005/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636 / US
[N/P]
Former [1999/23]For all designated states
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Chin-Hui, Lee
44 Pheasant Run Drive
Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920 / US
02 / Koichi, Shinoda
3-10-7 Aoyama-dai, Abiko-shi
Chiba 270-11 / JP
[1999/23]
Representative(s)Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex, IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/23]Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr., et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green Essex, IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date98309595.124.11.1998
[1999/23]
Priority number, dateUS19970067822P05.12.1997         Original published format: US 67822 P
US1998014978208.09.1998         Original published format: US 149782
[1999/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0921519
Date:09.06.1999
Language:EN
[1999/23]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0921519
Date:12.04.2000
[2000/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0921519
Date:17.11.2004
Language:EN
[2004/47]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.02.2000
ClassificationIPC:G10L15/06
[2004/46]
CPC:
G10L15/065 (EP,US); G10L15/144 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1999/23]G10L5/06
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2000/51]
Former [1999/23]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Technik zur Adaptation von Hidden Markov Modellen für die Spracherkennung[1999/23]
English:Technique for adaptation of hidden Markov Models for speech recognition[1999/23]
French:Technique d'adaptation de modèles de Markov cachés pour la reconnaissance de la parole[1999/23]
Examination procedure15.09.2000Examination requested  [2000/46]
25.04.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.08.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.09.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.12.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.04.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.07.2004Fee for grant paid
24.07.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)18.08.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
08.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
01.10.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
22.11.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[PX]  - SHINODA K ET AL, "Structural MAP speaker adaptation using hierarchical priors", 1997 IEEE WORKSHOP ON AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION AND UNDERSTANDING PROCEEDINGS (CAT. NO.97TH8241), 1997 IEEE WORKSHOP ON AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION AND UNDERSTANDING PROCEEDINGS, SANTA BARBARA, CA, USA, 14-17 DEC. 1997, 1997, New York, NY, USA, IEEE, USA, ISBN 0-7803-3698-4, pages 381 - 388, XP002130506 [PX] 1-16 * paragraph [0002] *
 [X]  - PAUL D B, "EXTENSIONS TO PHONE-STATE DECISION-TREE CLUSTERING: SINGLE TREE AND TAGGED CLUSTERING", IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (ICASSP),US,LOS ALAMITOS, IEEE COMP. SOC. PRESS, (1997), ISBN 0-8186-7920-4, pages 1487 - 1490, XP000822740 [X] 1-8,11-16 * Paragraph "Tree based adaptation" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1997.596231
 [X]  - MIGLIETTA C G ET AL, "Bayesian adaptation of speech recognizers to field speech data", PROCEEDINGS ICSLP 96. FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING (CAT. NO.96TH8206), PROCEEDING OF FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING. ICSLP '96, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA, 3-6 OCT. 1996, 1996, New York, NY, USA, IEEE, USA, ISBN 0-7803-3555-4, pages 917 - 920 vol.2, XP002130507 [X] 1-8,11-16 * paragraph [0004] *
 [A]  - JEN-TZUNG CHIEN ET AL, "A hybrid algorithm for speaker adaptation using MAP transformation and adaptation", IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING LETTERS, JUNE 1997, IEEE, USA, vol. 4, no. 6, ISSN 1070-9908, pages 167 - 169, XP002130508 [A] 1,7 * abstract *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/97.586038
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