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EP1469457 - Method and system for pre-processing speech [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  14.12.2007
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.12.2007Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 16.01.2008  [2008/03]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Deutschland GmbH
Kemperplatz 1
10785 Berlin / DE
[2007/24]
Former [2005/39]For all designated states
Sony Deutschland GmbH
Hugo-Eckener-Strasse 20
50829 Köln / DE
Former [2004/43]For all designated states
Sony International (Europe) GmbH
Kemperplatz 1
10785 Berlin / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Tato, Raquel, Sony International (Europe) GmbH
Stuttgart Technology Center, Hedelfingerstrasse 61
70327 Stutgart / DE
02 / Kemp, Thomas, Sony International (Europe) GmbH
Stuttgart Technology Center, Hedelfingerstrasse 61
70327 Stutgart / DE
03 / Abella, Antoni, Sony International (Europe) GmbH
Stuttgart Technology Center, Hedelfingerstrasse 61
70327 Stutgart / DE
 [2004/43]
Representative(s)Müller Hoffmann & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
St.-Martin-Straße 58
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2004/43]Müller - Hoffmann & Partner
Patentanwälte, Innere Wiener Strasse 17
81667 München / DE
Application number, filing date03007158.328.03.2003
[2004/43]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1469457
Date:20.10.2004
Language:EN
[2004/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.09.2003
ClassificationIPC:G10L21/02, G10L15/20
[2004/43]
CPC:
G10L15/02 (EP,US); G10L15/20 (EP,US); G10L21/02 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2005/28]
Former [2004/43]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Verfahren und System zur Vorverarbeitung von Sprachsignalen[2004/43]
English:Method and system for pre-processing speech[2004/43]
French:Méthode et système de prétraitement de la parole[2004/43]
Examination procedure24.11.2004Examination requested  [2005/04]
28.04.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
28.10.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.11.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.03.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.02.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M05)
24.07.2007Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2008/03]
29.08.2007Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2008/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.03.2005Renewal fee patent year 03
09.03.2006Renewal fee patent year 04
14.03.2007Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[Y]WO02095730  (UNIV BELFAST [GB], et al) [Y] 2-6,9,11 * page 7 - page 23 * * page 24, line 11 - line 22 * * page 35, line 23 - page 37, line 6 *;
 [X]  - JIANG WEN-JIAN ET AL, "A differential hybrid subband method for noisy speech recognition", INSPEC, THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, STEVENAGE, GB, Database accession no. 7406613, XP002251485 [X] 1,12,14-16 * abstract *
 [DY]  - NADEU C ET AL, "Time and frequency filtering of filter-bank energies for robust HMM speech recognition", SPEECH COMMUNICATION, APRIL 2001, ELSEVIER, NETHERLANDS, vol. 34, no. 1-2, ISSN 0167-6393, pages 93 - 114, XP002251486 [DY] 7,8,10,13 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6393(00)00048-0
 [DA]  - JI MING ET AL, "Union: a new approach for combining sub-band observations for noisy speech recognition", SPEECH COMMUNICATION, AMSTERDAM, NL, (2001), vol. 34, no. 1-2, ISSN 0167-6393, pages 41 - 55, XP002209287 [DA] 1-3 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6393(00)00045-5
 [A]  - TIBREWALA S ET AL, "Sub-band based recognition of noisy speech", 1997 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (CAT. NO.97CB36052), 1997 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, MUNICH, GERMANY, 21-24 APRIL 1997, 1997, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, IEEE Comput. Soc. Press, USA, ISBN 0-8186-7919-0, pages 1255 - 1258 vol.2, XP010226029 [A] 1,7,10 * column 1, paragraph 4 * * column 2, paragraph 2 * * column 3, line 50 - column 4, line 7 * * column 7, line 55 - column 8, line 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1997.596173
 [Y]  - JOURNAL OF CHINA INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS, JAN. 2002, PEOPLE'S POSTS & TELECOMMUN. PUBLISHING HOUSE, CHINA, vol. 23, no. 1, pages 18 - 24 [Y] 2-11,13
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