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EP1667107 - Method and apparatus for learning data, method and apparatus for recognizing data, method and apparatus for generating data and computer program [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  17.12.2010
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.12.2010Refusal of applicationpublished on 19.01.2011  [2011/03]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Corporation
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2006/23]For all designated states
SONY CORPORATION
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Minamino, Katsuki, Sony Corporation
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Tokyo 141 / JP
02 / Aoyama, Kazumi, Sony Corporation
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Tokyo 141 / JP
03 / Shimomura, Hideki, Sony Corporation
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Tokyo 141 / JP
 [2006/23]
Representative(s)Leppard, Andrew John
D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London
EC1N 2DY / GB
[N/P]
Former [2006/23]Leppard, Andrew John
D Young & Co 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date05257427.402.12.2005
[2006/23]
Priority number, dateJP2004035338206.12.2004         Original published format: JP 2004353382
[2006/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1667107
Date:07.06.2006
Language:EN
[2006/23]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.05.2006
ClassificationIPC:G10L15/14
[2006/23]
CPC:
G10L15/144 (EP,US); G06Q50/20 (KR)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2007/07]
Former [2006/23]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Datenlernen, Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Datenerkennung, Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Datengenerierung und Computerprogramm[2006/23]
English:Method and apparatus for learning data, method and apparatus for recognizing data, method and apparatus for generating data and computer program[2006/23]
French:Procédé et appareil d'apprentissage de données, procédé et appareil de reconnaissance de données, procédé et appareil de génération de données et programme informatique[2006/23]
Examination procedure20.11.2006Examination requested  [2007/01]
08.12.2006Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
23.02.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.04.2007Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
14.08.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.12.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.04.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.08.2010Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 14.09.2010
06.09.2010Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2011/03]
14.09.2010Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
16.09.2010Application refused, date of legal effect [2011/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.12.2007Renewal fee patent year 03
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 04
11.12.2009Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
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Documents cited:Search[X]  - SOMERVUO P, "Competing hidden markov models on the self-organizing map", NEURAL NETWORKS, 2000. IJCNN 2000, PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE-INNS-ENNS INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON 24-27 JULY 2000, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, (20000724), vol. 3, ISBN 0-7695-0619-4, pages 169 - 174, XP010506719 [X] 1-36 * the whole document *
 [X]  - KANG M K ET AL, "A STUDY ON THE SIMULATED ANNEALING OF SELF ORGANIZED MAP ALGORITHM FOR KOREAN PHONEME RECOGNITION", ICSLP 94 : 1994 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING. YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, SEPT. 18 - 22, 1994, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING. (ICSLP), YOKOHAMA : ASJ, JP, (19940918), VOL. 2, pages 471 - 474, XP000855288 [X] 1,4-16,19-21,24-36 * the whole document *
 [X]  - KURIMO M ET AL, "APPLICATION OF SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS AND LVQ IN TRAINING CONTINOUS DENSITY HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS FOR PHONEMES", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING (ICSLP). BANFF, OCT. 12 - 16, 1992, EDMONTON, UNIVERITY OF ALBERTA, CA, (19921012), VOL. 1, pages 543 - 546, XP000850146 [X] 1,4-16,19-21,24-36 * the whole document *
 [X]  - RIGOLL G, "Information theory principles for the design of self-organizing maps in combination with hidden Markov modeling for continuous speech recognition", INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON NEURAL NETWORKS, SAN DIEGO, USA, (19900617), pages 569 - 574, XP010007043 [X] 1,4-16,19-21,24-36 * the whole document *
 [A]  - SOMERVUO P J, "Online algorithm for the self-organizing map of symbol strings", NEURAL NETWORKS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, BARKING, GB, (200410), vol. 17, no. 8-9, ISSN 0893-6080, pages 1231 - 1239, XP004650395 [A] 1-36 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2004.08.004
by applicantJPH04156610
 JPH06231106
 JP2002311988
    - T. KOHONEN, SELF-ORGANIZING FEATURE MAPS, SPRINGER-VERLAG
    - T. M. MARTINEZ; S.G. BERKOVICH; K.J. SCHULTEN, "Neural-Gas'', Network for Vector Quantization and its Application to Time-Series Prediction", IEEE TRANS. NEURAL NETWORKS, (1999), vol. 4, no. 4, pages 558 - 569
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    - S. IMAI; K. SUMITA; C. FURUICHI, "Mel Log Spectral Approximation (MLSA) Filter for Speech Synthesis", TRANSACTIONS (A) OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS (IECE, vol. 2, pages 122 - 129
    - K. TOKUDA ET AL., "Speech Spectral Estimation Using Mel Cepstrum As Parameters", TRANSACTIONS (A) OF THE IECE, (1991), vol. 8, pages 1240 - 1248
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