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Apparatus and method for performing acoustic matching

CA 1236577 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Bahl, Lalit R.; Degennaro, Steven V.; Mercer, Robert L.

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The invention herein provides in a speech recognition, system which represents each vocabulary word or a portion thereof by at least one sequence of phones wherein each phone corresponds to a respective phone machine each phone, machine having associated therewith (a) at least one transition and (b) actual label output probabilities each, actual label probability representing the probability that a subject label is generated at a given transition in the phone machine, a method of performing an acoustic match between phones and a string of labels produced by an acoustic processor in response to a speech input the method, comprising the steps of: forming simplified phone machines which …

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  • Granted May 10, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 10, 2005.
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FiledNovember 6, 1985
GrantedMay 10, 1988
Term endedMay 10, 2005
Patent numberCA 1236577 A
Classification (IPC)G10L15/10 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 6, 1985Patent grantedMay 10, 1988Term endedMay 10, 2005

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