Inventor · Lebanon, NJ, US

Horacio E. Franco

25Patents
12h-index
46Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 22, 1992 → Dec 21, 2018

Most-cited inventions

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US7016849B2 Method and apparatus for providing speech-driven routing between spoken language applications Physics 121 Expired
US6055498A Method and apparatus for automatic text-independent grading of pronunciation for language instruction Physics 97 Expired
US5317673A Method and apparatus for context-dependent estimation of multiple probability distributions of phonetic classes with multilayer perceptrons in a speech recognition system Physics 55 Expired
US7013275B2 Method and apparatus for providing a dynamic speech-driven control and remote service access system Physics 50 Expired
US6226611A Method and system for automatic text-independent grading of pronunciation for language instruction Physics 34 Expired
US7610199B2 Method and apparatus for obtaining complete speech signals for speech recognition applications Physics 27 Active
US7756710B2 Method and apparatus for error correction in speech recognition applications Physics 18 Active
US7533020B2 Method and apparatus for performing relational speech recognition Physics 13 Active
US7120580B2 Method and apparatus for recognizing speech in a noisy environment Physics 13 Expired
US7324945B2 Method of dynamically altering grammars in a memory efficient speech recognition system Physics 9 Expired
US6996519B2 Method and apparatus for performing relational speech recognition Physics 8 Expired
US9501743B2 Method and apparatus for tailoring the output of an intelligent automated assistant to a user Physics 8 Active
US8527270B2 Method and apparatus for conducting an interactive dialogue Physics 8 Active
US9213558B2 Method and apparatus for tailoring the output of an intelligent automated assistant to a user Physics 7 Active
US10366336B2 Method and apparatus for exploiting human feedback in an intelligent automated assistant Physics 2 Active
US10163440B2 Generic virtual personal assistant platform Physics 1 Active
US7571095B2 Method and apparatus for recognizing speech in a noisy environment Physics 1 Active
US11217228B2 Systems and methods for speech recognition in unseen and noisy channel conditions Physics 0 Active
US10777188B2 Time-frequency convolutional neural network with bottleneck architecture for query-by-example processing Physics 0 Active
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US10755713B2 Generic virtual personal assistant platform Physics 0 Active

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