Handwriting and speech recognizer using neural network with separate start and continuation output scores
US6393395B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 7, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V30/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for recognizing user input information including cursive handwriting and spoken words. A time-delayed neural network having an improved architecture is trained at the word level with an improved method, which, along with preprocessing improvements, results in a recognizer with greater recognition accuracy. Preprocessing is performed on the input data and, for example, may include resampling the data with sample points based on the second derivative to focus the recognizer on areas of the input data where the slope change per time is greatest. The input data is segmented, featurized and fed to the time-delayed neural network which outputs a matrix of character scores per segment. The neural network architecture outputs a separate score for the start and the continuation of a character. A dynamic time warp (DTW) is run against dictionary words to find the most probable path through the output matrix for that word, and each word is assigned a score based on the least costly path that can be traversed through the output matrix. The word (or words) with the overall lowest score (or scores) are returned. A DTW is similarly used in training, whereby the sample ink only…
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