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Speech recognition system having parallel large vocabulary recognition engines

US6526380B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

Eric Thelen · Aachen, DE
Stefan Besling · Aachen, DE
Meinhard Dieter Ullrich · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 1999
Grant date	Feb 25, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L2015/228
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A huge vocabulary speech recognition system for recognizing a sequence of spoken words, having an input means for receiving a time-sequential input pattern representative of the sequence of spoken words. The system further includes a plurality of large vocabulary speech recognizers each being associated with a respective, different large vocabulary recognition model. Each of the recognition models is targeted to a specific part of the huge vocabulary. The system comprises a controller operative to direct the input pattern to a plurality of the speech recognizers and to select a recognized word sequence from the word sequences recognized by the plurality of speech recognizers.

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