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Performing a safety analysis for user-defined voice commands to ensure that the voice commands do not cause speech recognition ambiguities

US8234120B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 2006
Grant dateJul 31, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/075
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses a solution for assuring user-defined voice commands are unambiguous. The solution can include a step of identifying a user attempt to enter a user-defined voice command into a voice-enabled system. A safety analysis can be performed on the user-defined voice command to determine a likelihood that the user-defined voice command will be confused with preexisting voice commands recognized by the voice-enabled system. When a high likelihood of confusion is determined by the safety analysis, a notification can be presented that the user-defined voice command is subject to confusion. A user can then define a different voice command or can choose to continue to use the potentially confusing command, possibly subject to a system imposed confusion mitigating condition or action.

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