Patents

US 9520124 B2: Discriminative training of document transcription system

Granted
2016-12-13
Filed
2015-11-16 application 14942349
Type
Utility · 8 claims
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Abstract

A system is provided for training an acoustic model for use in speech recognition. In particular, such a system may be used to perform training based on a spoken audio stream and a non-literal transcript of the spoken audio stream. Such a system may identify text in the non-literal transcript which represents concepts having multiple spoken forms. The system may attempt to identify the actual spoken form in the audio stream which produced the corresponding text in the non-literal transcript, and thereby produce a revised transcript which more accurately represents the spoken audio stream. The revised, and more accurate, transcript may be used to train the acoustic model using discriminative training techniques, thereby producing a better acoustic model than that which would be produced using conventional techniques, which perform training based directly on the original non-literal transcript.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg161213.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
MMODAL IP LLC 47 patentsUS company or organizationFranklin, TNPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Lambert MathiasSeattle, WA23PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Girija YegnanarayananRaleigh, NC22PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Juergen FritschPittsburgh, PA27PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
G10LSpeech analysis techniques or speech synthesis; speech recognition; speech or voice processing techniques; speech or audio coding or decodingG10L15/063PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
G06FElectric digital data processingG06F40/211PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
G16HHealthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare dataG16H15/00PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2024-02-01Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY signed 2024-02-01SOLVENTUM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES COMPANY MAPLEWOOD, MN66435/347PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2021-10-22Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
MMODAL IP LLC signed 2021-05-063M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY SAINT PAUL, MN57883/129PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2017-04-14Name change
Change of address
MMODAL IP LLC signed 2014-08-05MMODAL IP LLC FRANKLIN, TN42271/858PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2016-05-16Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
MATHIAS, LAMBERT signed 2013-06-20
YEGNANARAYANAN, GIRIJA signed 2013-06-20
FRITSCH, JUERGEN signed 2013-06-20
MMODAL IP LLC FRANKLIN, TN38607/177PASDL, file of 2026-10-15

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