Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130144618 | METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - A disclosed embodiment provides a speech recognition method to be performed by an electronic device. The method includes: collecting user-specific information that is specific to a user through the user's usage of the electronic device; recording an utterance made by the user; letting a remote server generate a remote speech recognition result for the recorded utterance; generating rescoring information for the recorded utterance based on the collected user-specific information; and letting the remote speech recognition result rescored based on the rescoring information. | 06-06-2013 |
20130205377 | METHODS USING BIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS TO FACILITATE ACCESS OF WEB SERVICES - Methods for facilitating access of a web service are provided. In an embodiment, a first web device first obtains at least one reference biometric characteristic. Then, the first web device receives at least one parameter for the web service. Next, the first web device associates the at least one reference biometric characteristic with the at least one parameter. Thereafter, a second web device obtains at least one biometric characteristic. Then, the at least one biometric characteristic obtained by the second web device is compared with the at least one reference biometric characteristic. If the at least one biometric characteristic obtained by the second web device matches the at least one reference biometric characteristic, the second web device applies the at least one parameter to the web service. | 08-08-2013 |
20130218573 | VOICE COMMAND RECOGNITION METHOD AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An electronic device for browsing a document is disclosed. The document being browsed includes a plurality of command-associated text strings. First, a text string selector of the electronic device selects a plurality of candidate text strings from the command-associated text strings. Afterward, an acoustic string provider of the electronic device prepares a candidate acoustic string for each of the candidate text strings. Thereafter, a microphone of the electronic device receives a voice command. Next, a speech recognizer of the electronic device searches the candidate acoustic strings for a target acoustic string that matches the voice command, wherein the target acoustic string corresponds to a target text string of the candidate text strings. Finally, a document browser of the electronic device executes a command associated with the target text string. | 08-22-2013 |
20130304478 | SPEAKER AUTHENTICATION METHODS AND RELATED METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An embodiment of the invention provides a method of preparing for speaker authentication. The method includes: receiving speech data that represents an utterance made by a user; extracting side information; examining the side information to determine whether to allow speaker model training using the speech data; and generating a feedback message for the user based on the side information if speaker model training using the speech data is not allowed. | 11-14-2013 |
20140075570 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MACHINE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PROTECTING INFORMATION SECURITY - An embodiment of the invention provides an electronic device. The electronic device is configured to protect a set of private data of an authorized user of the electronic device. The electronic device includes a biometric sampler, a biometric authenticator, and a data provider. The biometric sampler is configured to covertly collect a set of biometric samples from a current user of the electronic device. The biometric authenticator is configured to covertly use the set of biometric samples of the current user and a set of biometric data of the authorized user to verify whether the current user is the authorized user. The data provider is configured to give the current user access to a set of fake data instead of the set of private data if the current user is not the authorized user. | 03-13-2014 |
20140146972 | MICROPHONE SYSTEM AND RELATED CALIBRATION CONTROL METHOD AND CALIBRATION CONTROL MODULE - An embodiment of the invention provides a calibration control method performed by a microphone system. The microphone system includes a plurality of microphones configured to generate a plurality of microphone signals. First, the microphone system equalize the microphone signals to generate a plurality of equalized microphone signals. Next, the microphone system calculates a set of similarity indicators based on the equalized microphone signals. Then, the microphone system compares the set of similarity indicators with a set of predetermined thresholds to determine whether to calibrate the microphone signals. | 05-29-2014 |
20140249820 | VOICE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECIDING RESPONSE OF VOICE CONTROL ACCORDING TO RECOGNIZED SPEECH COMMAND AND DETECTION OUTPUT DERIVED FROM PROCESSING SENSOR DATA - A voice control device has a speech command recognizer, a sensor data processor and a decision making circuit. The speech command recognizer is arranged for performing speech command recognition to output a recognized speech command. The sensor data processor is arranged for processing sensor data generated from at least one auxiliary sensor to generate a detection output. The decision making circuit is arranged for deciding a response of the voice control device according to the recognized speech command and the detection output. The same speech command is able to trigger difference responses according to the detection output (e.g., detected motion). Besides, an adaptive training process may be employed to improve the accuracy of the sensor data processor. Hence, the voice control device may have improved performance of the voice control feature due to a reduce occurrence probability of miss errors and false alarm errors. | 09-04-2014 |
20150073799 | VOICE VERIFYING SYSTEM AND VOICE VERIFYING METHOD - A voice verifying system, which comprises: a microphone, which is always turned on to output at least one voice signal; a speech determining device, for determining if the voice signal is valid or not according to a reference value, wherein the speech determining device passes the voice signal if the voice signal is valid; and a verifying module, for verifying a speech signal generated from the voice signal and for outputting a device activating signal to activate a target device if the speech signal matches a predetermined rule; and a reference value generating device, for generating the reference value according to speech signal information from the verifying module. | 03-12-2015 |