The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1999
Lalit Rai Bahl, Amawalk, NY (US);
Steven Vincent De Gennaro, Pawling, NY (US);
Peter Vincent deSouza, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Adam Epstein, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Jean-Michel Le Roux, Elmsford, NY (US);
Burn Lewin Lewis, Ossining, NY (US);
Claire Waast-Richard, Paris, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for recognizing spoken liaisoned words. The method and system identify each word in the vocabulary as a liaison generator and/or liaison receptor. If the word is a liaison receptor, and if the word is preceded by a liaison generator, the most probable recognition result for the word will be the liaison generated by the preceding word plus the word. Liaisons are identified on an immediately preceding word in accordance with rules in a language. A word that ends with an unpronounced consonant phoneme, when followed by a word beginning with a consonant phoneme, and ends with a pronounced phoneme, when followed by a word with a vowel-like phoneme, causes a match list for the current word to be amended with words having liaisons added at their beginnings.