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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:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Ariyoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704248 ; 704247 ; 704252 ; 704253 ;
Abstract
A method and a system recognize speech based upon an approach which combines certain advantages of speech detection and word spotting for improved accuracy without sacrificing efficiency. The improved method and system is based upon the determination of a total similarity value based upon a cumulative value and power information at or substantially near a terminal frame.