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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. 01, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Applicants:
Edward Epstein, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Burn Lewis, Ossining, NY (US);
Etienne Marcheret, Mt. Kisco, NY (US);
Inventors:
Edward Epstein, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Burn Lewis, Ossining, NY (US);
Etienne Marcheret, Mt. Kisco, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing speech recognition in noisy environments. An energy level associated with audio input is ascertained, and a decision is rendered on whether to accept the at least one word as valid speech input, based on the ascertained energy level.