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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Ralf Kompe, Röttenbach, DE;
Thomas Kemp, Esslingen, DE;
Inventors:
Ralf Kompe, Röttenbach, DE;
Thomas Kemp, Esslingen, DE;
Assignee:
Sony Deutschland GmbH, Cologne, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for operating and/or for controlling a man-machine interface unit (MMI) for a finite user group environment. Utterances out of a group of user are repeatedly received. A process of user identification is carried out based on said received utterances. The process of user identification comprises a set of clustering so as to enable an enrolment-free performance.