Acoustic processing apparatus and method

US8942979B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8942979-B2
Application numberUS-201113192902-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 28, 2011
Priority dateJan 4, 2011
Publication dateJan 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 27, 2015

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An acoustic processing apparatus is provided. The acoustic processing apparatus including a first extracting unit configured to extract a first acoustic model that corresponds with a first position among positions set in a speech recognition target area, a second extracting unit configured to extract at least one second acoustic model that corresponds with, respectively, at least one second position in proximity to the first position, and an acoustic model generating unit configured to generate a third acoustic model based on the first acoustic model, the second acoustic model, or a combination thereof.

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What is claimed is: 1. A hardware acoustic processing apparatus comprising: a first extracting unit configured to extract a first acoustic model that corresponds with a first position among positions set in a speech recognition target area; a second extracting unit configured to extract at least one second acoustic model that corresponds with, respectively, at least one second position in proximity to the first position; and an acoustic model generating unit configured to gene…

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What does patent US8942979B2 cover?
An acoustic processing apparatus is provided. The acoustic processing apparatus including a first extracting unit configured to extract a first acoustic model that corresponds with a first position among positions set in a speech recognition target area, a second extracting unit configured to extract at least one second acoustic model that corresponds with, respectively, at least one second pos…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kim Nam-Hoon, Kim Jeong-Su, Cho Jeong-Mi, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G10L15/08. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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