Abstract:
Goniometers are provided having internal compensation employing two opposing variable resistance strain sensing elements separated by a flexible film. The goniometers may be used in sets for detecting complex hinge or joint movements, where patterns of hinge or joint positions may be used to define symbols. Algorithms are provided for parsing values from a system of goniometers in motion having information content.
Abstract:
An articulator shape input section detects movements of an articulator and generates feature data of speech. On the other hand, a speech mode detection section of a speech mode input section detects a mode of the speech. The kind of standard pattern is selected in accordance with the detected speech mode or a speech mode that is specified manually through a speech mode manual input section. A comparison section detects the speech by comparing the selected kind of standard pattern and the input feature data.
Abstract:
Simplifying command recognition from speech term recognition in speech recognition technology. A system for recognizing non-verbal sound commands within an interactive computer controlled display system with speech word recognition comprises standard technology for recognizing speech words in combination with a set up for storing a plurality of non-verbal sounds, each sound representative of a command. There are display means responsive to the recognizing of speech words for then displaying the recognized words. In response to the input of non-verbal sounds, there is a comparison of the input non-verbal sounds to said stored command sounds, together with means responsive to the comparing means for carrying out the command represented by a stored sound which compares to an input non-verbal sound. The non-verbal sounds may be voice generated or they may be otherwise physically generated. The commands may direct movement of data, e.g. cursors displayed on said display system. In such a case, an implementation is provided for inputting a sequential list of the sounds representative of said command directing movement to thereby produce a sequential movement of the displayed data, e.g. cursor movement.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for imaging the mouth area laterally to produce reliable measurements of mouth and lip shapes for use in assisting the speech recognition task. A video camera is arranged with a headset and a microphone to capture a lateral profile image of a speaker. The lateral profile image is then used to compute features such as lip separation, lip shape and intrusion depth parameters. The parameters are used in real time, during speech recognition process to characterize and discriminate spoken phonemes to produce a high degree of accuracy in automatic speech recognition processing, especially in a noisy environment.