Inventor
WATARI MASAO
JP31 patents
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SONY CORP
14 patentsUS5353408AOct 4, 1994
Noise suppressor
SONY CORP163 citations99
US5991721ANov 23, 1999
Apparatus and method for processing natural language and apparatus and method for speech recognition
SONY CORP125 citations98
US5848389ADec 8, 1998
Speech recognizing method and apparatus, and speech translating system
SONY CORP55 citations96
US5704013ADec 30, 1997
Map determination method and apparatus
SONY CORP80 citations96
US5903867AMay 11, 1999
Information access system and recording system
SONY CORP63 citations95
US4592085AMay 27, 1986
Speech-recognition method and apparatus for recognizing phonemes in a voice signal
SONY CORP54 citations95
US5764853AJun 9, 1998
Voice recognition device and method using a (GGM) Guaranteed Global minimum Mapping
SONY CORP29 citations93
US5355432AOct 11, 1994
Speech recognition system
SONY CORP25 citations93
US6161093ADec 12, 2000
Information access system and recording medium
SONY CORP29 citations92
US5963892AOct 5, 1999
Translation apparatus and method for facilitating speech input operation and obtaining correct translation thereof
SONY CORP45 citations92
US5003601AMar 26, 1991
Speech recognition method and apparatus thereof
SONY CORP30 citations92
US5390280AFeb 14, 1995
Speech recognition apparatus
SONY CORP26 citations91
US5796921AAug 18, 1998
Mapping determination methods and data discrimination methods using the same
SONY CORP12 citations74
US5561722AOct 1, 1996
Pattern matching method and pattern recognition apparatus
SONY CORP18 citations74
NEC CORP
9 patentsUS4910782AMar 20, 1990
Speaker verification system
NEC CORP33 citations92
US4839844AJun 13, 1989
Orthogonal transformer and apparatus operational thereby
NEC CORP30 citations92
US4764972AAug 16, 1988
Continuous characters recognition system
NEC CORP46 citations92
US4882756ANov 21, 1989
Pattern matching system using dynamic programming
NEC CORP23 citations82
US4901352AFeb 13, 1990
Pattern matching method using restricted matching paths and apparatus therefor
NEC CORP16 citations74
US4837828AJun 6, 1989
Pattern feature extracting system
NEC CORP12 citations74
US4792976ADec 20, 1988
Pattern recognizing device with pattern matching in slant parallelogrammic blocks of widths dependent on classified reference pattern lengths
NEC CORP9 citations74
US4641342AFeb 3, 1987
Voice input system
NEC CORP12 citations74
US4794645ADec 27, 1988
Continuous speech recognition apparatus
NEC CORP5 citations63
NIPPON ELECTRIC CO
3 patentsHITACHI LTD
3 patentsUS4364112ADec 14, 1982
Miniature computer with separate hand-held controller
HITACHI LTD18 citations81
US4253143AFeb 24, 1981
Miniature computer capable of using a conventional audio cassette tape deck as an auxiliary memory
HITACHI LTD6 citations73
US4308561ADec 29, 1981
Miniature computer
HITACHI LTD2 citations62