TW200516467A - Methods and apparatus to operate an audience metering device with voice commands - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus to operate an audience metering device with voice commandsInfo
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- TW200516467A TW200516467A TW093127862A TW93127862A TW200516467A TW 200516467 A TW200516467 A TW 200516467A TW 093127862 A TW093127862 A TW 093127862A TW 93127862 A TW93127862 A TW 93127862A TW 200516467 A TW200516467 A TW 200516467A
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- H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
- H04N21/441—Acquiring end-user identification, e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card
- H04N21/4415—Acquiring end-user identification, e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning
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- G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
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- G10L21/00—Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
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- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
- H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
- H04N21/422—Input-only peripherals, i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
- H04N21/42203—Input-only peripherals, i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] sound input device, e.g. microphone
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
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- G10L21/00—Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
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- Testing, Inspecting, Measuring Of Stereoscopic Televisions And Televisions (AREA)
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