GB2355833B - Natural language input method and apparatus - Google Patents

Natural language input method and apparatus

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GB2355833B
GB2355833B GB9925627A GB9925627A GB2355833B GB 2355833 B GB2355833 B GB 2355833B GB 9925627 A GB9925627 A GB 9925627A GB 9925627 A GB9925627 A GB 9925627A GB 2355833 B GB2355833 B GB 2355833B
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natural language
input method
language input
natural
language
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Nicholas David Fortescue
Robert Alexander Keiller
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Canon Inc
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Priority to US09/699,510 priority patent/US6975983B1/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
    • G06F3/038—Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F40/00—Handling natural language data
    • G06F40/20—Natural language analysis
    • G06F40/279—Recognition of textual entities
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/16—Sound input; Sound output
    • 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
    • G10L15/00—Speech recognition
    • G10L15/08—Speech classification or search
    • G10L15/18—Speech classification or search using natural language modelling
    • G10L15/183—Speech classification or search using natural language modelling using context dependencies, e.g. language models
    • G10L15/19—Grammatical context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word sequence rules
    • G10L15/193—Formal grammars, e.g. finite state automata, context free grammars or word networks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2203/00—Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/00 - G06F3/048
    • G06F2203/038—Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/038
    • G06F2203/0381—Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer

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  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Computational Linguistics (AREA)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
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GB9925627A 1999-10-29 1999-10-29 Natural language input method and apparatus Expired - Fee Related GB2355833B (en)

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GB9925627A GB2355833B (en) 1999-10-29 1999-10-29 Natural language input method and apparatus
JP2000330768A JP2001209393A (ja) 1999-10-29 2000-10-30 自然言語入力方法及び装置
US09/699,510 US6975983B1 (en) 1999-10-29 2000-10-31 Natural language input method and apparatus

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