Method and apparatus for detecting speech termination
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsYoon Jung Lee, Young Jae Park
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Abstract
A method and apparatus detect speech termination. A computer implemented method for determining whether a speech utterance is terminated includes receiving an utterance of a user. The method further includes dynamically adjusting a length of a trailing silence interval for the user based on a type of a last word unit in the utterance of the user. The method also includes determining whether the utterance of the user is terminated based on an additional utterance being received within the adjusted trailing silence interval.
Claims12
A computer implemented method for determining whether a speech utterance is terminated, the method comprising:
- receiving an utterance of a user;
- dynamically adjusting a length of a trailing silence interval for the user based on a type of last word unit in the utterance of the user;
- and
- determining whether the utterance of the user is terminated based on whether an additional utterance is received within the adjusted trailing silence interval.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory configured to store computer-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- receive an utterance of a user;
- dynamically adjust a length of a trailing silence interval for the user based on a type of a last word unit in the utterance of the user;
- and
- determine whether the utterance of the user is terminated based on an additional utterance being received within the dynamically adjusted trailing silence interval.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.