Jason P Clark

US Patent:

7865282, Jan 4, 2011

Filed:

Sep 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/525648

Inventors:

Jaycee Murlidar - Troy MI, US
Nathan D. Ampunan - Novi MI, US
Jason W. Clark - Grosse Pointe Woods MI, US
Ryan J. Wasson - Grosse Pointe Park MI, US
John P. Weiss - Shelby Township MI, US

Assignee:

General Motors LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

H04M 3/20

US Classification:

701 36, 4555692, 4555691

Abstract:

A method of managing communications for an in-vehicle telematics system includes substantially simultaneously receiving requests for communicating first and second audio signals via a vehicle audio system. The signals respectively correspond to interactive voice services (provided via a menu dialogue) from a first in-vehicle system and to a first audio messaging from a second in-vehicle system. An arbitration control selects one of the signals as a priority output and the other as a subordinate output. The priority output is provided over the audio system. A queue manager maintains the subordinate output in a queue for outputting over the audio system after priority output completion. If the first signal is the subordinate output, then the queue manager maintains a state of the menu dialogue, as of a time the priority output is selected, for continuation of the menu dialogue from the maintained state after priority output completion.

US Patent:

8050928, Nov 1, 2011

Filed:

Nov 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/944856

Inventors:

David George - Sterling Heights MI, US
Rathinavelu Chengalvarayan - Naperville IL, US
Scott M. Pennock - Lake Orion MI, US
Jason W. Clark - Grosse Pointe Woods MI, US

Assignee:

General Motors LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

G10L 21/06

US Classification:

704270, 704251

Abstract:

A method of speech to DTMF generation involving ASR-enabled and DTMF-controlled communications systems. The ASR-enabled system is used to recognize speech received from the DTMF-controlled telecommunications system using sampling rate independent speech recognition. It then identifies a speech segment contained in the speech received from the DTMF-controlled system that corresponds with at least one keyword associated with user-defined data. Then, the ASR-enabled system transmits at least one DTMF signal to the DTMF-controlled system in response to the identified speech segment. This allows a user of an ASR-enabled system such as a vehicle telematics unit to at least partially automate access to the DTMF-controlled system using the telematics unit, so that voice mailbox numbers, passwords, and the like normally entered via a telephone keypad can be automatically sent to the DTMF-controlled system from the telematics unit without having to be manually input each time by the user.

US Patent:

8055502, Nov 8, 2011

Filed:

Nov 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/563809

Inventors:

Jason W. Clark - Grosse Pointe Woods MI, US
Rathinavelu Chengalvarayan - Naperville IL, US
Timothy J. Grost - Clarkston MI, US
Dana B. Fecher - Farmington Hills MI, US
Jeremy M. Spaulding - Birmingham MI, US

Assignee:

General Motors LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

G10L 21/00

US Classification:

704270, 704243, 704244

Abstract:

A voice dialing method includes the steps of receiving an utterance from a user, decoding the utterance to identify a recognition result for the utterance, and communicating to the user the recognition result. If an indication is received from the user that the communicated recognition result is incorrect, then it is added to a rejection reference. Then, when the user repeats the misunderstood utterance, the rejection reference can be used to eliminate the incorrect recognition result as a potential subsequent recognition result. The method can be used for single or multiple digits or digit strings.

US Patent:

8296145, Oct 23, 2012

Filed:

Nov 7, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/290431

Inventors:

Jason W. Clark - Grosse Pointe Woods MI, US
Rathinavelu Chengalvarayan - Naperville IL, US
Timothy J. Grost - Clarkston MI, US
Dana Fecher - Farmington Hills MI, US
Jeremy Spaulding - Birmingham MI, US

Assignee:

General Motors LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

G10L 21/00

US Classification:

704270, 704243, 704244

Abstract:

A voice dialing method includes the steps of receiving an utterance from a user, decoding the utterance to identify a recognition result for the utterance, and communicating to the user the recognition result. If an indication is received from the user that the communicated recognition result is incorrect, then it is added to a rejection reference. Then, when the user repeats the misunderstood utterance, the rejection reference can be used to eliminate the incorrect recognition result as a potential subsequent recognition result. The method can be used for single or multiple digits or digit strings.

US Patent:

8380499, Feb 19, 2013

Filed:

Mar 31, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/059815

Inventors:

Jeremy M. Spaulding - Birmingham MI, US
Jason W. Clark - Grosse Pointe Woods MI, US

Assignee:

General Motors LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

G10L 15/00
G10L 21/00

US Classification:

704231, 704275

Abstract:

A method of operating a speech recognition system on a vehicle having a visual display and manually-operated input device that includes initiating a speech recognition system, controlling menu selections on a visual display using a manually-operated input device, receiving a notification from the manually-operated input device indicating that the user is manipulating the device in conjunction with the menu selections on the visual display, and adjusting operation of the speech recognition system based on input received by the manually-operated input device.

US Patent:

8402625, Mar 26, 2013

Filed:

Aug 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/220997

Inventors:

James Bradford Holmes - Fountain Inn SC, US
John William Herbold - Fountain Inn SC, US
Jason Matthew Clark - Loveland OH, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B25B 27/14

US Classification:

292814, 292816, 298891, 2988923

Abstract:

A system for modifying a slot in a rotor includes a drill, a clamp connected to the drill and configured to engage with an interior surface of the slot, and means for supporting the drill from a stationary platform adjacent to the rotor. A method for modifying a slot in a rotor includes connecting a coupling to a stationary platform adjacent to the rotor, connecting a drill to the coupling, and locating the drill proximate to the slot. The method further includes inserting a clamp into the slot, engaging the clamp with an interior surface of the slot, and operating the drill to create a cavity in the slot.

US Patent:

8600760, Dec 3, 2013

Filed:

Nov 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/563835

Inventors:

Timothy J. Grost - Clarkston MI, US
Rathinavelu Chengalvarayan - Naperville IL, US
Jason W. Clark - Grosse Pointe Woods MI, US
Edward Abeska - Ferndale MI, US

Assignee:

General Motors LLC - Detroit MI
GM Global Technology Operations LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

G10L 21/00
G10L 15/26
G10L 15/08
G10L 15/20

US Classification:

704275, 704251, 704240

Abstract:

A speech recognition method includes the steps of receiving input speech containing vocabulary, processing the input speech with a grammar to obtain N-best hypotheses and associated parameter values, and determining whether a first-best hypothesis of the N-best hypotheses is confusable with any vocabulary within the grammar. The first-best hypothesis is accepted as recognized speech corresponding to the received input speech if the first-best hypothesis is not determined to be confusable with any vocabulary within the grammar. Where the first-best hypothesis is determined to be confusable, at least one parameter value of the first-best hypothesis can be compared to at least one threshold value, and accepting the second-best as the recognized speech, if its confidence score is within certain lower and upper threshold values and is not confusable with the first-best. The first-best hypothesis can be accepted as recognized speech corresponding to the received input speech, if the parameter value of the first-best hypothesis is greater than the threshold value.

US Patent:

20080103781, May 1, 2008

Filed:

Oct 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/554001

Inventors:

Ryan J. Wasson - Grosse Pointe Park MI, US
John P. Weiss - Shelby Township MI, US
Jason W. Clark - Grosse Pointe Woods MI, US

Assignee:

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION - Detroit MI

International Classification:

G10L 11/00

US Classification:

704277

Abstract:

A speech recognition method includes receiving input speech from a user, processing the input speech to obtain at least one parameter value, and determining an experience level of the user using the parameter value(s). The method can also include prompting the user based upon the determined experience level of the user to assist the user in delivering speech commands.