An adaptive speech recognition and control system and method for controlling various mechanisms and systems in response to spoken instructions and in which spoken commands are effective to direct the system into appropriate memory nodes, and to respective appropriate memory templates corresponding to the voiced command Spoken commands from any of a group of operators for which the system is trained may be identified, and voice templates are updated as required in response to changes in pronunciation and voice characteristics over time of any of the operators for which the system is trained Provisions are made for both near-real-time retraining of the system with respect to individual terms which are determined not be positively identified, and for an overall system training and updating process in which recognition of each command and vocabulary term is checked, and in which the memory templates are retrained if necessary for respective commands or vocabulary terms with respect to an operator currently using the system In one embodiment, the system includes input circuitry connected to a microphone and including signal processing and control sections for sensing the level of vocabulary recognition over a given period and, if recognition performance falls below a given level, processing audio-derived signals for enhancing recognition performance of the system

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Real-time reconfigurable adaptive speech recognition command and control apparatus and method

A security and safety mechanism for a firearm including a disabling unit that interacts with a firearm grip safety in order to enable/disable the firearm. The firearm will remain in a disabled state unless a verification means determines that a firearm user is an authorized firearm user. The security and safety mechanism utilizes voice recognition technology in order to ascertain whether a firearm user is an authorized firearm user.

Gun security and safety system

The present invention relates generally to the field of video-camera systems, such as a video conferencing systems, and more particularly to video camera targeting systems (100) that locate and acquire targets using an input characterizing a target (5) and a machine-classification system to assist in target acquisition responsively to that input. In some embodiments, the characterization and classification are employed together with one or more inputs of other modalities such as gesture-control. In one example of the system in operation, an operator (4) is able to make pointing gestures toward an object (5) and, simultaneously speak a sentence identifying the object to which the speaker is pointing. At least one term of the sentence, presumably, is associated with a machine-sensible characteristic by which the object (5) can be identified. The system captures and processes the voice and gesture inputs and re-positions a pan-tilt-zoom PTZ video camera (2) to focus on the object that best matches both the characteristics and the gesture. Thus, the PTZ camera (2) is aimed based upon the inputs the system receives and the system's ability to locate the target (5) by its sensors.

Multi-modal video target acquisition and re-direction system and method

An image processing apparatus of the present invention is constituted by input means for inputting first image data and second image data, determining means for determining a display position of the second image, and display control means for superimposing one of the first image and the second image on the other and displaying the first and second images on a monitor such that the second image is positioned in the display position determined by the determining means, in which the determining means determines a display position of the second image such that the display position is changed within a range that is apart from the display position determined last time by a predetermined number of pixels.

Image processing apparatus and method

A device for controlling the speed and direction of a watercraft using voice commands. The device includes a voice recognition computer, which recognizes spoken commands, and a motor control computer which causes the speed and steering direction of the watercraft to change in response to the spoken commands. A remote control beltpack unit with a radio or infrared link allows free movement of the operator while controlling the watercraft.

Trolling motor with remote-control system having both voice--command and manual modes

A voice-controlled weapons launching system for use by a pilot of an aircraft against a plurality of simultaneously appearing (i.e., existing) targets, such as two or more aggressor aircraft (or tanks, or the like) attacking the sole defender aircraft. The system includes, in combination, a voice controlled input device linked to and controlling a computer; apparatus (such as a television camera, receiver, and display), linked to and actuated by the computer by a voice command from the pilot, for acquiring and displaying an image of the multi-target area; a laser, linked to and actuated by the computer by a voice command from the pilot to point to (and to lock on to) any one of the plurality of targets, with the laser emitting a beam toward the designated (i.e., selected) target; and a plurality of laser beam-rider missiles, with a different missile being launched toward and attacking each different designated target by riding the laser beam to that target. Unlike the prior art, the system allows the pilot to use his hands full-time to fly and to control the aircraft, while also permitting him to launch each different missile in rapid sequence by giving a two-word spoken command after he has visually selected each target of the plurality of targets, thereby making it possible for the pilot of a single defender aircraft to prevail against the plurality of simultaneously attacking aircraft, or tanks, or the like.

Herman E. Brown

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Voice command weapons launching system