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Kerry A. Ortega — 59 Patents

IBM: 59 patents #1,342 of 70,183Top 2%
Raleigh, NC: #79 of 6,378 inventorsTop 2%
North Carolina: #425 of 45,564 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #40,586 of 4,157,543Top 1%
59 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 59 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6745165 Method and apparatus for recognizing from here to here voice command structures in a finite grammar speech recognition system James R. Lewis, Maria E. Smith, Thomas A. Kist, Linda M. Boyer 2004-06-01
6728676 Using speech recognition to improve efficiency of an inventory task 2004-04-27
6720954 Method to aid in sizing graphical user interface touch controls Vincent C. Conzola 2004-04-13
6675142 Method and apparatus for improving speech recognition accuracy Hans Egger, Arthur Keller, Ronald VanBuskirk, Huifang Wang, James R. Lewis 2004-01-06
6611802 Method and system for proofreading and correcting dictated text James R. Lewis, Barbara Ballard, Gary R. Hanson, Ronald VanBuskirk, Arthur Keller 2003-08-26
6591236 Method and system for determining available and alternative speech commands James R. Lewis 2003-07-08
6574549 Method and system for the visually impaired to navigate a route through a facility Robert Thomas Cato, Thomas J. Sluchak 2003-06-03
6560574 Speech recognition enrollment for non-readers and displayless devices James R. Lewis, Huifang Wang, Ron Van Buskirk 2003-05-06
6535848 Method and apparatus for transcribing multiple files into a single document James R. Lewis, Ronald VanBuskirk, Huifang Wang 2003-03-18
6519566 Method for hands-free operation of a pointer Linda M. Boyer, James R. Lewis, Ji Wee Tan 2003-02-11
6510989 Price check assistant 2003-01-28
6507816 Method and apparatus for evaluating the accuracy of a speech recognition system 2003-01-14
6505155 Method and system for automatically adjusting prompt feedback based on predicted recognition accuracy Ronald VanBuskirk, Huifang Wang, Catherine G. Wolf 2003-01-07
6497367 Providing a location and item identification data to visually impaired shoppers in a site having barcode labels Vincent C. Conzola, Aaron R. Cox, Thomas J. Sluchak 2002-12-24
6477493 Off site voice enrollment on a transcription device for speech recognition Brian S. Brooks, Waltraud Brunner, Carmi Gazit, Arthur Keller, Antonio R. Lee +1 more 2002-11-05
6418410 Smart correction of dictated speech Amado Nassiff 2002-07-09
6370503 Method and apparatus for improving speech recognition accuracy Hans Egger, Arthur Keller, Ronald VanBuskirk, Huifang Wang, James R. Lewis 2002-04-09
6360201 Method and apparatus for activating and deactivating auxiliary topic libraries in a speech dictation system James R. Lewis, Ronald VanBuskirk, Huifang Wang 2002-03-19
6345249 Automatic analysis of a speech dictated document Kris A. Coe, Steven J. Friedland, Burn Lewis, Maria E. Smith 2002-02-05
6345254 Method and apparatus for improving speech command recognition accuracy using event-based constraints James R. Lewis, Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II, Huifang Wang, Amado Nassiff, Barbara Ballard 2002-02-05
6334102 Method of adding vocabulary to a speech recognition system James R. Lewis 2001-12-25
6332122 Transcription system for multiple speakers, using and establishing identification James R. Lewis, Ronald VanBuskirk, Huifang Wang, Stephane H. Maes 2001-12-18
6327566 Method and apparatus for correcting misinterpreted voice commands in a speech recognition system Ronald VanBuskirk, James R. Lewis, Huifang Wang 2001-12-04
6324507 Speech recognition enrollment for non-readers and displayless devices James R. Lewis, Huifang Wang, Ron Van Buskirk 2001-11-27
6314397 Method and apparatus for propagating corrections in speech recognition software James R. Lewis, Barbara Ballard 2001-11-06