Sybase iAnywhere and Toyota ITC Awarded Two Patents for Speech-Enabled Natural Language In-Car Telematic Systems
DUBLIN, Calif.--Sybase iAnywhere and Toyota InfoTechnology Center Co., LTD. today announced the companies have been awarded joint U.S. patents (number 7,228,275 and 7,292,978) on techniques to significantly improve open conversational speech-recognition-based interfaces. The awarded patents are the results of joint research by Sybase iAnywhere and Toyota ITC around speech-enabled natural language in-car interfaces.
The two patents build upon Answers Anywhere™ technology from Sybase iAnywhere, a natural language engine that enables users to interact with mobile, desktop and telematics devices in a natural, free-form and context sensitive manner, substantially increasing usability while reducing training requirements and resulting in higher task completion rates for users. An embedded version of Answers Anywhere is also available for memory constrained platforms.
“Free-form speech-based interfaces will be an essential feature in future car interfaces with hands-free eyes-free interaction requirements,” said Ben Reaves, manager, Toyota ITC. “We find Answers Anywhere to be suitable for such interfaces and have been working with Sybase for years in order to perfect free-form speech-based interfaces.”
“These patents represent technological advances that will give drivers the ability to interact with vehicles in a smarter, safer manner—using their voice, in their own words, to control in-car telematics systems,” said Babak Hodjat, senior director of engineering, Sybase iAnywhere. “This is the result of years of effective, practical joint research between Sybase and Toyota ITC.”
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About Toyota ITC
Toyota InfoTechnology Center serves as the research and development facility of advanced information technologies for its shareholders, including Toyota Motor Corporation, Denso, KDDI, and others. The Center's efforts focus on mobile and Internet fields. Examples include helping its shareholders create an IT environment in which the company can communicate with customers more directly; allowing Toyota to respond to customer needs more effectively and efficiently; using IT to make smarter cars through information processing capabilities; and furthering the evolution of cars and automotive society. The Center also endeavors to make new business opportunities related to IT available for its shareholders.
About Sybase iAnywhere
iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. , enables success at the front lines of business. The company holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile and embedded databases, mobile management and security, mobile middleware and synchronization, and Bluetooth® and infrared protocol technologies. Sybase iAnywhere plays an important role in the Sybase Unwired Enterprise strategy, which focuses on managing and mobilizing information from the data center to the point of action. Tens of millions of mobile devices and over 20,000 customers and partners rely on the company’s “Always Available” technologies, including SQL Anywhere and its Information Anywhere suite.
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