MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617091660 A) filed by Cerence Operating Company on July 28, 2026, for Processing Intent Of A Pause In Speech.
Inventors include Wang, Ziwen; Zheng, Mia; Li, Bo; Chen, Hanqing; Yu, David; Qiu, Larry; and Han, Kesong.
The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.
Abstract: An apparatus for reducing occurrences of out-of-domain utterances resulting from static intervals within an utterance that is made by a user within a vehicle includes an automotive assistant for receiving an utterance from a user. The automotive assistant includes a streaming-language processor to process the utterance in real time as it is being received from the user via a microphone in the vehicle. The utterance includes a growth interval, a static interval, and a transition from the growth interval to the static interval. A hesitation model is configured to interact with the streaming-language processor to determine whether a static interval represents either an intent to end the utterance or an intent to begin a new growth interval after the static interval. The streaming-language processor is configured to respond to detection of the latter intent by promoting resolution of the utterance based on information from the hesitation model and intent-prediction model.
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