US 12,136,418 B2
System and/or method for semantic parsing of air traffic control audio
Michael Pust, Boston, MA (US); Joseph Bondaryk, Boston, MA (US); and Matthew George, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Merlin Labs, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Merlin Labs, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,692.
Application 18/102,692 is a continuation of application No. 17/866,278, filed on Jul. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,600,268.
Application 17/866,278 is a continuation of application No. 17/500,358, filed on Oct. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,423,887, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/090,898, filed on Oct. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0178074 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10L 15/16 (2006.01); B64C 19/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/1815 (2013.01) [B64C 19/00 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G10L 15/16 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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16. A method for semantic parsing of air traffic control (ATC) utterances for an aircraft, the method comprising:
receiving an ATC audio signal;
determining an utterance hypothesis from the ATC audio signal;
querying a pre-trained neural network model to parse the utterance hypothesis according to a sequence of the natural language queries; and
based on the sequence of natural language queries, determining a set of aircraft commands associated with the utterance hypothesis, wherein each aircraft command comprises a command parameter and a set of values corresponding to the command parameter, wherein the command parameter is selected from a predetermined set of command parameters, wherein the set of values and the command parameter are determined via distinct natural language queries of the sequence.