Patent ID: 7152033
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for multi-modal data fusion in a multi-modal system comprising a plurality of input modalities, the method comprising the steps of: (i) Receiving one or more segments of multi-modal data, each of said segments being associated respectively with said modalities; (ii) Initiating a dynamically variable wait period after one of said segments is received, said dynamically variable wait period having a duration determined from data fusion timing statistics of the system, wherein the duration of the dynamically variable wait period is determined from analysis of the following: min (max(AvgDur (iii) Waiting for reception of any further said segments during said dynamically variable wait period; and (iv) Fusing said segments received during said steps (i) to (iii) to provide fused data.