Patent ID: 8112274

Claim:
A method, operable on a processing system, for recognizing a pattern that corresponds to a set of physical stimuli, the processing system executing the steps of: transforming physical stimuli related to a target observation to yield a target pattern; providing a set of training observations; applying a plurality of association models to determine measuring values, wherein each relate to assigning a particular training observation to one or more associated pattern classes; setting a log/linear association distribution by combining all association models according to respective weight factors and joining a normalization quantity to produce a compound association distribution; optimizing said weight factors thereby minimizing a detected error rate of the actual assigning to said compound distribution; recognizing said target observation with the help of said compound distribution, wherein said optimizing step includes determining whether a particular association model improves a recognition score; performing a log/linear association of the scoring models by combining models using a vector determined from training; and classifying said target pattern using result from the preceding log/linear association step of the scoring models.