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 ...