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Method and apparatus for speech signal detection and classification of the detected signal into a voiced sound, an unvoiced sound and silence
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1983-01-28
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Granted: 1988-01-19
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Expires: 2003-01-28
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for speech signal detection and classification in which a partial auto-correlation and residual power analyzation circuit extracts a normalized first-order partial auto-correlation coefficient and K 1 a normalized zero-order residual power E N from an input signal, and a sound source analyzation circuit extracts a normalized residual correlation φ from the input signal, and in which on the basis of these extracted parameters, speech signals are detected, and, when so detected, the detected speech signals are classified into a voiced sound V, an unvoiced sound U and silence S. The classification of the respective voiced sound, unvoiced sound and silence is determined on the basis of preset threshold values that are mutually considered and which correspond to values of these extracted K 1 , E N and φ parameters for establishing boundary values for classifying the input signals into a voiced sound, an unvoiced sound or silence.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuo Nakata
- 👤 Takanori Miyamoto
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 09:29
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10L; G10L25/00; G10L25/93
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification comprising the steps of: dividing an input signal into blocks at predetermined intervals having a time period which is sufficient for the detection and the classification of the content of each signal block; extracting from each of said signal blocks a plurality of normalized parameters, which are relatively independent of level variations of the respective input signal, including a first-order partial auto-correlation coefficient (K 1 ), a normalized residual power (E N ) and a peak value of normalized residual correlation (φ); and detecting and classifying said input signal corresponding to each of said signal blocks into a voiced sound (V), an unvoiced sound (U) and silence (S) by use of preset thresholds corresponding to particular values of the abovesaid normalized parameters that also represent characteristic boundaries for classification of said input signal into the V, U or S type.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
148 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification comprising the steps of: dividing an input signal into blocks at predetermined intervals having a time period which is sufficient for the detection and the classification of the content of each signal block; extracting from each of said signal blocks a plurality of normalized parameters, which are relatively independent of level variations of the respective input signal, including a first-order partial auto-correlation coefficient (K 1 ), a normalized residual power (E N ) and a peak value of normalized residual correlation (φ); and detecting and classifying said input signal corresponding to each of said signal blocks into a voiced sound (V), an unvoiced sound (U) and silence (S) by use of preset thresholds corresponding to particular values of the abovesaid normalized parameters that also represent characteristic boundaries for classification of said input signal into the V, U or S type.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification according to claim 1, wherein said period has a duration of 20-30 milliseconds.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
243 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification according to claim 1, in which E N has a value between 0 and 1 and K 1 has a range between -1 and +1 and wherein the step of detecting and classifying further includes the steps of: (a) a voiced sound determination when (1) E N ≦α 1 , and K 1 >β 2 , or (2) E N >α 1 , K 1 >β 2 and φ>θ, or (3) E N ≦α 1 , K 1 ≦β 2 and φ>θ, or (4) α 1 <E N ≦α 2 , β 1 <K 1 ≦β 2 and φ>θ; (b) an unvoiced sound determination when (1) α 1 <E N ≦α 2 , and K 1 ≦β 1 , or (2) E N ≦α 1 , K 1 ≦β 2 and φ≦74 , or (3) α 1 <E N ≦α 2 , K 1 >β 1 and φ≦θ; and (c) silence determination when (1) E N >α 2 and K 1 ≦β 2 , or (2) E N >α 2 , K 1 >β 2 and φ≦θ, where β 1 and β 2 correspond to said preset threshold values within the range of E N , α 1 and α 2 correspond to threshold values within the range of K 1 and θ is a preset threshold corresponding to a value of φ and wherein β 1 <β 2 and α 1 <α 2 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification according to claim 3, wherein the step of detecting and classifying as a voice sound is executed when α 1 <E N ≦α 2 and K 1 >β 3 , where β 3 is a threshold value greater than β 2 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification according to claim 4, wherein said threshold value β 3 is approximately 0.93.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification according to claim 4, wherein α 1 and α 2 have values of about 0.2 and 0.6, respectively; β 1 , β 2 and β 3 have values of about 0.2, 0.4 and 0.93, respectively; and θ is about 0.3.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification according to claim 4, wherein said level variations of said input signal correspond to both its amplitude and its intensity.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
136 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification comprising the steps of: dividing an input signal into blocks at predetermined intervals having a time period which is sufficient for the detection and the classification of the content of each signal block; extracting from each of said signal blocks a plurality of normalized parameters, including a first-order partial auto-correlation coefficient (K 1 ), a normalized residual power (E N ) and a peak value of normalized residual correlation (φ); and detecting sand classifying said input signal corresponding to each of said signal blocks into a voiced sound (V), an unvoiced sound (U) and silence (S) by use of preset thresholds corresponding to particular values of the abovesaid normalized parameters that also represent characteristic boundaries for classification of said input signal into the V, U or S type.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
136 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification comprising the steps of: dividing an input signal into blocks at predetermined intervals having a time period which is sufficient for the detection and the classification of the content of each signal block; extracting from each of said signal blocks a plurality of normalized parameters, including a first-order partial auto-correlation coefficient (K 1 ), a normalized residual power (E N ) and a peak value of normalized residual correlation (φ); and detecting sand classifying said input signal corresponding to each of said signal blocks into a voiced sound (V), an unvoiced sound (U) and silence (S) by use of preset thresholds corresponding to particular values of the abovesaid normalized parameters that also represent characteristic boundaries for classification of said input signal into the V, U or S type.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method of speech signal detection and classification according to claim 8, wherein said plurality of normalized parameters are relatively independent of the amplitude and intensity of the respective input signal.
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