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Overflow speech detecting apparatus for speech recognition
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1990-07-13
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Granted: 1991-10-15
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Expires: 2010-07-13
Abstract
Abstract Time-serial pattern data of feature parameters representing the frequency feature of input speech is obtained from an input speech signal and is output from a frequency analyzer. This time-serial pattern data is plotted on the frequency and time base axes in relation to a power level. A Central Processing Unit detects that the feature parameters continuously exceed a predetermined value for a predetermined period of time or more. The detection output is supplied to an amplifier, and its input gain is controlled to be an optimal value.
Inventors
- 👤 Motoaki Koyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 10:53
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10L; G10L25/00; G10L25/78; H; H03; H03G; H03G3/00; H03G3/20; G10L25/03; G10L25/24; H03G9/00; H03G9/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
An overflow speech detecting apparatus comprising: extracting means for extracting feature parameters from speech, yielding feature parameters for a plurality of successive time frames; and means for detecting speech overflow when said feature parameters have a width in excess of a predetermined width in a domain other than a time domain and exceed a predetermined value for at least a predetermined period of time over a predetermined number of successive time frames, said predetermined number being greater than one.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
79 words
An overflow speech detecting apparatus comprising: extracting means for extracting feature parameters from speech, yielding feature parameters for a plurality of successive time frames; and means for detecting speech overflow when said feature parameters have a width in excess of a predetermined width in a domain other than a time domain and exceed a predetermined value for at least a predetermined period of time over a predetermined number of successive time frames, said predetermined number being greater than one.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said extracting means includes a frequency analyzer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said extracting means includes a melcepstrum analysis unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a sampling circuit for discretely sampling the feature parameters extracted by said extracting means during a predetermined sampling period.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detecting means includes means for detecting whether said series of said feature parameters has a predetermined number of successive feature parameters, each of which exceeds a threshold value for said predetermined period of time.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a graph of said threshold value and said predetermined period of time defines a rectangle (F×T), wherein F is said threshold value and T is a length of said predetermined period T of time.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detecting means includes an amplifier connected to the extracting means and means for controlling the level of input gain of the amplifier.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detecting means further includes means for determining a speech boundary by checking a umber of frames of a part of the input energy.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said domain other than the time domain is a frequency domain.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said domain other than the time domain is a melcepstrum analysis domain.
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