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System and method for generating challenge utterances for speaker verification

US10121476B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 21, 2016
Grant dateNov 6, 2018
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2015/025
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media relating to speaker verification. In one aspect, a system receives a first user identity from a second user, and, based on the identity, accesses voice characteristics. The system randomly generates a challenge sentence according to a rule and/or grammar, based on the voice characteristics, and prompts the second user to speak the challenge sentence. The system verifies that the second user is the first user if the spoken challenge sentence matches the voice characteristics. In an enrollment aspect, the system constructs an enrollment phrase that covers a minimum threshold of unique speech sounds based on speaker-distinctive phonemes, phoneme clusters, and prosody. Then user utters the enrollment phrase and extracts voice characteristics for the user from the uttered enrollment phrase. The system generates a user profile, based on the voice characteristics, for generating random challenge sentences according to a grammar.

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