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Voice separation device, voice separation method, voice separation program, and voice separation system

US11798574B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 2021
Grant dateOct 24, 2023
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2021/02087
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A speech separation device (12) of a speech separation system includes a feature amount extraction unit (121) configured to extract time-series data of a speech feature amount of mixed speech, a block division unit (122) configured to divide the time-series data of the speech feature amount into blocks having a certain time width, a speech separation neural network (1b) configured to create time-series data of a mask of each of a plurality of speakers from the time-series data of the speech feature amount divided into blocks, and a speech restoration unit (123) configured to restore the speech data of each of the plurality of speakers from the time-series data of the mask and the time-series data of the speech feature amount of the mixed speech.

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