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Voice activity detection process and means for implementing said process

US4672669A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 1984
Grant dateJun 9, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J3/175
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Speech signal presence is detected in a VAD (Voice Activity Detector) in two steps: (1) Signal energy above a threshold decides presence, below threshold decides ambiguity; (2) ambiguity is resolved by testing the rate of change of spectral parameters.

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