Adaptive threshold voiced detector
US5007093A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 24, 1989 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L25/93
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Statistically analyzing a discriminant variable generated by a discriminant voiced detector is done to determine the presence of the fundamental frequency in a changing speech environment. The detector is responsive to the discriminant variable to first calculate the average of all of the values of the discriminant variable over the present and past speech frames and then to determine the overall probability that any frame will be unvoiced. In addition, the detector calculates two values, one value represents the statistical average of discriminant values that an unvoiced frame's discriminant variable would have and the other value represents the statistical average of the discriminant values for voice frames. These latter calculations are performed utilizing not only the average discriminant value but also a weight value and a threshold value which are adaptively determined from frame to frame. The unvoiced/voiced decision is made by utilizing the weight and threshold values.
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