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Speaker verification system

US5121428A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 1990
Grant dateJun 9, 1992
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L17/02
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a speaker verification system, a detecting part detects a speech section of an input speech signal by using a time-series acoustic parameters thereof. A segmentation part calculates individuality information for segmentation by using the time-series acoustic parameters within the speech section, and segments the input speech section into a plurality of blocks based on the individuality information. A feature extracting part extracts features of an unknown speaker for every segmented block by using the time-series acoustic parameters. A distance calculating part calculates a distance between the features of the speaker extracted by the feature extracting part and reference features stored in a memory. A decision part makes a decision as to whether or not the unknown speaker is a real speaker by comparing the calculated distance with a predetermined threshold value. Segmentation is made by calculating a primary moment of the spectrum, over a block, and finding successive values which satisfy a predetermined criterion.

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