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Voice recognition method

US5241649A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1990
Grant dateAug 31, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a voice recognition method, a d-by-J demensioned reference voice pattern is prepared for each target word, when J denotes a predetermined number of frames and d denotes a predetermined number of characterizing parameters per frame. A spoken input word is partitioned between its start and end points into J frames, and d characteristic parameters are extracted for each frame to form a d-by-J demensioned input time-series vector. The resemblance between the input vector and each of the reference voice patterns is then calculated using a statistical distance scale, and the spoken word is identified with the reference pattern providing the highest resemblance. The method requires fewer calculations and yet attains a high recognition rate through the normalization of the input voice word for both spectrum and time.

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