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Method for evaluating sound and system for carrying out the same

US6675114B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2002
Grant dateJan 6, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01H3/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method (and storage media) for identifying the category of the source noise and sound by using the physical factors derived from the autocorrelation function (ACF) and the interaural crosscorrelation function (IACF) which are ever changing in the time domain based on the model of human auditory brain function system. A method for evaluating a sound comprises the steps of: using the sound recorder to capture and record the acoustic signal; calculating the ACF from the acoustic signal using a CPU; calculating ACF factors extracted from the calculated ACF using the CPU; and identifying the kinds of the noise based on the ACF factors. Thereby the unknown noise source can be identified what it is (such as automobile noise, and factory noise), and can be identified its type such as type of cars or type of machines.

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