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Method and system of Chinese speech pitch extraction

US6721699B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 2001
Grant dateApr 13, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2025/935
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for Chinese speech pitch extraction is disclosed. The method and system for Chinese speech pitch extraction comprises: pre-computing an anti-bias auto-correlation of a Hamming window function; for at least one frame, saving a first candidate as an unvoiced candidate, and detecting other voiced candidates from the anti-bias auto-correlation function; and calculating a cost value for a pitch path according to a voiced/unvoiced intensity function based on the unvoiced and voiced candidates, saving a predetermined number of least-cost paths, and outputting at least a portion of contiguous frames with low time delay.

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