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Signal classifying method and apparatus

US8050916B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 12, 2011
Grant dateNov 1, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2025/786
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A signal classifying method and apparatus are disclosed. The signal classifying method includes: obtaining a spectrum fluctuation parameter of a current signal frame determined as a foreground frame, and buffering the spectrum fluctuation parameter; obtaining a spectrum fluctuation variance of the current signal frame according to spectrum fluctuation parameters of all buffered signal frames, and buffering the spectrum fluctuation variance; and calculating a ratio of signal frames whose spectrum fluctuation variance is above or equal to a first threshold to all the buffered signal frames, and determining the current signal frame as a speech frame if the ratio is above or equal to a second threshold or determining the current signal frame as a music frame if the ratio is below the second threshold. In the embodiments of the present invention, the spectrum fluctuation variance of the signal is used as a parameter for classifying the signals, and a local statistical method is applied to decide the type of the signal. Therefore, the signals are classified with few parameters, simple logical relations and low complexity.

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