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Speech recognition system and method for generating a mask of the system

US8392185B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 2009
Grant dateMar 5, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L21/0272
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The speech recognition system of the present invention includes: a sound source separating section which separates mixed speeches from multiple sound sources; a mask generating section which generates a soft mask which can take continuous values between 0 and 1 for each separated speech according to reliability of separation in separating operation of the sound source separating section; and a speech recognizing section which recognizes speeches separated by the sound source separating section using soft masks generated by the mask generating section.

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