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Method and apparatus for extracting prosodic feature of speech signal

US8566092B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 2010
Grant dateOct 22, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 3, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L25/90
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for extracting a prosodic feature of a speech signal, the method including: dividing the speech signal into speech frames; transforming the speech frames from time domain to frequency domain; and extracting respective prosodic features for different frequency ranges. According to the above technical solution of the present invention, it is possible to effectively extract the prosodic feature which can combine with a traditional acoustics feature without any obstacle.

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