Speech masking and cancelling and voice obscuration

Holzrichter, John F.

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Title: Speech masking and cancelling and voice obscuration

Abstract

A non-acoustic sensor is used to measure a user's speech and then broadcasts an obscuring acoustic signal diminishing the user's vocal acoustic output intensity and/or distorting the voice sounds making them unintelligible to persons nearby. The non-acoustic sensor is positioned proximate or contacting a user's neck or head skin tissue for sensing speech production information.

Inventors:: Holzrichter, John F.

Issue Date:: Tue Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2013

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1093236

Patent Number(s):: 8532987

Application Number:: 13/018,653

Assignee:: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04K - SECRET COMMUNICATION

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G - PHYSICS G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS
G10L15/28 - Constructional details of speech recognition systems
G10L21/0208 - Noise filtering

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04K - SECRET COMMUNICATION
H04K2203/12 - for acoustic communication
H04K3/228 - {Elimination in the received signal of jamming or of data corrupted by jamming
H04K3/43 - {characterized by the control of the jamming power, signal-to-noise ratio or geographic coverage area}
H04K3/45 - {characterized by including monitoring of the target or target signal, e.g. in reactive jammers or follower jammers for example by means of an alternation of jamming phases and monitoring phases, called "look-through mode"}
H04K3/46 - {characterized in that the jamming signal is produced by retransmitting a received signal, after delay or processing}
H04K3/825 - {by jamming}

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04R - LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS
H04R3/002 - {Damping circuit arrangements for transducers, e.g. motional feedback circuits}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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