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Title: System and method for characterizing voiced excitations of speech and acoustic signals, removing acoustic noise from speech, and synthesizing speech

Abstract

Low power EM waves are used to detect motions of vocal tract tissues of the human speech system before, during, and after voiced speech. A voiced excitation function is derived. The excitation function provides speech production information to enhance speech characterization and to enable noise removal from human speech.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Livermore, CA
  2. Berkeley, CA
  3. Danville, CA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
874373
Patent Number(s):
6377919
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
method; characterizing; voiced; excitations; speech; acoustic; signals; removing; noise; synthesizing; power; waves; detect; motions; vocal; tissues; human; excitation; function; derived; provides; production; information; enhance; characterization; enable; removal; acoustic signal; /704/

Citation Formats

Burnett, Greg C, Holzrichter, John F, and Ng, Lawrence C. System and method for characterizing voiced excitations of speech and acoustic signals, removing acoustic noise from speech, and synthesizing speech. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Burnett, Greg C, Holzrichter, John F, & Ng, Lawrence C. System and method for characterizing voiced excitations of speech and acoustic signals, removing acoustic noise from speech, and synthesizing speech. United States.
Burnett, Greg C, Holzrichter, John F, and Ng, Lawrence C. Tue . "System and method for characterizing voiced excitations of speech and acoustic signals, removing acoustic noise from speech, and synthesizing speech". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874373.
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abstractNote = {Low power EM waves are used to detect motions of vocal tract tissues of the human speech system before, during, and after voiced speech. A voiced excitation function is derived. The excitation function provides speech production information to enhance speech characterization and to enable noise removal from human speech.},
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