EP 2063420 A1 20090527 - Method and assembly to enhance the intelligibility of speech
Title (en)
Method and assembly to enhance the intelligibility of speech
Title (de)
Verfahren und Baugruppe zur Erhöhung der Verständlichkeit von Sprache
Title (fr)
Procédé et assemblage pour améliorer l'intelligibilité de la parole
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 07405332 A 20071126
Abstract (en)
The present invention concerns a method and an assembly designed to enhance the intelligibility of speech produced by a sound device in a noisy environment. The assembly comprises a microphone, or a telecommunication unit, which provides to a data processing module the voice of a remote speech. The data processing module is designed to combine specific algorithms offering a perceptual improvement of the produced speech by increasing intelligibility, by saving an adequate signal quality and by saving as far as possible the overall power consumption. The enhanced speech as produced by the data processing module is then played in a speaker.
IPC 8 full level
G10L 21/02 (2006.01); G10L 25/93 (2013.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G10L 25/93 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
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- [A] ATAL B S ET AL: "A PATTERN RECOGNITION APPROACH TO VOICED-UNVOICED-SILENCE CLASSIFICATION WITH APPLICATIONS TO SPEECH RECOGNITION", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, vol. ASSP-24, no. 3, June 1976 (1976-06-01), pages 201 - 212, XP009040248, ISSN: 0096-3518
- [A] VIRAG N: "Speech enhancement based on masking properties of the auditory system", ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 1995. ICASSP-95., 1995 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DETROIT, MI, USA 9-12 MAY 1995, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, vol. 1, 9 May 1995 (1995-05-09), pages 796 - 799, XP010625353, ISBN: 0-7803-2431-5
- [A] BEROUTI M ET AL: "ENHANCEMENT OF SPEECH CORRUPTED BY ACOUSTIC NOISE", INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH & SIGNAL PROCESSING. ICASSP. WASHINGTON, APRIL 2 - 4, 1979, NEW YORK, IEEE, US, vol. CONF. 4, 1979, pages 208 - 211, XP001079151
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA HR MK RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 07405332 A 20071126