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WO/2008/028511
The present invention relates to a system and method for speaker recognition. In order to improve speaker recognition in noisy environments the proposed method comprises the step of filtering frames (37) of time domain speech samples of ...  
WO/2008/028770
Watermark information (denoted WM) consists of several symbols which are embedded continuously by reference sequence modulation in an audio or a video signal. At decoder site the WM is regained using correlation of the received signal wi...  
WO/2008/029889
It is possible to provide an information processing terminal capable of identifying a feeling of a speaker according to speaker's voice and outputting a music sound appropriate for the identified feeling, so as to easily recognize the fe...  
WO/2008/030254
A pen-type voice computer generating a voice index table and the method thereof. The method comprises recording voice data by a microphone, generating a handwriting index of the voice data by inputting drawing data using a handwriting in...  
WO/2008/028846
The invention relates to a method for improving the sound of acoustic musical instruments by decoupling the part of a musical instrument that is directly responsible for producing the primary sound event from the elements and components ...  
WO/2008/029491
[PROBLEMS] A megaphone which can amplify not only sound but also a striking sound such as applause. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The megaphone is constituted of an intermediate amplification tube having a substantially rectangular cross-...  
WO/2008/029336
A signal processing system for active sound control comprising a reference signal generator (R), an adaptive filter (W fx ) arranged to receive an output of the reference signal generator (R), a loudspeaker (12) arranged to receive an ou...  
WO/2008/028484
The present invention relates to an alternative method of classifying the sound environment into a number of environmental classes, such as speech, babble speech, restaurant clatter music, traffic noise, etc., based on signal level histo...  
WO/2008/029358
A music playing arrangement (10) which has a case (12) with a body (14), to which a cover (16) and a chassis (18) is attached, a plurality of first input sources (20) on the body, a plurality of first output means (22) which are connecte...  
WO/2008/028847
Disclosed is a method for improving the sound of acoustic musical instruments by suppressing energy storage effects resulting in undesired interferences and distorted sounds. This is done by specifically directing the sound energy (kinet...  
WO/2008/026754
Provided is a voice mixing method capable of preventing generation of a noise in a decoded voice when switching an encoder upon switching of a speaker. The voice mixing method includes: a first step for selecting voice information from a...  
WO/2008/025918
The invention relates to a voice control procedure in real time of a digital unit (4,13,14). This procedure implements a module (3) of voice analysis that comprises the means 6) to extract, with a latency and a requirement of the lowest ...  
WO/2008/022565
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for decoding an audio signal from a frame-based bit stream. Each frame includes processing information pertaining to the frame and entropy-encoded quantization indexes rep...  
WO/2008/023287
An acoustic device is disclosed having a variably refracting acoustic fluid interface including the boundary between two separate fluid media, means for directing acoustic waves onto the interface, and an acoustic generator or transducer...  
WO/2008/024148
A method and apparatus for training an acoustic model are disclosed. A training corpus is accessed and converted into an initial acoustic model. Scores are calculated for a correct class and competitive classes, respectively, for each to...  
WO/2008/022564
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for encoding an audio signal, in which is obtained a sampled audio signal which has been divided into frames. The location of a transient within one of the frames is ident...  
WO/2008/023286
The disclosure is directed to a system for variably refracting, and is transparent for, ultrasound as well as for light. By choosing liquids with the right optical and acoustical properties, it is possible to variably refract (including ...  
WO/2008/022566
Provide are systems, methods and techniques for processing frame-based data. A frame of data, an indication that a transient occurs within the frame, and a location of the transient within the frame are obtained. Based on the indication ...  
WO/2008/020515
An overtone generator and an overtone generating method in which frequency components of non-integral multiples which are shifted forward and backward, respectively, from frequencies of odd times and even times can be generated through a...  
WO/2008/020321
The method according to the invention includes the creation of a reference multimedia sequence structure, the breaking down of this structure into basic components (tracks Pi, P2, Pn) each containing a series of basic subcomponents (bric...  
WO/2008/020157
A device for investigating matter, the device comprising an elongate device (100), e.g. a needle, which penetrates the investigated matter and an ultrasonic transducer (110) connected to the, -non -penetrating end of the needle. The need...  
WO/2008/019709
A voice activated vehicle diagnostic system provides for hands free operation of the system. Using such a system it is possible for the diagnostic system to be used safely in a test drive of the vehicle with the operator of the system no...  
WO/2008/018621
A technique of enabling the singer of a karaoke player to strongly hear a specific part such as a guide melody even when the signer is moving while singing is provided. The singer operates a part selection switch (123) provided to a micr...  
WO/2008/018136
A speaker recognizing device, a speaker recognizing method, a speaker recognition processing program, etc. for more improving the performance of speaker recognition are provided. A speech uttered by a speaker is inputted. An acoustic par...  
WO/2008/018821
The invention relates to a device for attenuating and/or directing sound, wherein it comprises a tubular element (122) delimiting an inner space (201) for conveying a gas flow. A wall (301) defining an envelope surface of the tubular ele...  
WO/2008/019080
A radio-to-SIP adapter is shown to include a voice detection algorithm processor as well as other circuitry to provide an interface between a radio and SIP adapter to accommodate a transition from half duplex to full duplex and to cause ...  
WO/2008/017233
A multifunctional digital violin contains a fingerboard (4), and a plurality of planar phoneme inducing keys corresponding to actual fingerboard phonemes are provided on the fingerboard (4). An electronic device (7) is provided in the fi...  
WO/2008/018464
Provided is an audio encoding device capable of improving performance of an adaptive codebook and improving quality of a decoded audio. In this audio encoding device, an adaptive codebook (113) cuts out one specified by a comparison unit...  
WO/2008/018362
An A/D converter sets a sound collection signal to a low sensitivity and inputs it into a sound collection beam generation unit. The A/D converter sets the sound collection signal to a high sensitivity and inputs it into the sound collec...  
WO/2008/018653
Disclosed is to a speaker conversion system which can express various voice colors, more particularly, to voice color conversion method and system which can generate converted voice having various voice colors according to an utterance s...  
WO/2008/018239
A key board in which a key which, despite the use of a material substitute for lead, can be simply installed in the keyboard to reduce assembling cost of the keyboard and which can maintain sufficient weight holding force for a long peri...  
WO/2008/015523
Method for adjusting the output of a phased array ultrasonic transducer using surface mapping. The transducer surface is mapped using a sensor, such as a hydrophone, to determine the actual location of each transducer element relative to...  
WO/2008/016098
Disclosed is a stereo audio encoding device capable of reducing a bit rate. In this device, a stereo audio encoding unit (103) performs LPC analysis on an L channel signal and an R channel signal so as to obtain an L channel LPC coeffici...  
WO/2008/016392
Systems and methods for detecting people or speakers in an automated fashion are disclosed. A pool of features including more than one type of input (like audio input and video input) may be identified and used with a learning algorithm ...  
WO/2008/016097
Disclosed is a stereo audio encoding device capable of improving a spatial image of a decoded audio in stereo audio encoding. In this device, an original cross correlation calculation unit (101) calculates a mutual relationship coefficie...  
WO/2008/015522
An ultrasound coupling device for acoustically coupling an ultrasound transducer with a patient's body comprises a fluid chamber having an ultrasound transducer interface for placing an ultrasound transducer in contact with water within ...  
WO/2008/015732
A band expanding device (1) is provided with a first generating means (111, 121) for generating a base band signal (x B (n)) by up-sampling an input signal (x(n)) and then making the up-sampled input signal pass through a low pass filter...  
WO/2008/016109
Provided is a method processed by a selector. The selector selects respective elements constituting a learning data set from a data set source. Each of the elements of the source is feature data extracted via a converter in advance and a...  
WO/2008/014853
In order to process a subband signal of a plurality of real subband signals which are a representation of a real discrete-time signal generated by an analysis filter bank, a weighter (10) for weighting a subband signal by a weighting fac...  
WO/2008/015726
A band spreading device (1) comprises first generating means (111, 121) for generating a baseband signal (x B (n))by up-sampling the input signal (x(n)) and passing the up-sampled signal through a lowpass filter, second generating means ...  
WO/2008/014683
A key component for simulating the traditional hand feeling includes keys (1), the end of the key is a depressed area (101) for playing the instrument, the other end is an artificial weightless area (102), a stop device (3) is mounted be...  
WO/2008/014808
The invention discloses a dissipative vibration damping device (1 ), comprising a carrier (2) having an inner surface and an outer surface, the carrier being comprising on at least one surface thereof a bonding layer (3), wherein the car...  
WO/2008/015956
Reliable biometric personal authentication is realized by using the sound spectrogram, especially the external auditory canal sound produced in the closed external auditory canal. The external auditory canal sound confirmed by acoustical...  
WO/2008/015800
A signal representing a nonaudible murmuring speech acquired through an in-vivo conduction microphone is converted into a signal representing a speech recognizable by the listener as correct as possible (hardly misrecognized). A speech p...  
WO/2008/012409
Method of transmitting a data signal in a telephone network (1) accessible by a vocoder and voice signal transmission means (5), comprising the steps of: obtaining a modulated signal by dividing the data signal into frames associated wit...  
WO/2008/013513
Disclosed is a learning database creating method which is aimed to acquiring, supporting and enlargement user's foreign language words passive vocabulary as well as developing user's experience and ability for reading and listening of fo...  
WO/2008/013338
The present invention relates to a cylindrical ocarina. The cylindrical ocarina includes a cylindrical upper body (10) including an upper space A and a first fastening portion (11) formed in a bolt or nut structure on an outer circumfere...  
WO/2008/012211
The invention is related to lossless encoding of a source signal (SPCM), using a lossy encoded data stream and a lossless extension data stream which together form a lossless encoded data stream (SENC) for said source signal, whereby los...  
WO/2008/012698
A method performed by a mobile terminal may include connecting to a network, selecting song lyrics to be downloaded to a mobile terminal, storing the downloaded song lyrics in the mobile terminal; and simultaneously playing a stored song...  
WO/2008/013135
An audio data decoding device using the waveform encoding method includes: a loss detector, an audio data decoder, an audio data analyzer, a parameter correction unit, and an audio synthesis unit. The loss detector detects whether audio ...  

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