To realize a voice detecting device less susceptible to noise level and capable of stably detecting voice zones in an input signal.
A noise level computing part 1 computes the noise level of an input signal, and a first threshold computing part 2 computes a power threshold and voice start-point correcting parameters corresponding to the noise level. A detection parameter computing part 3 computes voice detection parameters such as standard deviation of power, and a voice start-point detecting part 4 detects voice start points. A voice start-point correcting part 5 corrects the voice start points by using the voice start-point correcting parameters. A second threshold computing part 6 computes a voice detection parameter threshold corresponding to the noise level. A voice detecting part 7 detects voice zones by using the voice detection parameter threshold and voice detection parameters so as to cover input signals after the corrected voice start points.
Nakabashi, Junichi
Serikawa, Mitsuhiko
Nakato, Yoshihisa
Katayama, Dairo
