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A voice recognition system is disclosed using the centroid of frequency spectra obtained by frequency analysis of a voice as the characteristic parameter of the voice. The locus of the centroid is obtained by periodically measuring, during the utterance of a selected phrase, the average frequency and the average amplitude. The locus constitutes a pattern of the centroid of frequency spectra and is stored in a memory. During recognition a person keys in a known address to extract the stored pattern of his voice from the memory and then reutters the key phrase. The centroid of freqency spectra is recalculated and the locus obtained is compared with the one in the memory. Humming distance is defined as the distance between a recorded locus of centroid of frequency and a newly inputted locus of centroid of frequency.
1. A voice recognition system comprising first means for periodically detecting the average frequency and average amplitude of at least a first voice signal to obtain a locus of the centroid of frequency spectra of said first voice, means for storing said locus, means for calculating a humming distance between a selected stored locus of the centroid of frequency spectra and a locus of the centroid of frequency spectra of a second voice detected by said first means, means for comparing said humming distance to a preselected value, a humming distance below said preselected value being accepted as an indication that both loci were detected from voice signals from a single person.
2. A voice recognition system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said means for periodically detecting comprises, a bank of band pass filters for dividing a voice signal into frequency components fl . . . fn, a bank of peak holding circuits, each connected to detect the peak amplitude during a sample period of the respective components fl . . . fn, and centroid generating means for calculating during each sample period, the average amplitude and the average frequencies based on the peak values obtained by the peak holding circuits.
3. A voice recognition system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said centroid generating means for calculating comprises first means for calculating the average frequency Ft = ΣAifi/ΣAi and second means for calculating the average amplitude At = ΣAi/n, where n is the number of frequency components fl . . . fn, Ai is the peak value at center frequency fi, and the sum Σ is taken from i-l to i-n.
4. A voice recognition system as claimed in claim 3 wherein the means for calculating the humming distance is a computer which calculates: ##EQU2## where: lH is the humming distance between a recorded locus of centroid of frequency and a newly imputted locus of centroid of frequency;
Fi is the average frequency of the input pattern at the "ith" position;
Fi* is the average frequency of the standard or recorded pattern at the "ith" position;
Ai is the average amplitude of the input pattern at the "ith" position;
Ai* is the average amplitude of the standard or recorded pattern at the "ith" position.
This invention relates to a system for identifying individuals by using recorded vocal characteristics.
The desire and need for security systems which permit access only by specified personell have greatly increased. Many different systems are presently in use or under consideration in research laboratories. Such systems use various identifying parameters, such as, magnetically coded cards, finger print analysis, voice matching, etc.
Heretofore, systems for recognizing individuals by voice have utilized analysis of vocal figures or the formant frequencies. However, vocal figure analysis tends to identify an individual person irrespective of the level or strength and accentuation of the uttered voice, while the pursuit of formant frequencies employs prohibitively complicated variation of parameters for the identification of personalities, resulting in insufficiently precise recognition for practical applications. As a result of intensive studies to discover which part of the vocal frequency spectra represents a personality, it has been found that a personality is expressed relatively distinctively by the corellation between the position of each formant frequency and the normalized average amplitude. However, if the latter are used as parameters in the recognition of individuals, difficulties will be encountered in ensuring satisfactory precision of recognition due to complicated variations of parameters. Attention has been directed to the fact that a personality is expressed by a locus of shifting centroid of frequency spectra, which is easy to recognize while preserving the important elements that the formant frequency and average amplitude can provide in defining a personality. The "centroid of frequency spectra" is given in the form of the average frequency and average amplitude as a whole.
The instant invention contemplates, by utilization of the frequency spectra centroid, which expresses a personality, to determine a locus of transitionally changing centroid at the time of recording and at the time of collation of recognition, and to identify an individual by comparing the locus determined at the time of recognition with the recorded one. More particularly, a voice is frequency-analyzed through a bank of band-pass filters and then the centroids of the obtained frequency spectra are calculated, tracing the locus of centroid which changes with variations in voice. The locus is adopted as a pattern of characteristics and compared by pattern matching with a pattern or locus of centroid of vocal frequency spectra which has been recorded beforehand in a memory device. In so doing, a humming distance (i.e. the sum of the absolute values of the differences of the two patterns) is calculated to judge the identity of a person according to the length of the distance.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a graphic illustration of an example of the locus of centroid of frequency spectra as used in the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a graph of reject rate and error rate determined during an experiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 4-12 are diagrams of circuits used in the system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the instant invention. A microphone MIC converts the voice of a speaker into electrical signals which are amplified by an amplifier AMP, having automatic gain control to normalize the output therefrom. The signals are frequency-analyzed by a filter bank consisting of n band-pass filters, BPF1 to BPFn. The peak values of the signals passed by the filters are stored in one of the n respective peak value hold circuits PH1 to PHn, and are applied to a centroid calculating circuit CCC to calculate the centroid of frequency spectrum in each sampling. Assuming that the peak value of the ith filter is Ai and the center frequency is fi, the average frequency Ft can be obtained, for example, from ΣAifi/ΣAi and the average amplitude At can be obtained, for example, from ΣAi/n. These two calculated values represent the instantaneous centroid of frequency spectrum. These values can be converted to digital amounts. The position of the centroid of the frequency spectrum (average frequency and average amplitude) varies with time or from one sampling period to the next. Thus, by having a speaker utter a particular word or sentence, a locus of centroid as shown, for example in waveforms A and B in FIG. 2, is obtained. In FIG. 2, waveform A shows an example of the loci of average frequency, and waveform B shown average amplitude for a voice saying "A-O-I SO-RA". As seen in the graph the sampling period is approximately 0.02 seconds. The period, however, is not critical. The successively calculated centroid values are temperorily stored in the CPU. In the case where the voice is being recorded for use at a later time, the successive centroid values constituting a locus of centroid of the frequency spectrum, are stored in a memory MEM. The storage address within MEM is selected conventionally by means of a keyboard KB connected to the CPU.
In case the person, whose voice pattern has been recorded as above, desires access to the security location or the like, that person can prove his identity by keying into the keyboard the address of his recorded voice pattern and speaking the aforementioned phrase into the microphone. As a result, the apparatus calculates a new locus of centroid for the voice input and reads out the previously recorded locus of centroid from the memory MEM. The two are compared to determine if the person seeking access is the same as the one whose voice pattern was recorded previously. For example assuming that a locus of centroid of a voice of a person A is recorded at the address of "1342" of the memory device, the person A who desires the identification punches sequentially the four figures "1342" on the address selecting keyboard KB to cause the memory to read out the memorized pattern or locus of centroid to the processing unit CPU. The pattern is, as mentioned hereinbefore, in digital form of the locus of centroid of frequency spectra which consists of the loci of an average amplitude and an average frequency as at A and B of FIG. 2. Then, the person A speaks into the microphone MIC, saying the same word or group of words as he previously recorded. The locus of centroid of frequency spectra of the spoken word or sentence is computed completely in the same manner as described hereinbefore. The freshly obtained pattern of locus of centroid is also fed to the processing unit CPU for a matching operation. More particularly, the processing unit computes a sum (or humming distance) of the absolute values of the two patterns and produces an output indicating the result; namely, affirming the identity if the humming distance is within a predetermined range and denying the identity when the humming distance exceeds a predetermined value.
The most important point in the recognition system of the present invention resides in the manner of matching the pattern of locus of centroid which is recorded in the memory device MEM with the newly input pattern of locus of centroid. The present invention operates to detect a personality in the flow of speech as a whole rather than in a particular vocal sound which is uttered by a person to be identified. Therefore, the level or strength of the input voice hardly influences the results since the level of the input voice is adjusted by the automatic gain control of the amplifier AMP, and a vowel firstly appearing in the uttered voice is detected by the vowel detecting circuit VDC of FIG. 1 to make necessary corrections according to a ratio of a frequency spectrum of a stationary portion of the uttered vowel to that of the recorded voice. A voice detecting circuit BDC is provided for producing a variety of control signals through a control signal generating circuit CTC thereby to specify the initiation and termination of the centroid computing operation. The vowel detecting circuit VDC is provided for detecting a vowel which is necessary for making corrections of the pattern of locus of centroid as mentioned before.
The pattern of locus of centroid thus obtained substantially corresponds to the recorded one if they are of the same person. However, in order to correct errors, an optimum humming distance may be set person by person. In such a case, there will be obtained an individual recognition system of extremely high precision.
The computation of the humming distance between the recorded pattern and the newly inputted pattern may be performed by a standard minicomputer. Due to the speed of such known devices, the result can be obtained within 200 to 300 ms after detection of the vocal ending of the word.
The CPU performs the straight forward calculation: ##EQU1## where: lH is the humming distance between a recorded locus of centroid of frequency and a newly inputted locus of centroid of frequency;
Fi is the average frequency of the input pattern at the "ith" position;
Fi* is the average frequency of the standard or recorded pattern at the "ith" position;
Ai is the average amplitude of the input pattern at the "ith" position;
Ai* is the average amplitude of the standard or recorded pattern at the "ith" position.
The determination of a threshold humming distance, i.e. a distance smaller than the threshold indicates positive identification, can be easily decided upon experimentally by having a person speak the key phrase several times, calculating the pattern of locus of centroid each time, determining an average or standard pattern, and then carrying out recognition tests with several people while noting the lH calculated for the different tests, and then selecting an lH threshold at a point which gives minimum erroneous recognition of a wrong person (called "error") and minimum rejection of the true person (called "rejects"). As a specific example, tests were conducted with the above described system by having 10 people utter the phrase "A-O-I SO-RA" 50 times each. A standard pattern using the average of three measurements previously taken was stored for each person in memory at selected respective addresses. During the 500 test utterances the values of lH were calculated and the reject and error rates were calculated. The latter is shown in FIG. 3. The two curves cross at lH = 157 where the error rate and reject rate are 11.3%. This means that for lH = 157 the accurate distinguishing rate was 88.7%.
It will be appreciated by anyone of ordinary skill in the art that the individual blocks making up the system of FIG. 1 are known functional units and do not per se constitute the novel feature of the present invention. However for the sake of specificity, several examples of the elements are shown in FIGS. 4-12. Inasmuch as these circuits are not per se novel and further inasmuch as their operation will be understood from the drawings, detailed verbal descriptions have been omitted.
FIG. 4 shows a specific example of a suitable peak holding circuit pH, which responds to the sample pulses from the control timing generator CTC. A simple block diagram of the latter is illustrated in FIG. 5, with a more detailed block diagram of the same CTC generator shown along with a timing diagram in FIG. 6. A conventional voice detector BDC is shown in general block form in FIG. 7 and more specifically in FIG. 8. The vowel detector VDC is shown generally at FIG. 9 and specifically, along with its timing diagram, at FIG. 10. The centroid computing circuit, which computes Ft and At, is shown generally in FIG. 11 and specifically in FIG. 12.
It will be understood from the foregoing description that, according to the invention, a person can be identified simply by matching a locus of a varying centroid of vocal frequency spectra with a recorded pattern of a similar nature, and in a more simplified manner than in conventional counterparts which employ an increased number of parameters, thus contributing to the realization of a recognition system of high precision. Furthermore, the precision of recognition will be improved all the more by using a special secret word or sentence for each person.
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Sleeping Puget Soundly in Seattle
... we drove down to last night. A tour of the Ballard Park neighborhood and a wonderful gelato at Ambrosia's, not on the Paleo diet. Fabulous restaurants and great people watching spot.
A sweet potato hash and turkey chorizo with eggs for a wonderful, healthy breakfast, poolside and a little chillin by the pool today.
Of course I will go to Pike's Market.. and tonight karaokee at the Rickshaw! I will let Syl do the singing.
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Settling in for Zach's last week...
We weren't supposed to get to this part until Friday, but knowing that things were starting to fill up in advance of the 4th of July Holiday, and wanting to be sure we would get a full hookup site (which we did!) with 50 amps (yes!), we ...
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... be inexpensive.
-Amazed at how many people spoke at least some English. Communicating was never a problem, unlike some other countries.
-The country is very clean, hardly any trash seen.
-Their seafood and pork is excellent; beef not so much.
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We decided against visiting the Space Needle as it's overpriced and the views are better from the Kerry Park. What we wanted to do was a tour in a chocolate factory as well as a winery. By recommendation we chose the "Theo Chocolate Factory" where for 7 USD you can visit the factory and you learn a lot about the history of cacao ...
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American girl Down Under- Exploring Oz on a 250cc Super Sherpa
It was time for a big change in life, and I was dying for another adventure. The big problem: I was $30,000 in debt for my master's degree, had a $1,650/month mortgage and very little savings... And a middle school teacher's salary... There was no way I could quit my job and travel the world for the next couple of years... Right?
But I was a girl on a mission, and something drastic had to change: in one year, I learned to be frugal, paid off my $30,000 in student loans, converted my garage to a living space so I could rent rooms in my house, saved almost $20,000 bucks, quit my job, got full time tenants for my place, and said goodbye to my lovely PNW mountains and home. There was a steep learning curve, but I did it... And maybe you can, too!
This Ride Report started in Australia on my 250cc Super Sherpa, but strong winds blew me to Patagonia where I bought a tiny motorbike (125cc Honda CGL, for frugality's sake and to show it could be done), with the intention of riding north to Seattle. The CGL adventures start on page 7. Lots more info on my blog, TravelBugBlues.com
Some background:
It was a tough decision to quit my job at a private school in Seattle, but it just felt right. The main problem: my big loans and mortgage. I had a bad coffee and a mild shopping habit, and not much savings. But enough was enough, so I spent the entire next year saving every penny I could and working extra, in order to pay off my loans and save enough money to comfortably quit my job. I refinanced my house at the all-time low of 3.75%, which meant if I managed it very wisely and carefully and rented it out fully furnished to short-term visitors, I'd actually make just over $1,000USD/month on top of the mortgage (of which $100 extra went to the principal loan amount in order to pay off my house more quickly). I budgeted $30/day so a little remained, just in case. Could I really do it?!
I arrived in Australia from Seattle, Washington a few months ago. Being a not very large person at 5'6 and 135lbs, it took a while to find the bike I felt really comfortable on, but could still handle the Ozzie terrain and sometimes extreme winds. One that wasn't way too big like my Seattle KLR, but was able to get me around this great country. I decided it was time to get a smaller bike, probably a 250cc. A lot of naysayers said things like "it'll get you to the shops, but that's about it".
[B]To the fellas who said a 250cc bike would only "get me to the shops": Watch and learn, my friends!
I started in Canberra, Australia, heading over to the South Coast of NSW, then heading south towards Melbourne along the coast towards Victoria. It was too damn cold though, so I backtracked and spent a few days in Sydney before heading back to Canberra to await a rack and windscreen from the States.
Once the bike was ready to roll again, I headed for Cavendish, south of the Grampians National Park about 1,000km from Canberra, to the Horizons Unlimited adventure motorcycle event.
I took the long way there though, enjoying the scenery and trying not to hit the local wildlife...
After testing the bike on dirt and being thoroughly satisfied, I met up with some guys touring on postie bikes and zigzagged our way down to the coastal town of Portland, and along the Great Ocean Road. We again took the long way, making loops through the muddy, slushy hills above. Rain, hail, wind storm or sunshine, we were out there.
Yes, the fellas did have to teach this American girl a bit more about off-roading... Once or twice...
But it was definitely worth it! We all have to start somewhere, right? And besides, it wasn't all muddy fun. I've seen amazing wildlife along the way, even hand feeding wild parrots and cockatoos, getting up close to koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, echidnas, and seeing zillions of dolphins jumping and playing.
I did nearly hit a brown snake (one of the deadliest snakes in the world), and felt a little silly screaming "SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!" in the amphitheatre of my own helmet while lifting my right knee up as high as I could. Turns out, they have actually been known to bite riders- at least that's what a doctor I spoke to said.
After saying goodbye to the "Postie Corse" fellas, I made my way down the rest of the Great Ocean Road, taking the ferry from Queenscliff to Sorrento and enjoying a few days on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne with a girl I met at the Horizons Unlimited event. The trade: She hosts me, I teach her to ride.
I've now gone 4,000km and am not nearly done! In Melbourne where I am now, I met up with one of the Postie Corse guys and his partner Sandra, who taught me a thing or ten about motorcycle mechanics. Australia is the 11th country I've ridden a motorcycle around, and I have to say, I didn't know anything about maintenance... Getting their help with that has made me feel a lot better about riding around foreign countries on my own.
The Sherpa is tons of fun, and way better than the other bikes I've owned. It's just as comfortable as my KLR650 or Honda Shadow 750, and still holds 65mph without a problem, even loaded up. And I'm getting around 75mpg.
One old jerk told me I needed $1,000/week or a minimum of $100/day and that I just needed to take my bike to a mechanic and "not bother" learning to do things myself. Trust me when I say he would never have said this to a man. To all the ladies out there: let's learn to take care of our own bikes, shall we? And to the men with partners who ride: make sure your ladies know the basics, for their own safety as well as confidence.
MONEY: This trip isn't costing me much. My bike was $2,000 AUD, plus $750 for a windscreen, rack, cheap panniers and new gloves. Topbox? Too expensive. I bought a $25 dollar bicycle rack instead and ziptied it on. Works great. Yes, I did have to pay for some extremely easy mechanical stuff because I didn't know how to do it back then, but now I've learned enough to do my own maintenance.
While on the road, I spend about $30 a day on average. EVEN IN EUROPE. A lot of people I've talked to have said you need to budget $100/day, which is just way too much for a lot of people. If you have it, great, but if you don't, don't let that stop you from travelling. The more you have, the more you spend. If you have a lot less, you'll still have just as much fun!
Few people talk about the financial side of a trip. I think this conversation needs to take place more often so that more people feel they can go on big adventures, too. You DON'T need to have tons of money to go on a major trip! Just buy a cheap(er) bike, camp out or use Couchsurfing.org, grocery shop instead of going to restaurants, and travel at a slower pace. Don't spend tons of money on beer 'n booze, which is a major money-vortex for a lot of people. If you can, pick cheaper countries like in Latin America or Asia, where your dollar travels a lot farther. You don't need all the best hi-tech stuff, just work with what you have and be flexible.
If you have ideas of how to budget for trips and keep costs low, please post 'em here!
Thanks for reading-
Fantastic start :).
And yes, i was interested in the financial part as well. I'm planning some trips of my own, and always looked at the 100/$ a day as an exaggeration, and it's great to hear about people enjoying with a lot less.
Keep posting your great photos :clap
take care and keep safe
Terrific ride report!
right on in every way!
best of luck in your journeys...
So many good points! Just want to chime in and share my thoughts!
I developed my own "weight-less" universal luggage system to take the amount of stuff I thought I needed. I still could take way more than I needed on that little bike.
Then of course you can go bigger if you want to , but realize that it is a compromise. I use a DR650 ATM, but would love to try out the WR250R...
It's great to have a bike that you wouldn't have to think twice about sacrificing for your own safety (crashing, hold-up, etc.)
Safe travels,
Hi Travelbugblues,
Glad to see you up and reporting back your Sherpa adventures. It warms my heart to see young resourceful women like yourself out exploring the world on the cheap.
Keep up the good work!
Oh, and one thing to note is that the one picture above XL size greatly widened the post. I had no trouble scrolling sideways back and forth on my little laptop, but to make it easier for the small laptop crowd you can limit your pics to XL size.
Kindest regards,
John Downs
Wonderful, keep enjoying.:clap
Very brave..
I commend you on your courage and determination. You are making memories that will last a life time.. be safe.
On the first picture of the Koala Bear:: It looks like he is riding a Ducati with a trellis frame!!!
Go Girl
A mate just came back from Cavendish and was very impressed by the American gal on the Kawa. Just fantastic that you've chosen a little tacker like the sherpa to tour Oz on. Even some of the most experienced riders reckon that little bikes are way more fun. Message me if you come thru Bathurst in the Central West.
Bathurst? Is that near the fire zone right now? Keep safe if so!
[QUOTE=kristofer;22609894]So many good points! Just want to chime in and share my thoughts!
Thanks Kristofer! Tons of great comments. Bikes in Australia are WAY more expensive unfortunately. So is everything else for that matter... You can definitely get cheaper bikes if you start a trip in the U.S, and I totally agree about having a bike you're not so attached to (and that you're not paying off!!) I remember dropping a nice, shiny new bike, and I was pretty bummed about it for a couple of days. Then I was kind of relieved. The shine and polish was finally marred, and I was free to go have some real fun!
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Fantastic start :).
And yes, i was interested in the financial part as well. I'm planning some trips of my own, and always looked at the 100/$ a day as an exaggeration, and it's great to hear about people enjoying with a lot less.
Keep posting your great photos :clap
take care and keep safe
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I'd love to have $100 a day with no financial constraints, but that just isn't realistic for most people, at least for longer trips. I'd rather keep my budget way lower, and travel for way longer.
In order to do this, I quit my job (middle school teacher), refinanced and rented out my house, sold my two Seattle motorcycles, and now here I am... Unless you have kids/people relying on you, or a serious medical condition, most people can do the same with a little financial savvyness. The year before I left, I also had to pay off a $30,000 student loan for my masters degree, all on my meager teacher salary...
Glad you're planning some adventures!
That's a drop bear. Very Dangerous. Drops from trees overhead.
I love that image of you pushing on through the rain. You've got a great attitude and outlook. Keep up the good work and travel safely and with joy!
You go girl.
Those of us who own Sherpa's know exactly what those bikes are capable of. It will completely humble bigger bikes without too much effort if you are willing. And it will never let you down.
The big picture of you pushing on through the crappy weather is now my desktop picture.
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Owner was very rude and unhelpful. I called in the morning and was told I could get different room but then it was changed by time I got there. The bathroom is really tiny. There was a leak in the ceiling. I would not stay here again. I
A lot. Unfriendly owner. Leaking celing. Tiny bathroom. Very few towels. Not worth the money.
Everything was great! Service, room, staff, cleanliness, ect. I would recommend staying here. A great location not far at all from downtown Burlington.
Pool was closed :(
The Hilton Burlington always has a great staff and the location of the hotel means you will have a great view of the lake and a quick walk to restaurants, bars, and shopping. Very convenient to get in and out of Burlington to take day trips around VT.
Rooms feel outdated and require some TLC to mirror the brand you expect from the Hilton.
AMAZING! A great location, loved the free bike rental, loved the staff, loved the pillows! Overall, a great stay~
We were very, very cold, the furnace does not work any
We always have a good experience when we stay here.
Great location, friendly staff, great price for expensive town
Old. Clean, but old. Room smelled like deodorizer, but the windows open. Shower had adhesive all over the bottom of it. Check in isn't until 4p.
I loved everything about this motel. It was quiet and comfortable. The room was clean. The bed was soft, yet firm; unlike a lot of motels beds that feel like you are laying on concrete. The towels were soft and thick. The grounds were litter free and manicured. The staff was friendly and helpful. If I ever get to Vermont again I will definitely stay in this motel.
There was not one thing I disliked about this motel.
Room was spotless. Bed very comfortable. Staff very accommodating.
Should have shuttle service to church street( height of restaurants and shopping) and the waterfront
They had a sauna haha, very close to downtown burlington, stores, coffee, liquor store.
Over all very good.
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