Activity monitor

An interactive apparatus

An interactive apparatus includes: a control device for controlling the interactive apparatus; input device 14 for providing inputs and output device 16 for proving audio and/or visual outputs, wherein the control device is configured for receiving media and providing the media to the output device to provide audio and/or visual outputs associated with the media; a communication device for receiving a communication input for processing by the control device, the communication device including one or more of: a microphone, a camera, and a communication interface for communication with electronic or computer devices over a communications network; wherein the communication device is only permitted to be activated by an actuation device 22 being placed into close proximity to or physical contact with the interactive apparatus. The actuation device 22 may include a magnet for operating a reed switch when placed in close proximity or contact with the interactive apparatus. The interactive apparatus ...

An interactive apparatus

A method for analysis of cough sounds using disease signatures to diagnose respiratory diseases

A method for diagnosing one or more diseases of the respiratory tract for a patient including the steps of: acquiring cough sounds from the patient; processing the cough sounds to produce cough sound feature signals representing one or more cough sound features from the cough segments; obtaining one or more disease signatures based on the cough sound feature signals; and classifying the one or more disease signatures to deem the cough segments as indicative of one or more of said diseases; wherein the step of obtaining the one or more disease signatures based on the cough sound feature signals includes applying the cough sound features to each of one or more pre-trained disease signature decision machines, each said decision machine having been pre-trained to classify the cough sound features as corresponding to either a particular disease or to a non-disease state or as corresponding to first particular disease or a second particular disease different from the first particular disease.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONVEYING ENCRYPTED DATA TO A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

An embodiment takes the form of an accessory for attachment to a communication device, the accessory comprising a microphone disposed on the accessory to detect sound, a cryptographic module disposed on the accessory in communication with the microphone to generate encrypted audio data based on the detected sound, a communication interface disposed on the accessory in communication with the cryptographic module configured to convey the encrypted audio data to the communication device, and an audio-sensor inhibitor arranged to be positioned adjacent to a communication-device audio sensor.

Methods and systems for conveying encrypted data to a communication device

An embodiment takes the form of an accessory for attachment to a communication device, the accessory comprising a microphone disposed on the accessory to detect sound, a cryptographic module disposed on the accessory in communication with the microphone to generate encrypted audio data based on the detected sound, a communication interface disposed on the accessory in communication with the cryptographic module configured to convey the encrypted audio data to the communication device, and an audio-sensor inhibitor arranged to be positioned adjacent to a communication-device audio sensor.

Methods and systems for conveying encrypted data to a communication device

An embodiment takes the form of an accessory for attachment to a communication device, the accessory comprising a microphone disposed on the accessory to detect sound, a cryptographic module disposed on the accessory in communication with the microphone to generate encrypted audio data based on the detected sound, a communication interface disposed on the accessory in communication with the cryptographic module configured to convey the encrypted audio data to the communication device, and an audio-sensor inhibitor arranged to be positioned adjacent to a communication-device audio sensor.

Interesting section extracting device, interesting section extracting method

An interesting section extracting device extracts an interesting section of interest to a user from a video file with reference to an audio signal included in the video file such that a specified time is included in the interesting section. The interesting section extracting device includes an interface device that obtains the specified time; and a likelihood vector generating unit that calculates, in one-to-one correspondence with first unit sections of the audio signal, likelihoods for anchor models that respectively represent features of a plurality of types of sound pieces and generates likelihood vectors having the calculated likelihoods as components thereof. An interesting section extracting unit calculates a first feature section as candidate section, which is candidate for the interesting section to be extracted, by using likelihood vectors and extract, as the interesting section, part of the first feature section including the specified time.

Activity monitor

An activity monitor with one or more acoustic transducers (fig.1, 100) such as a microphone and a computation component (fig.1, 104) to identify events from the signals received by the transducers. A filter (fig.1, 102) may be used to remove intelligible speech before the events are identified possibly with statistically based infrasound identification models which may be pre-stored in a library; Fast Fourier Transforms may be used. If the event cannot be identified locally then the signal may be sent for comparison to a remote server where additional events are stored. The monitor can be used to determine the activities 706 of an elderly person living alone to check if they are following regular routines 708 such as sleeping and eating patterns but also to determine how much human contact they have by identifying their speech pattern and that of others 710. The tone, level and animation in a voice may also be indentified as well as general movement patterns possibly by identifying footsteps and doors opening or closing. Traumatic events may also be detected and an alert sent to a remote agency.

Spatial audio signal processing

Audio content captured within an environment of defined geometry is received, and the associated audio directions and distances are determined. The directions and distances are mapped to a determined listening space geometry 200. Volumetric audio based on the mapped audio is synthesised to generate an audio content experience within the listening space. The captured audio content may be professional and/or personal audio content. The audio positions may be received with the captured audio or generated after analysing the content. Local personal audio content may be generated by removing a common part between the professional and personal audio, the local personal audio being analysed to determine the audio locations. The audio experience may be generated by mixing remote professional and local personal audio with shared sound having been filtered out. The sound field may be created based on listening position 251. Two separately captured personal audio contents may be switched between.

métodos e sistemas para transportar dados criptografados para um dispositivo de comunicação

uma modalidade toma a forma de um acessório para fixação em um dispositivo de comunicação, o acessório compreendendo um microfone disposto no acessório para detectar som, um módulo criptográfico disposto no acessório em comunicação com o microfone para gerar dados de áudio criptografados com base no som detectado, uma interface de comunicação disposta no acessório em comunicação com o módulo criptográfico configurada para transportar os dados de áudio criptografados para o dispositivo de comunicação e um inibidor do sensor de áudio disposto para ser posicionado adjacente a um sensor de áudio do dispositivo de comunicação. One embodiment takes the form of an accessory for attachment to a communication device, the accessory comprising a microphone disposed in the accessory for detecting sound, a cryptographic module disposed in communication with the microphone for generating encrypted audio data based on the detected sound. a communication interface disposed on the accessory in communication with the cryptographic module configured to carry the encrypted audio data to the communication device and an audio sensor inhibitor arranged to be positioned adjacent to a communication sensor audio sensor.

MIX BUFFERS AND COMMAND QUEUES FOR AUDIO BLOCKS

The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology that may be used in an audio processing environment. Nodes of an audio flow graph are associated with virtual mix buffers. As the flow graph is processed, commands and virtual mix buffer data are provided to audio fixed-function processing blocks. Each virtual mix buffer is mapped to a physical mix buffer, and the associated command is executed with respect to the physical mix buffer. One physical mix buffer mix buffer may be used as an input data buffer for the audio fixed-function processing block, and another physical mix buffer as an output data buffer, for example.

Spatial audio signal processing

An interactive apparatus

Digital Voice Processing Method And System For Headset Computer

The invention is a multi-microphone voice processing SoC primarily for head worn applications. It bypasses the use of conventional pre-amp voice CODEC (ADC/DAC) chips all together by replacing their functionality with digital MEMS microphone(s) and digital speaker driver (DSD). Functionality necessary for speech recognition such as noise/echo cancellation, speech compression, speech feature extraction and lossless speech transmission are also integrated into the SoC. One embodiment is a noise cancellation chip for wired, battery powered headsets and earphones, as smart-phone accessory. Another embodiment is as a wireless Bluetooth noise cancellation companion chip. The invention can be used in headwear, eyewear glass, mobile wearable computing, heavy duty military, aviation and industrial headsets and other speech recognition applications in noisy environments.

Sample rate converter with automatic anti-aliasing filter

The subject disclosure is directed towards dynamically computing anti-aliasing filter coefficients for sample rate conversion in digital audio. In one aspect, for each input-to-output sampling rate ratio (pitch) obtained, anti-aliasing filter coefficients are interpolated based upon the pitch (e.g., using the fractional part of the ratio) from two filters (coefficient sets) selected based upon the pitch (e.g., using the integer part of the ratio). The interpolation provides for fine-grained cutoff frequencies, and by re-computation for each pitch, smooth anti-aliasing with dynamically changing ratios.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONVEYING ENCRYPTED DATA TO A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

Spatial audio signal processing

An apparatus for spatial audio signal processing, the apparatus including at least one processor configured to: receive captured audio content, the captured audio content captured within a capture environment with defined geometry; determine audio directions and distances associated with the captured audio content; determine a listening space area geometry; map the audio directions and distances associated with the captured audio content relative to the defined geometry to the listening space area geometry; and synthesize a volumetric audio based on the mapped audio directions and distances to generate an audio content experience within the listening space area geometry.

Activity monitor

Digital Voice Processing Method and System for Headset Computer

The invention is a multi-microphone voice processing SoC primarily for head worn applications. It bypasses the use of conventional pre-amp voice CODEC (ADC/DAC) chips all together by replacing their functionality with digital MEMS microphone(s) and digital speaker driver (DSD). Functionality necessary for speech recognition such as noise/echo cancellation, speech compression, speech feature extraction and lossless speech transmission are also integrated into the SoC. One embodiment is a noise cancellation chip for wired, battery powered headsets and earphones, as smart-phone accessory. Another embodiment is as a wireless Bluetooth noise cancellation companion chip. The invention can be used in headwear, eyewear glass, mobile wearable computing, heavy duty military, aviation and industrial headsets and other speech recognition applications in noisy environments. 1. A voice processing apparatus , comprising:an interface configured to receive a first digital audio signal, the interface being implemented on an integrated circuit substrate;a processor configured to contribute to the implementation of an audio processing function, the processor being implemented on the integrated circuit substrate, the audio processing function being configured to transform the first digital audio signal to produce a second digital audio signal; anda digital speaker driver configured to provide a third digital audio signal to at least one audio speaker device, the third digital audio signal being a direct digital audio signal and the digital speaker driver being implemented on the integrated circuit substrate.2. The voice processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first digital audio signal includes a signal from one or more digital microphones.3. The voice processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the audio processing function includes at least one of: voice pre-processing claim 1 , noise cancellation claim 1 , echo cancellation claim 1 , multiple-microphone beam-forming claim 1 , ...

Sound data output and manipulation using haptic feedback

System and method for manipulation of sound data using haptic feedback

In an embodiment, a device which comprises means for generating an audio signal based on sound data, the audio signal configured to produce sound from an audio producing device; means for generating a haptic command based on the sound data, the haptic command configured to cause a haptic feedback device to output a haptic sensation, the haptic sensation being associated with at least one characteristic of the sound data; and means for receiving a navigation command from a user experiencing the haptic sensation via the haptic feedback device, the navigation command associated with the sound data and based, at least in part, on the haptic sensation.

Methods and systems for conveying encrypted data to a communication device

An embodiment takes the form of an accessory for attachment to a communication device, the accessory comprising a microphone disposed on the accessory to detect sound, a cryptographic module disposed on the accessory in communication with the microphone to generate encrypted audio data based on the detected sound, a communication interface disposed on the accessory in communication with the cryptographic module configured to convey the encrypted audio data to the communication device, and an audio-sensor inhibitor arranged to be positioned adjacent to a communication-device audio sensor.

SPATIAL AUDIO ENHANCEMENT APPARATUS

An apparatus comprising: a depth map estimator configured to determine, associated with at least one visual image, a depth map comprising at least one distance value in a direction relative to an apparatus; a direction of arrival estimator configured to determine, using at least two microphones, at least one audio source signal with a direction; and an audio signal processor configured to process the at least one audio source signal based on the at least one distance value in the direction of the at least one audio source signal.

REGION OF INTEREST EXTRACTION DEVICE, REGION OF INTEREST EXTRACTION METHOD

On the basis of an audio signal included in a video file, a region of interest extraction device (104) extracts a user's region of interest which includes a designated time (T0). The region of interest extraction device (104) comprises the following: an interface device (109) that acquires the designated time (T0); a likelihood vector generation unit (202) that calculates likelihood for anchor models (Ar) that express the characteristics of a plurality of types of sounds fragments for each first unit region of an audio signal, and that generates a likelihood vector (F) where the calculated likelihoods are components; and a region of interest extraction unit (209) that on the basis of the likelihood vector (F) calculates a first characteristic region which will be an interest region candidate, and extracts a portion of the first characteristic region, which includes the designated time (T0), as a region of interest.

MUSIC SECTION DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MUSIC SIGNAL DETECTING APPARATUS

An index calculating unit calculates a tonality index of a signal component of each area of an input signal transformed into a time frequency domain based on intensity (for example, power spectrum) of the signal component and a function (quadratic function) obtained by approximating the intensity of the signal component. A music determining unit determines whether or not each area of the input signal includes music based on the tonality index. The present technology can be applied to a music section detecting apparatus that detects a music part from an input signal in which music is mixed with noise.

암호화된 데이터를 통신 장치에 전달하는 방법 및 시스템

... 일 실시예는 통신 장치에 부착하는 액세서리의 형태를 취하며, 이 액세서리는, 액세서리에 배치되어서 소리를 검출하는 마이크, 액세서리에 배치되고 마이크와 통신해서 검출된 신호에 기초해서 암호화된 오디오 데이터를 생성하는 암호화 모듈, 액세서리에 배치되고 암호화 모듈과 통신해서 암호화된 오디오 데이터를 통신 장치에 전달하도록 구성된 통신 인터페이스, 및 통신-장치 오디오 센서에 인접해서 위치되도록 배치된 오디오-센서 차단기를 포함한다.

INTERESTING SECTION EXTRACTING DEVICE, INTERESTING SECTION EXTRACTING METHOD

Interesting section extracting device 104 for extracting interesting section interesting to user from video file with reference to audio signal included in the video file such that specified time T0 is included in the interesting section. The interesting section extracting device 104 includes: interface device 109 configured to obtain specified time T0; likelihood vector generating unit 202 configured to calculate, in one-to-one correspondence with first unit sections of the audio signal, likelihoods for anchor models Ar that respectively represent features of a plurality of types of sound pieces, and generate likelihood vectors having the calculated likelihoods as components thereof; and interesting section extracting unit 209 configured to calculate first feature section as candidate section, which is candidate for the interesting section to be extracted, by using likelihood vectors F and extract, as the interesting section, part of the first feature section including the specified time ...

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY TESTING AUDIO PLAYER DEVICE

A method for testing an audio player device is provided. The method includes: transcribing sound signals of each of the audio files which are supposed to be supported by the audio player device as a sound file; determining the ID code of each of the sound files; and determining whether the ID code of each of the sound files has been listed on a predetermined audio format table by comparing the ID code of each of the sound files with the ID codes listed on the audio format table, thus to determine which of audio formats listed on the audio format table is supported by the audio player device according to the relationships of the ID codes and the audio formats recorded by the audio format table. A test device applying the method to testing audio player devices is also provided.

Testing device and testing method of audio file formats supported by audio player

The invention provides a testing method and a testing device of audio file formats supported by an audio player. The testing method comprises the following steps: outputting each audio file to the audio player on the testing device, wherein each audio file has an initial identifier corresponding to an audio format to which each audio file belongs; receiving sound signals output when the audio player plays each audio file by using the testing device; transcribing the received sound signals output when the audio player plays each audio file into each sound file on the testing device; processingeach transcribed sound file to acquire the identifier of each transcribed sound file; comparing the identifier of each transcribed sound file with the initial identifier of each audio file, and determining the audio formats supported by the audio player according to the comparison results; and outputting the audio formats supported by the audio player. The testing device and the testing method which ...

System and Method for Audio Scene Understanding of Physical Object Sound Sources

A method of operating an audio monitoring system includes generating with a sound sensor audio data corresponding to a sound event generated by an object in a scene around the sound sensor, identifying with a processor a type and action of the object in the scene that generated the sound with reference to the audio data, generating with the processor a timestamp corresponding to a time of the detection of the sound event, and updating a scene state model corresponding to sound events generated by a plurality of objects in the scene with reference to the identified type of object, action taken by the object, and the timestamp. The method further includes identifying a sound event in the scene with reference to the scene state model and a predetermined scene grammar stored in a memory, and generating with the processor an output corresponding to the sound event.

Region of interest extraction device, region of interest extraction method

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ADAPTATION DATA

Computationally implemented methods and systems include managing adaptation data, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of a particular party, facilitating transmission of the adaptation data to a target device, in response to an indicator related to a speech-facilitated transaction of a particular party, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of the particular party, and determining whether to update the adaptation data, said determination at least partly based on a result of at least a portion of the speech-facilitated transaction In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. 1. A computationally-implemented method , comprising:managing adaptation data, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of a particular party;facilitating transmission of the adaptation data to a target device, in response to an indicator related to a speech-facilitated transaction of a particular party, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of the particular party; anddetermining whether to update the adaptation data, said determination at least partly based on a result of at least a portion of the speech-facilitated transaction.2. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said managing adaptation data claim 1 , wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of a particular party comprises:managing adaptation data, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one previous speech-facilitated transaction by the particular party.3. (canceled)4. (canceled)5. (canceled)6. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said managing adaptation data claim 1 , wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of a particular party comprises:managing adaptation data comprising data linking pronunciation of one or more ...

Mix buffers and command queues for audio blocks

The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology that may be used in an audio processing environment. Nodes of an audio flow graph are associated with virtual mix buffers. As the flow graph is processed, commands and virtual mix buffer data are provided to audio fixed-function processing blocks. Each virtual mix buffer is mapped to a physical mix buffer, and the associated command is executed with respect to the physical mix buffer. One physical mix buffer mix buffer may be used as an input data buffer for the audio fixed-function processing block, and another physical mix buffer as an output data buffer, for example.

System and method for manipulation of sound data using haptic feedback

In an embodiment, a device which comprises means for generating an audio signal based on sound data, the audio signal configured to produce sound from an audio producing device; means for generating a haptic command based on the sound data, the haptic command configured to cause a haptic feedback device to output a haptic sensation, the haptic sensation being associated with at least one characteristic of the sound data; and means for receiving a navigation command from a user experiencing the haptic sensation via the haptic feedback device, the navigation command associated with the sound data and based, at least in part, on the haptic sensation.

VEHICULAR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING THE SAME WITH INFORMATION CENTER

A communication unit is connected with an information center, which is receivable analog data, through an external network. A transmission unit transmits predetermined vehicle information in a form of a voice prompt of analog data when the communication unit is in connection with the information center.

Music section detecting apparatus and method, program, recording medium, and music signal detecting apparatus

An index calculating unit calculates a tonality index of a signal component of each area of an input signal transformed into a time frequency domain based on intensity (for example, power spectrum) of the signal component and a function (quadratic function) obtained by approximating the intensity of the signal component. A music determining unit determines whether or not each area of the input signal includes music based on the tonality index. The present technology can be applied to a music section detecting apparatus that detects a music part from an input signal in which music is mixed with noise.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONVEYING ENCRYPTED DATA TO A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

An embodiment takes the form of an accessory for attachment to a communication device, the accessory comprising a microphone disposed on the accessory to detect sound, a cryptographic module disposed on the accessory in communication with the microphone to generate encrypted audio data based on the detected sound, a communication interface disposed on the accessory in communication with the cryptographic module configured to convey the encrypted audio data to the communication device, and an audio-sensor inhibitor arranged to be positioned adjacent to a communication-device audio sensor.

Methods and systems for managing adaptation data

Computationally implemented methods and systems include managing adaptation data, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of a particular party, facilitating transmission of the adaptation data to a target device, in response to an indicator related to a speech-facilitated transaction of a particular party, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of the particular party, and determining whether to update the adaptation data, said determination at least partly based on a result of at least a portion of the speech-facilitated transaction In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

System and method for audio scene understanding of physical object sound sources

A method of operating an audio monitoring system includes generating with a sound sensor audio data corresponding to a sound event generated by an object in a scene around the sound sensor, identifying with a processor a type and action of the object in the scene that generated the sound with reference to the audio data, generating with the processor a timestamp corresponding to a time of the detection of the sound event, and updating a scene state model corresponding to sound events generated by a plurality of objects in the scene with reference to the identified type of object, action taken by the object, and the timestamp. The method further includes identifying a sound event in the scene with reference to the scene state model and a predetermined scene grammar stored in a memory, and generating with the processor an output corresponding to the sound event.

Digital front end processor and audio decoder sharing a single external memory

A data processing device for taking out necessary packet data from a sector in which a plurality of packet data exist in a mixed manner includes an audio decoder unit that has, in parallel, an audio packet extraction unit for extracting an audio packet made up of audio data with respect to an input of sector data from an external memory connected to a front-end processor unit, a supplementary packet extraction unit for extracting a supplementary packet made up of supplementary data, and a frame information extraction unit. Thus, when collectively providing the front-end processor unit and the audio decoder unit on one chip, a buffer memory for the frame state can be omitted.

Spatial Audio Signal Processing

An apparatus for spatial audio signal processing, the apparatus including at least one processor configured to: receive captured audio content, the captured audio content captured within a capture environment with defined geometry; determine audio directions and distances associated with the captured audio content; determine a listening space area geometry; map the audio directions and distances associated with the captured audio content relative to the defined geometry to the listening space area geometry; and synthesize a volumetric audio based on the mapped audio directions and distances to generate an audio content experience within the listening space area geometry.

Sound data output and manipulation using haptic feedback

Sound data output and manipulation with haptic feedback. Haptic sensations are associated with sound data to assist in navigating through and editing the sound data. The sound data is loaded into computer memory and played such that sound is output from an audio device. The sound playing is controlled by user input for navigation through the sound data. Haptic commands are generated based on the sound data and are used to output haptic sensations to the user by a haptic feedback device manipulated by the user. The haptic sensations correspond to one or more characteristics of the sound data to assist the user in discerning features of the sound data during the navigation through and editing of the sound data.

Device and method for automatically testing audio player device

A method for testing an audio player device is provided. The method includes: transcribing sound signals of each of the audio files which are supposed to be supported by the audio player device as a sound file; determining the ID code of each of the sound files; and determining whether the ID code of each of the sound files has been listed on a predetermined audio format table by comparing the ID code of each of the sound files with the ID codes listed on the audio format table, thus to determine which of audio formats listed on the audio format table is supported by the audio player device according to the relationships of the ID codes and the audio formats recorded by the audio format table. A test device applying the method to testing audio player devices is also provided.

Sound data output and manipulation using haptic feedback

Sound data output and manipulation with haptic feedback. Haptic sensations are associated with sound data to assist in navigating through and editing the sound data. The sound data is loaded into computer memory and played such that sound is output from an audio device. The sound playing is controlled by user input for navigation through the sound data. Haptic commands are generated based on the sound data and are used to output haptic sensations to the user by a haptic feedback device manipulated by the user. The haptic sensations correspond to one or more characteristics of the sound data to assist the user in discerning features of the sound data during the navigation through and editing of the sound data.

ACTIVITY MONITOR

An activity monitor comprising one or more acoustic transducers () and a computation component () that is arranged to identify events from acoustic signals received by the acoustic transducers (). 128-. (canceled)29. An activity monitor comprising one or more acoustic transducers and a computation component that is arranged to identify events from acoustic signals received by the acoustic transducers.30. The monitor of claim 29 , wherein the identification of events is based on infra-sound acoustic signals or on acoustic signals of relatively low frequency claim 29 , whereby intelligible speech is not captured.31. The monitor of claim 29 , comprising an electronic filter circuit coupled with the acoustic transducer that filters out frequency components of the acoustic signal which relate to intelligible speech.32. The monitor of claim 29 , wherein the computation component comprises:means for sampling a time slice of an incoming acoustic signal;means for deriving an acoustic amplitude vector from the sampled time slice;a frequency transform means that generates a frequency domain representation of the time slice;means to combine the acoustic signal and the frequency domain representation of the time slice to form an acoustic vector; anda statistical model based pattern recognition component arranged to analyse the acoustic vector for identification of an event.33. The monitor of claim 32 , wherein the computation component comprises means to transform the acoustic vector into a parameter space comprising axes which correspond to characteristics of interest.34. The monitor of claim 29 , wherein the computation component comprises at least one of(i) a local data store comprising a library of pre-stored or learned events;(ii) an event classifier that identifies actions formed from sequences of events; and(iii) an activity classifier that identified activities formed from sequences of actions.35. The monitor of claim 32 , wherein the computation component is arranged ...

Sound data output and manipulation using haptic feedback

Sound data output and manipulation with haptic feedback. Haptic sensations are associated with sound data to assist in navigating through and editing the sound data. The sound data is loaded into computer memory and played such that sound is output from an audio device. The sound playing is controlled by user input for navigation through the sound data. Haptic commands are generated based on the sound data and are used to output haptic sensations to the user by a haptic feedback device manipulated by the user. The haptic sensations correspond to one or more characteristics of the sound data to assist the user in discerning features of the sound data during the navigation through and editing of the sound data.

SAMPLE RATE CONVERTER WITH AUTOMATIC ANTI-ALIASING FILTER

The subject disclosure is directed towards dynamically computing anti-aliasing filter coefficients for sample rate conversion in digital audio. In one aspect, for each input-to-output sampling rate ratio (pitch) obtained, anti-aliasing filter coefficients are interpolated based upon the pitch (e.g., using the fractional part of the ratio) from two filters (coefficient sets) selected based upon the pitch (e.g., using the integer part of the ratio). The interpolation provides for fine-grained cutoff frequencies, and by re-computation for each pitch, smooth anti-aliasing with dynamically changing ratios.

Data processing apparatus and data processing method

A data processing device (4) for taking out necessary packet data from a sector in which a plurality of packet data exist in a mixed manner, is provided. This data processing device has an audio decoder unit (4b). The audio decoder unit has, in parallel, an audio packet extraction unit (43) for extracting an audio packet made up of audio data with respect to an input of sector data from an external memory (5) connected to a front-end processor unit (4a), a supplementary packet extraction unit (48) for extracting a supplementary packet made up of supplementary data, and a frame information extraction unit (52). Thus, when collectively providing the front-end processor unit and the audio decoder unit on one chip, a buffer memory for the frame state can be omitted.

Methods and systems for conveying encrypted data to a communication device

An apparatus includes an audio-sensor inhibitor configured to inhibit detection of sound by an audio sensor of a communication device, and a secure communication interface coupled to the audio-sensor inhibitor, the secure communication interface being configured to transmit encrypted audio data from the secure communication interface to the communication device, wherein the communication interface generates audio data using a secure-interface audio sensor, and generates the encrypted audio data by encrypting the audio data using a cryptographic module.

SAMPLE RATE CONVERTER WITH AUTOMATIC ANTI-ALIASING FILTER

The subject disclosure is directed towards dynamically computing anti-aliasing filter coefficients for sample rate conversion in digital audio. In one aspect, for each input-to-output sampling rate ratio (pitch) obtained, anti-aliasing filter coefficients are interpolated based upon the pitch (e.g., using the fractional part of the ratio) from two filters (coefficient sets) selected based upon the pitch (e.g., using the integer part of the ratio). The interpolation provides for fine-grained cutoff frequencies, and by re-computation for each pitch, smooth anti-aliasing with dynamically changing ratios.

Region of interest extraction device, region of interest extraction method

On the basis of an audio signal included in a video file, a region of interest extraction device (104) extracts a user's region of interest which includes a designated time (T0). The region of interest extraction device (104) comprises the following: an interface device (109) that acquires the designated time (T0); a likelihood vector generation unit (202) that calculates likelihood for anchor models (Ar) that express the characteristics of a plurality of types of sounds fragments for each first unit region of an audio signal, and that generates a likelihood vector (F) where the calculated likelihoods are components; and a region of interest extraction unit (209) that on the basis of the likelihood vector (F) calculates a first characteristic region which will be an interest region candidate, and extracts a portion of the first characteristic region, which includes the designated time (T0), as a region of interest.

Sample rate converter with automatic anti-aliasing filter

The subject disclosure is directed towards dynamically computing anti-aliasing filter coefficients for sample rate conversion in digital audio. In one aspect, for each input-to-output sampling rate ratio (pitch) obtained, anti-aliasing filter coefficients are interpolated based upon the pitch (e.g., using the fractional part of the ratio) from two filters (coefficient sets) selected based upon the pitch (e.g., using the integer part of the ratio). The interpolation provides for fine-grained cutoff frequencies, and by re-computation for each pitch, smooth anti-aliasing with dynamically changing ratios.

Music section detecting apparatus and method, program, recording medium, and music signal detecting apparatus

An index calculating unit calculates a tonality index of a signal component of each area of an input signal transformed into a time frequency domain based on intensity (for example, power spectrum) of the signal component and a function (quadratic function) obtained by approximating the intensity of the signal component. A music determining unit determines whether or not each area of the input signal includes music based on the tonality index. The present technology can be applied to a music section detecting apparatus that detects a music part from an input signal in which music is mixed with noise.

A METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF COUGH SOUNDS USING DISEASE SIGNATURES TO DIAGNOSE RESPIRATORY DISEASES

A method for diagnosing one or more diseases of the respiratory tract for a patient including the steps of: acquiring cough sounds from the patient; processing the cough sounds to produce cough sound feature signals representing one or more cough sound features from the cough segments; obtaining one or more disease signatures based on the cough sound feature signals; and classifying the one or more disease signatures to deem the cough segments as indicative of one or more of said diseases; wherein the step of obtaining the one or more disease signatures based on the cough sound feature signals includes applying the cough sound features to each of one or more pre-trained disease signature decision machines, each said decision machine having been pre-trained to classify the cough sound features as corresponding to either a particular disease or to a non-disease state or as corresponding to first particular disease or a second particular disease different from the first particular disease.

Activity monitor

An activity monitor comprising one or more acoustic transducers (100) and a computation component (104) that is arranged to identify events from acoustic signals received by the acoustic transducers (100).

Testing device and testing method of audio file formats supported by audio player

本发明提供一种音频播放器支持的音频文件格式的测试方法及测试设备。该测试方法包括步骤：在该测试设备上输出每一音频文件至该音频播放器，每一音频文件具有一初始标识符对应每一音频文件所属的音频格式；利用该测试设备接收该音频播放器播放每一音频文件时输出的声音信号；在该测试设备上将接收的该音频播放器播放每一音频文件时输出的声音信号录制为每一声音文件；处理每一录制的声音文件以获取每一录制的声音文件的标识符；比较每一录制的声音文件的标识符与每一音频文件的初始标识符，根据比较结果确定该音频播放器支持的音频格式；以及输出该音频播放器支持的音频格式。本发明提供的测试设备及方法能够降低人力成本，提高测试效率。

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONVEYING ENCRYPTED DATA TO A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

An apparatus includes an audio-sensor inhibitor configured to inhibit detection of sound by an audio sensor of a communication device, and a secure communication interface coupled to the audio-sensor inhibitor, the secure communication interface being configured to transmit encrypted audio data from the secure communication interface to the communication device, wherein the communication interface generates audio data using a secure-interface audio sensor, and generates the encrypted audio data by encrypting the audio data using a cryptographic module. 1. An apparatus comprising:an audio-sensor inhibitor configured to inhibit detection of sound by an audio sensor of a communication device; anda secure communication interface coupled to the audio-sensor inhibitor, the secure communication interface configured to communicate encrypted audio data from the secure communication interface to the communication device, wherein the secure communication interface (i) generates audio data using a secure-interface audio sensor, and (ii) generates the encrypted audio data by encrypting the audio data using a cryptographic module.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the audio-sensor inhibitor includes an acoustic dampening material.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the audio-sensor inhibitor includes a transducer to output a noise signal.4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the audio-sensor inhibitor includes a signal generator to generate claim 3 , via the transducer claim 3 , the noise signal.5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the noise signal is one or more of pink noise claim 4 , white noise claim 4 , and random noise.6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the signal generator generates claim 4 , via the transducer claim 4 , the noise signal in response to a triggering event.7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the triggering event includes commencement of an encrypted communication session.8. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the signal generator generates the ...

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APPARATUS TO REMOVE A VOICE SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF

An apparatus and a method of removing voice signals. The apparatus to remove a voice signal includes a band reject filter unit which generates a first signal by partially or wholly removing a plurality of predetermined frequency band components corresponding to a voice frequency band from an input signal, a sound quality compensation unit which generates a second signal by calculating a difference signal of channel signals of the first signal and removing a component corresponding to a predetermined intermediate frequency band, a band pass filter which generates a third signal by passing the predetermined intermediate frequency band of the first signal, and an audio signal generation unit which generates an output audio signal by synthesizing the second and third signals.

MIX BUFFERS AND COMMAND QUEUES FOR AUDIO BLOCKS

The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology that may be used in an audio processing environment. Nodes of an audio flow graph are associated with virtual mix buffers. As the flow graph is processed, commands and virtual mix buffer data are provided to audio fixed-function processing blocks. Each virtual mix buffer is mapped to a physical mix buffer, and the associated command is executed with respect to the physical mix buffer. One physical mix buffer mix buffer may be used as an input data buffer for the audio fixed-function processing block, and another physical mix buffer as an output data buffer, for example.

Mix buffers and command queues for audio blocks

The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology that may be used in an audio processing environment. Nodes of an audio flow graph are associated with virtual mix buffers. As the flow graph is processed, commands and virtual mix buffer data are provided to audio fixed-function processing blocks. Each virtual mix buffer is mapped to a physical mix buffer, and the associated command is executed with respect to the physical mix buffer. One physical mix buffer mix buffer may be used as an input data buffer for the audio fixed-function processing block, and another physical mix buffer as an output data buffer, for example.

Sound data output and manipulation using haptic feedback

Sound data output and manipulation with haptic feedback. Haptic sensations are associated with sound data to assist in navigating through and editing the sound data. The sound data is loaded into computer memory and played such that sound is output from an audio device. The sound playing is controlled by user input for navigation through the sound data. Haptic commands are generated based on the sound data and are used to output haptic sensations to the user by a haptic feedback device manipulated by the user. The haptic sensations correspond to one or more characteristics of the sound data to assist the user in discerning features of the sound data during the navigation through and editing of the sound data.

Methods and systems for managing adaptation data

Computationally implemented methods and systems include managing adaptation data, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of a particular party, facilitating transmission of the adaptation data to a target device, in response to an indicator related to a speech-facilitated transaction of a particular party, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of the particular party, and determining whether to update the adaptation data, said determination at least partly based on a result of at least a portion of the speech-facilitated transaction In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Digital voice processing method and system for headset computer

The invention is a multi-microphone voice processing SoC primarily for head worn applications. It bypasses the use of conventional pre-amp voice CODEC (ADC/DAC) chips all together by replacing their functionality with digital MEMS microphone(s) and digital speaker driver (DSD). Functionality necessary for speech recognition such as noise/echo cancellation, speech compression, speech feature extraction and lossless speech transmission are also integrated into the SoC. One embodiment is a noise cancellation chip for wired, battery powered headsets and earphones, as smart-phone accessory. Another embodiment is as a wireless Bluetooth noise cancellation companion chip. The invention can be used in headwear, eyewear glass, mobile wearable computing, heavy duty military, aviation and industrial headsets and other speech recognition applications in noisy environments.

System and method for manipulation of sound data using haptic feedback

In an embodiment, a device which comprises means for generating an audio signal based on sound data, the audio signal configured to produce sound from an audio producing device; means for generating a haptic command based on the sound data, the haptic command configured to cause a haptic feedback device to output a haptic sensation, the haptic sensation being associated with at least one characteristic of the sound data; and means for receiving a navigation command from a user experiencing the haptic sensation via the haptic feedback device, the navigation command associated with the sound data and based, at least in part, on the haptic sensation.

Music section detecting apparatus and method, program, recording medium, and music signal detecting apparatus

An index calculating unit calculates a tonality index of a signal component of each area of an input signal transformed into a time frequency domain based on intensity (for example, power spectrum) of the signal component and a function (quadratic function) obtained by approximating the intensity of the signal component. A music determining unit determines whether or not each area of the input signal includes music based on the tonality index. The present technology can be applied to a music section detecting apparatus that detects a music part from an input signal in which music is mixed with noise.

A METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF COUGH SOUNDS USING DISEASE SIGNATURES TO DIAGNOSE RESPIRATORY DISEASES

A method for diagnosing one or more diseases of the respiratory tract for a patient including the steps of: acquiring cough sounds from the patient; processing the cough sounds to produce cough soundfeature signals representing one or more cough sound features from the cough segments; obtaining one or more disease signatures based on the cough sound feature signals; and classifying the one or more disease signatures to deem the cough segments as indicative of one or more of said diseases; wherein the step of obtaining the one or more disease signatures based on the cough sound feature signalsincludes applying the cough sound features to each of one or more pre-trained disease signature decision machines, each said decision machine having been pre-trained to classify the cough sound features as corresponding to either a particular disease or to a non-disease state or as corresponding to first particular disease or a second particular disease different from the first particular disease.

Method for Producing Audio File and Terminal Device

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for producing an audio file and a terminal device. The method includes recording a user's voice to obtain audio information, generating a score curve according to the audio information, and displaying the score curve; receiving a polishing instruction that is sent by the user by operating the score curve, and adjusting the audio information according to the polishing instruction, and generating an audio file. The technical solutions provided in the present invention enable the user to create a song of himself or herself on the terminal device, thereby improving functions of the terminal device and meeting an application requirement of the user. 1. A method for producing an audio file , comprising:recording a user's voice to obtain audio information;generating a score curve according to the audio information, and displaying the score curve;receiving a polishing instruction that is sent by the user by operating the score curve; andadjusting the audio information according to the polishing instruction, and generating the audio file according to the adjusted audio information.2. The method for producing the audio file according to claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , before the recording the user's voice claim 1 , the method further comprises: receiving a recording start instruction; and the recording the user's voice comprises: recording the user's voice according to the recording start instruction; andafter the recording the user's voice according to the recording start instruction, the method further comprises: receiving a recording end instruction, and ending recording of the user's voice according to the recording end instruction.3. The method for producing the audio file according to claim 1 , whereinthe receiving a polishing instruction that is sent by the user by operating the score curve comprises receiving a pitch polishing instruction that is sent by the user by changing a fluctuation degree of the score curve, ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS METHODS AND SYSTEMS PROVIDING USER SPECIFIC AUDIO OPTIMIZATION

Systems and methods for applying user specific acoustic adjustment parameters are provided. The intelligibility of speech for a particular user is determined and a set of acoustic adjustment parameters is determined. The set or template of acoustic adjustment parameters for the user is placed in central store, for example provided as or in association with a server. The template can be obtained from the server for application in connection with a communication involving the user by providing an identification of the template. 1. A method for providing a user specific set of electronic audio device acoustic adjustment parameters , comprising:obtaining set of user specific acoustic adjustment parameters;associating the obtained set of user specific acoustic adjustment parameters with an identifier;storing the set of user specific acoustic adjustment parameters and the associated identifier;receiving a request to access the stored set of user specific acoustic adjustment parameters in connection with an electronic communication, wherein the request includes the identifier;applying the user specific acoustic adjustment parameters to the electronic communication.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of user specific acoustic adjustment parameters are obtained through a speech intelligibility test administered by an audiologist.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of user specific acoustic adjustment parameters are stored as a template in a server on a public network.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the template is provided to an endpoint associated with the user and the electronic communication for application of the user specific acoustic adjustment parameters at the endpoint.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the template is provided to the endpoint over an out of band channel.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the template is provided to the endpoint prior to establishment of the electronic communication.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of user ...

Apparatus for removing voice signals from input sources and Method thereof

음성신호 제거 장치 및 그 방법이 개시된다. Disclosed are a voice signal removing device and a method thereof. 발명은 입력신호로부터 음성 신호 영역에 해당하는 복수의 소정 주파수 대역 성분들을 적어도 부분적으로 제거하여 제1신호를 생성하는 대역 소거 필터부, 상기 제1신호의 채널별 신호들에 대한 차 성분을 연산하고, 상기 차 성분으로부터 소정의 중간 대역에 해당하는 성분을 제거하여 제2신호를 생성하는 음질 보상부, 상기 제1신호의 소정의 중간 대역을 대역통과 필터링하여 제3신호를 생성하는 대역통과 필터 및 상기 제2신호 및 제3신호를 합성하여 출력 오디오 신호를 생성하는 오디오 생성부를 포함한다. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a band cancellation filter unit which generates a first signal by at least partially removing a plurality of predetermined frequency band components corresponding to an audio signal region from an input signal, and calculating a difference component of signals of each channel of the first signal. A sound quality compensator for removing a component corresponding to a predetermined intermediate band from the difference component to generate a second signal, and a bandpass filter for generating a third signal by bandpass filtering the predetermined intermediate band of the first signal; And an audio generator for synthesizing the second and third signals to generate an output audio signal. 본 발명에 의하면, 입력신호로부터 음성 신호 영역에 해당하는 복수의 소정 주파수 대역 성분들을 적어도 부분적으로 제거하고, 필터링 과정에서 왜곡된 대역의 스펙트럼을 보상함으로써, 주파수 변환 등의 과다한 연산과정을 필요로 하지 않고, 간단한 연산만으로 음질 왜곡없이 음성신호가 제거된 오디오 신호를 생성할 수 있다. According to the present invention, at least partially removing a plurality of predetermined frequency band components corresponding to the voice signal region from the input signal, and compensating for the spectrum of the distorted band in the filtering process, it does not require an excessive calculation process such as frequency conversion. Instead, a simple operation can generate an audio signal from which the voice signal is removed without distortion of sound quality.

Sound data output and manipulation using haptic feedback

Sound data output and manipulation with haptic feedback. Haptic sensations are associated with sound data to assist in navigating through and editing the sound data. The sound data is loaded into computer memory and played such that sound is output from an audio device. The sound playing is controlled by user input for navigation through the sound data. Haptic commands are generated based on the sound data and are used to output haptic sensations to the user by a haptic feedback device manipulated by the user. The haptic sensations correspond to one or more characteristics of the sound data to assist the user in discerning features of the sound data during the navigation through and editing of the sound data.

System And Method For Manipulation Of Sound Data Using Haptic Feedback

In an embodiment, a device which comprises means for generating an audio signal based on sound data, the audio signal configured to produce sound from an audio producing device; means for generating a haptic command based on the sound data, the haptic command configured to cause a haptic feedback device to output a haptic sensation, the haptic sensation being associated with at least one characteristic of the sound data; and means for receiving a navigation command from a user experiencing the haptic sensation via the haptic feedback device, the navigation command associated with the sound data and based, at least in part, on the haptic sensation.

A method for analysis of cough sounds using disease signatures to diagnose respiratory diseases

A method for diagnosing one or more diseases of the respiratory tract for a patient including the steps of: acquiring cough sounds from the patient; processing the cough sounds to produce cough sound feature signals representing one or more cough sound features from the cough segments; obtaining one or more disease signatures based on the cough sound feature signals; and classifying the one or more disease signatures to deem the cough segments as indicative of one or more of said diseases; wherein the step of obtaining the one or more disease signatures based on the cough sound feature signals includes applying the cough sound features to each of one or more pre-trained disease signature decision machines, each said decision machine having been pre-trained to classify the cough sound features as corresponding to either a particular disease or to a non-disease state or as corresponding to first particular disease or a second particular disease different from the first particular disease.

An interactive apparatus

An interactive apparatus, the apparatus including: a control device for controlling the interactive apparatus; input for providing input(s) and output for providing audio and/or visual outputs, wherein the control device is configured for receiving media and providing the media to the output to provide audio and/or visual outputs associated with the media; a communication device for receiving a communication input for processing by the control device, the communication device including one or more of: a microphone, a camera, and a communication interface for communication with electronic or computer devices over a wireless communication protocol; wherein the communication device is only permitted to be activated by an actuation device being placed into close proximity to or physical contact with the interactive apparatus.

Data processing apparatus and data processing method

A data processing apparatus (4) for fetching necessary packet data from a sector where a plurality of types of packet data are mixed. This data processing apparatus includes an audio decoder (4b). The audio decoder has an audio packet extraction block (43) for extracting an audio packet composed of audio data for input of sector data from an external memory (5) connected to a front end processor (4a), a supplementary packet extraction block (48) composed of supplementary data for extracting a supplementary packet, and a frame information extraction block (52) in parallel, thereby omitting a frame-state buffer memory when making the front end processor and the audio decoder on a single chip.

Sound data output and manipulation using haptic feedback

利用触觉反馈进行声音数据的输出和处理的方法和设备。触觉与声音数据关联，以协助浏览和编辑该声音数据。该声音数据被载入计算机存储器并被加以播放，以便从音频设备输出声音。该声音播放由用户输入来控制，用于浏览该声音数据。根据该声音数据来生成触觉命令，并且，由用户操作的触觉反馈设备使用这些触觉命令，以便将触觉输出给用户。这些触觉对应于该声音数据的一个或多个特征，以协助用户在浏览和编辑该声音数据期间辨别该声音数据的特点。

Digital voice processing method and system for headset computer

The invention is a multi-microphone voice processing SoC primarily for head worn applications. It bypasses the use of conventional pre-amp voice CODEC (ADC/DAC) chips all together by replacing their functionality with digital MEMS microphone(s) and digital speaker driver (DSD). Functionality necessary for speech recognition such as noise/echo cancellation, speech compression, speech feature extraction and lossless speech transmission are also integrated into the SoC. One embodiment is a noise cancellation chip for wired, battery powered headsets and earphones, as smart-phone accessory. Another embodiment is as a wireless Bluetooth noise cancellation companion chip. The invention can be used in headwear, eyewear glass, mobile wearable computing, heavy duty military, aviation and industrial headsets and other speech recognition applications in noisy environments.

Emotional Lighting Apparatus and Method through Mapping of the Audio Spectrum and the Visible Light Spectrum

오디오 스펙트럼과 가시광 스펙트럼 매핑을 통한 감성 조명 장치 및 방법이 제공된다. 본 조명 장치는, 가시광들을 출력하는 조명부 및 입력되는 오디오를 구성하는 오디오 주파수들을 분석하여 주파수 성분의 크기를 계산하고, 오디오 스펙트럼을 가시광 스펙트럼으로 매핑하여 매핑된 주파수들의 가시광들이 출력되도록 조명부를 제어하는 조명 제어부를 포함한다. 이에 의해, 인간의 청각과 시각의 감성이 매칭되어, 인간이 느끼는 엔터테인먼트를 더욱 증대시킬 수 있게 된다. Emotional lighting apparatus and method through audio spectrum and visible light spectrum mapping are provided. The lighting device analyzes an illumination unit for outputting visible light and audio frequencies constituting the input audio, calculates a magnitude of a frequency component, maps the audio spectrum to the visible light spectrum, and controls the lighting unit to output visible lights of the mapped frequencies. Lighting control unit. As a result, human hearing and visual sensitivity are matched, and it is possible to further increase the entertainment felt by human beings.

Sound data output and manipulation using haptic feedback

Sound data output and manipulation with haptic feedback. Haptic sensations are associated with sound data to assist in navigating through and editing the sound data. The sound data is loaded into computer memory and played such that sound is output from an audio device. The sound playing is controlled by user input for navigation through the sound data. Haptic commands are generated based on the sound data and are used to output haptic sensations to the user by a haptic feedback device manipulated by the user. The haptic sensations correspond to one or more characteristics of the sound data to assist the user in discerning features of the sound data during the navigation through and editing of the sound data.

Acessório para fixação em um dispositivo de comunicação

métodos e sistemas para transportar dados criptografados para um dispositivo de comunicação. uma modalidade toma a forma de um acessório para fixação em um dispositivo de comunicação, o acessório compreendendo um microfone disposto no acessório para detectar som, um módulo criptográfico disposto no acessório em comunicação com o microfone para gerar dados de áudio criptografados com base no som detectado, uma interface de comunicação disposta no acessório em comunicação com o módulo criptográfico configurada para transportar os dados de áudio criptografados para o dispositivo de comunicação e um inibidor do sensor de áudio disposto para ser posicionado adjacente a um sensor de áudio do dispositivo de comunicação.

Method for analysis of cough sounds using disease signatures to diagnose respiratory diseases

A method for diagnosing one or more diseases of the respiratory tract for a patient including the steps of: acquiring cough sounds from the patient; processing the cough sounds to produce cough sound feature signals representing one or more cough sound features from the cough segments; obtaining one or more disease signatures based on the cough sound feature signals; and classifying the one or more disease signatures to deem the cough segments as indicative of one or more of said diseases; wherein the step of obtaining the one or more disease signatures based on the cough sound feature signals includes applying the cough sound features to each of one or more pre-trained disease signature decision machines, each said decision machine having been pre-trained to classify the cough sound features as corresponding to either a particular disease or to a non-disease state or as corresponding to first particular disease or a second particular disease different from the first particular disease.

호흡기 질병 진단을 위한 질병 시그니처를 이용한 기침 소리 분석 방법

환자 기도의 하나 이상의 질병을 진단하기 위한 방법은: 환자로부터 기침 소리를 취득하는 단계; 기침 세그먼트로부터 하나 이상의 기침 소리 피처를 나타내는 기침 소리 피처 신호를 생성하기 위해 기침 소리를 처리하는 단계; 기침 소리 피처 신호에 기초하여 하나 이상의 질병 시그니처를 획득하는 단계; 및 기침 세그먼트가 상기 질병들 중 하나 이상을 나타내는 것으로 간주하도록 하나 이상의 질병 시그니처를 분류하는 단계를 포함하고, 기침 소리 피처 신호에 기초하여 하나 이상의 질병 시그니처를 획득하는 단계는 기침 소리 피처를 하나 이상의 미리훈련된 질병 시그니처 결정 머신 각각에 적용하는 단계를 포함하고, 각각의 상기 결정 머신은 기침 소리 피처를 특정한 질병 또는 비질병 상태에 대응하는 것으로서 분류하거나 제1 특정한 질병 또는 제1 특정한 질병과는 상이한 제2 특정한 질병에 대응하는 것으로서 분류하도록 미리훈련된다.

오디오 스펙트럼과 가시광 스펙트럼 매핑을 통한 감성 조명 장치 및 방법

오디오 스펙트럼과 가시광 스펙트럼 매핑을 통한 감성 조명 장치 및 방법이 제공된다. 본 조명 장치는, 가시광들을 출력하는 조명부 및 입력되는 오디오를 구성하는 오디오 주파수들을 분석하여 주파수 성분의 크기를 계산하고, 오디오 스펙트럼을 가시광 스펙트럼으로 매핑하여 매핑된 주파수들의 가시광들이 출력되도록 조명부를 제어하는 조명 제어부를 포함한다. 이에 의해, 인간의 청각과 시각의 감성이 매칭되어, 인간이 느끼는 엔터테인먼트를 더욱 증대시킬 수 있게 된다.

呼吸器疾患を診断するために疾患シグネチャを使用して咳音を分析するための方法

【課題】患者の気道の1つまたは複数の疾患を診断するための方法に関する。【解決手段】患者から咳音を取得するステップと、咳セグメントから1つまたは複数の咳音特徴を表す咳音特徴信号を生成するために咳音を処理するステップと、咳音特徴信号に基づいて1つまたは複数の疾患シグネチャを取得するステップと、咳セグメントを前記疾患の1つまたは複数を示すものとみなすために1つまたは複数の疾患シグネチャを分類するステップとを含み、咳音特徴信号に基づいて1つまたは複数の疾患シグネチャを取得するステップは1つまたは複数の事前訓練された疾患シグネチャ決定マシンの各々に咳音特徴を適用するステップを含み、各々の前記決定マシンは咳音特徴を特定の疾患もしくは非疾患状態のいずれかに対応するものとして、または第1の特定の疾患もしくは第1の特定の疾患とは異なる第2の特定の疾患に対応するものとして分類するように事前訓練されている方法。【選択図】図１

표준편차 기반의 음원의 특징 축소 방법을 이용하는 음악 분위기 자동 판별 시스템 및 방법

본 발명은 표준편차를 기반으로 하는 음원의 특징을 축소하는 방법을 이용한 음악 분위기 자동 판별 시스템 및 방법에 관한 것이다. 본 발명에 따른 음악 분위기 자동 판별 시스템은 많은 음원의 특징들 중 일부를 선택하여 특징을 축소함으로써, 특징들 사이의 잡음을 제거하여, 보다 효과적으로 많은 음악파일들의 분위기를 정확하게 판별할 수 있다. 따라서, 본 발명에 따른 음악 분위기 자동 판별 시스템은 분위기 자동 판정을 통한 내용 기반 필터링, 추천 시스템 및 정보 검색 분야 등 많은 분야에서 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.

데이터 처리장치 및 데이터 처리방법

복수 종류의 패킷데이터가 혼재하는 섹터로부터 필요한 패킷데이터를 추출하기 위한 데이터 처리장치(4)이며, 이 데이터 처리장치는 오디오 디코더부(4b)를 갖춘다. 오디오 디코더부는, 프런트 앤드 프로세서부(4a)에 접속된 외부메모리(5)로부터의 섹터데이터의 입력에 대하여 오디오데이터로 이루는 오디오패킷을 추출하는 오디오패킷 추출부(43)와, 서플리멘터리패킷을 추출하는 서플리멘터리패킷 추출부(48)와, 프레임정보 추출부(52)를 병렬로 갖춤으로써, 프런트 앤드 프로세서부와 오디오 디코더부를 1칩화 할 때, 프레임상태의 버퍼메모리를 생략할 수 있다.

Data processing apparatus and data processing method

A data processing device ( 4 ) for taking out necessary packet data from a sector in which a plurality of packet data exist in a mixed manner, is provided. This data processing device has an audio decoder unit ( 4 b ). The audio decoder unit has, in parallel, an audio packet extraction unit ( 43 ) for extracting an audio packet made up of audio data with respect to an input of sector data from an external memory ( 5 ) connected to a front-end processor unit ( 4 a ), a supplementary packet extraction unit ( 48 ) for extracting a supplementary packet made up of supplementary data, and a frame information extraction unit ( 52 ). Thus, when collectively providing the front-end processor unit and the audio decoder unit on one chip, a buffer memory for the frame state can be omitted.

数据处理装置以及数据处理方法

一种数据处理装置(4)，用于从一个扇区取出所需的分组数据，在上述扇区中，以混合方式存在着多种类型的分组数据。该数据处理装置有一个音频解码器单元(4b)。该音频解码器单元以并列方式具有下列各部件：一个音频分组提取单元(43)，用于从来自外存储器(5)的扇区数据的输入中，提取由音频数据构成的音频分组，上述外存储器(5)被连接到一个前端处理器单元(4a)；一个补充分组提取单元(48)，用于提取由补充数据构成的补充分组；以及一个帧信息提取单元(52)。因此，当把前端处理器单元以及音频解码器单元集中地设置在一块芯片之中时，就可以省去用于帧状态的缓冲存储器。

Spatial audio signal processing

An apparatus for spatial audio signal processing, the apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to:receive captured audio content, the captured audio content captured within a capture environment with defined geometry;determine audio directions and distances associated with the captured audio content;determine a listening space area geometry;map the audio directions and distances associated with the captured audio content relative to the defined geometry to the listening space area geometry; and synthesize a volumetric audio based on the mapped audio directions and distances to generate an audio content experience within the listening space area geometry.

使用触觉反馈的声音数据输出和处理方法和设备

利用触觉反馈进行声音数据的输出和处理的方法和设备。触觉与声音数据关联，以协助浏览和编辑该声音数据。该声音数据被载入计算机存储器并被加以播放，以便从音频设备输出声音。该声音播放由用户输入来控制，用于浏览该声音数据。根据该声音数据来生成触觉命令，并且，由用户操作的触觉反馈设备使用这些触觉命令，以便将触觉输出给用户。这些触觉对应于该声音数据的一个或多个特征，以协助用户在浏览和编辑该声音数据期间辨别该声音数据的特点。

用疾病特征分析咳嗽声音以诊断呼吸系统疾病的方法

一种诊断患者一种或多种呼吸道疾病的方法，包括以下步骤：从患者获得咳嗽声音；对所述咳嗽声音进行处理，以产生表示来自咳嗽片段的一个或多个咳嗽声音特征的咳嗽声音特征信号；基于咳嗽声音特征信号获得一个或多个疾病特征；以及将一个或多个疾病特征分类，以将咳嗽片段视为指示一种或多种所述疾病；其中，基于咳嗽声音特征信号获取一个或多个疾病特征的步骤包括：将咳嗽声音特征应用于一个或多个预先训练的疾病特征决策机中的每一个，每一个所述决策机已预先训练以将咳嗽声音特征分类为对应于特定疾病或非疾病状态，或对应于第一特定疾病或与第一特定疾病不同的第二特定疾病。

진동수를 이용한 종 분류 방법 및 장치

본 발명은 생명체가 주로 사용하는 진동수를 이용하여 생명체의 소리만으로 종을 분류할 수 있는 방법 및 장치에 관한 것이다. 본 발명의 종 분류 장치는, 소정 생명체의 소리를 획득하기 위한 소리 감지기, 소리 감지기를 통하여 획득한 소리의 주사용 진동수를 추출하고, 추출된 주사용 진동수를 이용하여 생명체의 종을 분류하는 프로세서를 포함한다.