Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-microphone human talker detection
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Application No.: US15836677Application Date: 2017-12-08
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Publication No.: US10733276B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Narayan Kovvali , Ying Li , Nima Yousefian Jazi , Seth Suppappola
- Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Applicant Address: GB Edinburgh
- Assignee: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: GB Edinburgh
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/32
- IPC: G06F21/32 ; G10L17/00 ; H04R1/40 ; G10L17/26 ; G01S3/80 ; G10L25/51 ; G10L21/0216

Abstract:
The reliable differentiation of human and artificial talkers is important for many automatic speaker verification applications, such as in developing anti-spoofing countermeasures against replay attacks for voice biometric authentication. A multi-microphone approach may exploit small movements of human talkers to differentiate between a human talker and an artificial talker. One method of determining the presence or absence of talker movement includes monitoring the variation of the inter-mic frequency-dependent phase profile of the received microphone array data over a period of time. Using spatial information with spectral-based techniques for determining whether an audio source is a human or artificial talker may reduce the likelihood of success of spoofing attacks against a voice biometric authentication system. The anti-spoofing countermeasure may be used in electronic devices including smart home devices, cellular phones, tablets, and personal computers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190180014A1 MULTI-MICROPHONE HUMAN TALKER DETECTION Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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