• Title/Summary/Keyword: Distance measure

Search Result 1,789, Processing Time 0.03 seconds

Synthesis and Evaluation of Prosodically Exaggerated Utterances

  • Yoon, Kyu-Chul
    • Phonetics and Speech Sciences
    • /
    • v.1 no.3
    • /
    • pp.73-85
    • /
    • 2009
  • This paper introduces the technique of synthesizing and evaluating human utterances with exaggerated or atypical prosody. Prosody exaggeration can be implemented by manipulating either the fundamental frequency (F0) contour, the segmental durations, or the intensity contour of an utterance. Of these three prosodic elements, two or more can be exaggerated at the same time. The algorithms of synthesis and evaluation were suggested. Learner utterances exaggerated in each of the three prosodic features were evaluated with respect to their original native versions in terms of the differences in their F0 contours, the segmental durations, and the intensity contours. The measure of differences was the Euclidean distance metric between the matching points in their F0 and intensity contours. The measure was calculated after the exaggerated learner utterances were aligned by the segments and rendered identical to their native version in terms of their segmental durations. For the evaluation of the segmental durations, no prior modifications were made in durations and the same measure was used. The results from the pilot experiment suggest the viability of this measure in the evaluation of learner utterances with atypical prosody with respect to their native versions.

  • PDF

Optimally Weighted Cepstral Distance Measure for Speech Recognition (음성 인식을 위한 최적 가중 켑스트랄 거리 측정 방법)

  • 김원구
    • Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
    • /
    • 1994.06c
    • /
    • pp.133-137
    • /
    • 1994
  • In this paper, a method for designing an optimal weight function for the weighted cepstral distance measure is proposed. A conventional weight function or cepstral lifter is obtained eperimentally depending on the spectral components to be emphasized. The proposed method minimizes the error between word reference patterns and the traning data. To compare the proposed optimal weight function with conventional function, speech recognition systems based on Dpynamic Time Warping and Hidden Markov Models were constructed to conduct speaker independent isolated word necogination eperiment. Results show that the proposed method gives better performance than conventional weight functions.

  • PDF

Clustering Using Quadratic Distance Measure Between Densities (확률 분포의 2차 거리 측정을 이용한 클러스터링)

  • Yongjin Lee;Seungjin Choi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
    • /
    • 2003.10a
    • /
    • pp.145-147
    • /
    • 2003
  • We derive a simple clustering algorithm which partitions the given data by minimizing overlap between clusters. For simple implementation and less complexity, Parzen window density estimation and quadratic distance measure between densities are adopted.

  • PDF

A Secure Face Cryptogr aphy for Identity Document Based on Distance Measures

  • Arshad, Nasim;Moon, Kwang-Seok;Kim, Jong-Nam
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
    • /
    • v.16 no.10
    • /
    • pp.1156-1162
    • /
    • 2013
  • Face verification has been widely studied during the past two decades. One of the challenges is the rising concern about the security and privacy of the template database. In this paper, we propose a secure face verification system which generates a unique secure cryptographic key from a face template. The face images are processed to produce face templates or codes to be utilized for the encryption and decryption tasks. The result identity data is encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Distance metric naming hamming distance and Euclidean distance are used for template matching identification process, where template matching is a process used in pattern recognition. The proposed system is tested on the ORL, YALEs, and PKNU face databases, which contain 360, 135, and 54 training images respectively. We employ Principle Component Analysis (PCA) to determine the most discriminating features among face images. The experimental results showed that the proposed distance measure was one the promising best measures with respect to different characteristics of the biometric systems. Using the proposed method we needed to extract fewer images in order to achieve 100% cumulative recognition than using any other tested distance measure.

A Study on the Estimation of Smartphone Movement Distance using Optical Flow Technology on a Limited Screen (제한된 화면에 광류 기술을 적용한 스마트폰 이동 거리 추정에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Keunyoung;Oh, Jongtaek
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
    • /
    • v.19 no.4
    • /
    • pp.71-76
    • /
    • 2019
  • Research on indoor location tracking technology using smartphone is actively being carried out. Especially, the movement distance of the smartphone should be accurately measured and the movement route of the user should be displayed on the map. Location tracking technology using sensors mounted on smart phones has been used for a long time, but accuracy is not good enough to measure the moving distance of the user using only the sensor. Therefore, when the user moves the smartphone in a certain posture, it must research and develop an appropriate algorithm to measure the distance accurately. In this paper, we propose a method to reduce moving distance estimation error by removing user 's foot shape by limiting the screen of smartphone in pyramid - based optical flow estimation method.

Feature Extraction Method based on Bhattacharyya Distance for Multiclass Problems (Bhattacharyya Distance에 기반한 다중클래스 문제에 대한 피춰 추출 기법)

  • 최의선;이철희
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
    • /
    • 1999.06a
    • /
    • pp.643-646
    • /
    • 1999
  • In this paper, we propose a feature extraction method based on Bhattacharyya distance for multiclass problems. The Bhattacharyya distance provides a valuable information in determining the effectiveness of a feature set and has been used as separability measure for feature selection. Recently, a feature extraction algorithm hat been proposed for two normally distributed classes based on Bhattacharyya distance. In this paper, we propose to expand the previous approach to multiclass cases. Experiment results show that the proposed method compares favorably with the conventional methods.

  • PDF

Fuzzy Linear Regression Model Using the Least Hausdorf-distance Square Method

  • Choi, Sang-Sun;Hong, Dug-Hun;Kim, Dal-Ho
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
    • /
    • v.7 no.3
    • /
    • pp.643-654
    • /
    • 2000
  • In this paper, we review some class of t-norms on which fuzzy arithmetic operations preserve the shapes of fuzzy numbers and the Hausdorff-distance between fuzzy numbers as the measure of distance between fuzzy numbers. And we suggest the least Hausdorff-distance square method for fuzzy linear regression model using shape preserving fuzzy arithmetic operations.

  • PDF

Accessibility Changes in the Metropolitan Seoul Subway System: Time-distance Algorithms based on the T-card Big Data and an Accessibility Measurement Model for Un-fixed Transportation Networks (수도권 광역철도망 확충에 따른 서울 대도시권 접근도 변화: 교통카드 빅데이터를 이용한 시간거리 산출 알고리즘 및 비고정성 교통망 접근도 산출 모형의 개발과 적용)

  • Lee, Keumsook;Park, Jong Soo;Jeong, Mi Seon
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
    • /
    • v.17 no.1
    • /
    • pp.98-113
    • /
    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes in the accessibility of the Metropolitan Seoul Transit systems since 2000, in which many new subway lines have been constructed as well as other urban transit lines have been connected to the systems. We suggest an accessibility measure model for Un-fixed Transportation Networks. In order to measure the nodal accessibility based on the mobility, we apply path-distance, physical-distance, and time-distance as the distance impedance measurement. Specifically, we develop time-distance algorithms to measure the time-distance between each pairs of transit stations based on the T-card transaction databases. We apply the model to the Metropolitan Seoul Transit systems in two time points(2005 and 2011). We examine the results in terms of three distance accessibility measures. Time-distance accessibility explains better the urban land use patterns in the Metropolitan Seoul area than the other two. We visualize the spatial patterns of time-distance accessibility by applying GIS, and analyze the spatial structures of accessibility in the Metrropolitan Seoul area between two time points.

  • PDF

Luminance Projection Model for Efficient Video Similarity Measure (효율적인 비디오 유사도 측정을 위한 휘도 투영모델)

  • Kim, Sang-Hyun
    • Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
    • /
    • v.10 no.2
    • /
    • pp.132-135
    • /
    • 2009
  • The video similarity measure is very important factor to index and to retrieve for video data. In this paper, we propose the luminance projection model to measure the video similarity efficiently. Most algorithms for video indexing have been commonly used histograms, edges, or motion features, whereas in this paper, the proposed algorithm is employed an efficient measure using the luminance projection. To index effectively the video sequences and to decrease the computational complexity, we calculate video similarity using the key frames extracted by the cumulative measure, and compare the set of key frames using the modified Hausdorff distance. Experimental results show that the proposed luminance projection model yields the remarkable accuracy and performance than the conventional algorithm.

  • PDF