• 한국음향학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국음향학회 1994년도 제11회 음성통신 및 신호처리 워크샵 논문집 (SCAS 11권 1호)
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• pp.188-194
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• 1994

Code excited linear prediction speech coders exhibit good performance at data rates as low as 4800bps. But the major drawback to CELP type coders is their large computational requirements. Therefore, in this paper a comparative performance study of three pitch searching algorithms for the CELP vocoder was conducted. For each of the algorithms, a standard pitch searching algorithm was used by the full pitch searching algorithm that was implimented in the QCELP vocoder. The algorithms used in this study is to reduce the pitch searching time 1) using the skip table, 2) using the symmetrical property of the autocorrelation , and 3) using the preprocessing autocorrelation, 4) using the positive autocorrelation, 5) using the preliminary pitch. Performance scores are presented for each of the five pitch searching algorithms based on computation speed and on pitch prediction error.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.38-44
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• 1980

본 논문에서는 peak 검출과 average magnitude difference function (AMDF)방법을 이용해서 음성의 주기를 고속도로 추출하는 방법이 연구되었다. 먼저 입력 음성을 800Hz로 대역폭을 줄인다음 Pitch peak가 될 만한 몇개의 Peak을 검출한다. 그 다음 이들 peak들의 값을 갖고 AMDF를 계산해서 이들 값들 중에서 최소의 AMDF치를 갖는 peak를 원하는 음성주기로 결정을 한다. 이 방법을 사용하여 음성의 주기를 검출하면 타 음성주기 추출방법 보다 훨씬 적은 계산 시간이 소요될 분만 아니라 비교적 정확한 결과를 얻을 수 있다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.425-434
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• 2016

A novel average magnitude difference function (AMDF)-based pitch detection scheme (PDS) is proposed to achieve better performance in speech quality. A performance evaluation of the proposed PDS is carried out through both a simulation and a real-time implementation of a speech analysis-synthesis system. The parameters used to compare the performance of the proposed PDS with that of PDSs that are based on either a cepstrum, an autocorrelation function (ACF), an AMDF, or circular AMDF (CAMDF) methods are as follows: percentage gross pitch error (%GPE); a subjective listening test; an objective speech quality assessment; a speech intelligibility test; a synthesized speech waveform; computation time; and memory consumption. The proposed PDS results in lower %GPE and better synthesized speech quality and intelligibility for different speech signals as compared to the cepstrum-, ACF-, AMDF-, and CAMDF-based PDSs. The computational time of the proposed PDS is also less than that for the cepstrum-, ACF-, and CAMDF-based PDSs. Moreover, the total memory consumed by the proposed PDS is less than that for the ACF- and cepstrum-based PDSs.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.522-533
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 피지 파라미터와 퍼지 추론을 포함한 화자 인식 알고리즘을 제안한다. 시간영역에서 검출 알고리즘의 장점인 잡음에 강인함을 가진 PVPF 법을 제안하여 피치를 검출한다. 또한 화자 인식에서 특징량들의 애매성을 표현하고 인식하는 방법으로 퍼지 이론을 도입하였다. PVPF는 음의 시간적인 특징을 이용하여 국부적으로 봉우리와 골을 이룬다는 것을 이용한 계산량이 적고 잡음에 강인한 피치 검출법이다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1797-1798
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• 2007

In field of voice pathology, diverse statistics extracted form pitch estimation were commonly used to assess voice quality. In this study, we proposed robust pitch detection algorithm which can estimate pitch of pathological voices in benign vocal fold lesions. we also compared our proposed algorithm with three established pitch detection algorithms; autocorrelation, simplified inverse filtering technique, and nonlinear state-space embedding methods. In the database of total pathological voices of 99 and normal voices of 30, an analysis of errors related with pitch detection was evaluated between pathological and normal voices, or among the types of pathological voices. According to the results of pitch errors, gross pitch error showed some increases in cases of pathological voices; especially excessive increase in PDA based on nonlinear time-series. In an analysis of types of pathological voices classified by aperiodicity and the degree of chaos, the more voice has aperiodic and chaotic, the more growth of pitch errors increased. Consequently, it is required to survey the severity of tested voice in order to obtain accurate pitch estimates.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제43권7호
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• pp.648-656
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• 2015

능동 합성개구레이더 위성의 주요기동은 SAR 안테나 방향을 바꾸기 위한 롤축 기동이다. 그리고 도플러 중심주파수 변화를 최소화하기 위하여 요축 기동이 요구된다. 따라서 토크/모멘텀 용량을 대부분 롤축으로 그 다음으로 요축으로 할당하는 것이 합리적이다. 하지만 궤도 조정 때문에 가끔씩 피치축으로 중심으로 큰 각도의 회전이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 롤축과 요축의 연속회전을 통한 피치축 기동시간 단축 방법에 대해서 살펴본다. 이들 두 축이 피치축에 비해서 기동성능이 좋기 때문에, 피치축을 중심으로 큰 회전이 요구될 때는 기동시간 단축이 가능하다.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2002

Gears are essential elements for mechanical power transmission. Geometric precision is the main factor for characterizing gear grade and qualify. Gear pitch is one of the crucial measurements, which is defined as a distance between two adjacent gear teeth. It is well-known that variability in gear pitches may causes wear-out and vibration noise. Therefore maintaining pitch errors at a low level plays a key role in assuring the gear quality to customers. This paper is concerned with a case study, which presents a computerized system for Inspecting pitch errors in a gear machining process. This system consists of a PC and window-based programs. Although the start and stop is manually accomplished, the process of measuring and analyzing pitch data is automatically conducted in this system. Our purpose lies in reducing inspection cost and time as well as Increasing test reliability. Its operation is briefly illustrated by example. Sometimes a strong autocorrelation is observed from pitch data. We also discuss a process monitoring scheme taking account of autocorrelations.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2002년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(4)
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• pp.381-384
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• 2002

In speech signal processing, it Is very important to detect the pitch exactly in speech recognition, synthesis and analysis. but, it is very difficult to pitch detection from speech signal because of formant and transition amplitude affect. therefore, in this paper, we proposed a pitch detection using the spectrum flattening techniques. Spectrum flattening is to eliminate the formant and transition amplitude affect. In time domain, positive center clipping is process in order to emphasize pitch period with a glottal component of removed vocal tract characteristic. And rough formant envelope is computed through peak-fitting spectrum of original speech signal in frequency domain. As a results, well get the flattened harmonics waveform with the algebra difference between spectrum of original speech signal and smoothed formant envelope. After all, we obtain residual signal which is removed vocal tract element The performance was compared with LPC and Cepstrum, ACF 0wing to this algorithm, we have obtained the pitch information improved the accuracy of pitch detection and gross error rate is reduced in voice speech region and in transition region of changing the phoneme.

• 음성과학
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2003

In speech signal processing, it is very important to detect the pitch exactly in speech recognition, synthesis and analysis. If we exactly pitch detect in speech signal, in the analysis, we can use the pitch to obtain properly the vocal tract parameter. It can be used to easily change or to maintain the naturalness and intelligibility of quality in speech synthesis and to eliminate the personality for speaker-independence in speech recognition. In this paper, we proposed a new pitch detection algorithm. First, positive center clipping is process by using the incline of speech in order to emphasize pitch period with a glottal component of removed vocal tract characteristic in time domain. And rough formant envelope is computed through peak-fitting spectrum of original speech signal infrequence domain. Using the roughed formant envelope, obtain the smoothed formant envelope through calculate the linear interpolation. As well get the flattened harmonics waveform with the algebra difference between spectrum of original speech signal and smoothed formant envelope. Inverse fast fourier transform (IFFT) compute this flattened harmonics. After all, we obtain Residual signal which is removed vocal tract element. The performance was compared with LPC and Cepstrum, ACF. Owing to this algorithm, we have obtained the pitch information improved the accuracy of pitch detection and gross error rate is reduced in voice speech region and in transition region of changing the phoneme.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2006년도 춘계종합학술대회
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• pp.481-484
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• 2006

음성 신호의 피치주기 검출 알고리즘은 음성 인식, 화자 식별 등의 다양한 음성 신호 처리 분야에 적용되고 있으며, 시간영역과 주파수영역에서 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 피치주기 검출 알고리즘의 하나인 AMDF(average magnitude difference function)는 연산속도가 빠른 장점이 있지만, 피치주기 검출을 위한 valley점 선정에 있어서 알고리즘이 복잡해지는 문제점이 발생한다. 또한 이러한 피치주기 검출 알고리즘이 실생활에 응용되기 위해서는 다양한 환경에서 발생하는 소음으로부터 강인한 특성을 가져야 한다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 변형된 AMDF 알고리즘을 이용하여 피치주기 검출을 위한 전체 최소 valley점 선정을 보다 용이하게 하였으며, 테스트 신호로써 지하철 등과 같은 소음환경에서의 음성신호를 사용하였다.