• 제목/요약/키워드: sound quality parameter

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Fuzzy Identification by Means of an Auto-Tuning Algorithm and a Weighted Performance Index

  • 오성권
    • 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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    • 제8권6호
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    • pp.106-118
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    • 1998
  • The study concerns a design procedure of rule-based systems. The proposed rule-based fuzzy modeling implements system structure and parameter identification in the efficient from of "IF..., THEN..." statements, and exploits the theory of system optimization and fuzzy implication rules. The method for rule-based fuzzy modeling concerns the from of the conclusion part of the the rules that can be constant. Both triangular and Gaussian-like membership function are studied. The optimization hinges on an autotuning algorithm that covers as a modified constrained optimization method known as a complex method. The study introduces a weighted performance index (objective function) that helps achieve a sound balance between the quality of results produced for the training and testing set. This methodology sheds light on the role and impact of different parameters of the model on its performance. The study is illustrated with the aid of two representative numerical examples.

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낮은 차원의 벡터 변환을 통한 음성 변환 (Voice conversion using low dimensional vector mapping)

  • 이기승;도원;윤대희
    • 전자공학회논문지S
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    • 제35S권4호
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    • pp.118-127
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    • 1998
  • In this paper, we propose a voice personality transformation method which makes one person's voice sound like another person's voice. In order to transform the voice personality, vocal tract transfer function is used as a transformation parameter. Comparing with previous methods, the proposed method can obtain high-quality transformed speech with low computational complexity. Conversion between the vocal tract transfer functions is implemented by a linear mapping based on soft clustering. In this process, mean LPC cepstrum coefficients and mean removed LPC cepstrum modeled by the low dimensional vector are used as transformation parameters. To evaluate the performance of the proposed method, mapping rules are generated from 61 Korean words uttered by two male and one female speakers. These rules are then applied to 9 sentences uttered by the same persons, and objective evaluation and subjective listening tests for the transformed speech are performed.

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엔진 마운트의 interm 브라켓 공진 주파수 target 설정에 관한 연구

  • 선정욱;우성근;전병근;김달식;강신남
    • 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국소음진동공학회 2013년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.769-772
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    • 2013
  • When developing engine mount, interm mount bracket 1st resonance is critical to make sound quality better or worse. So, at the initial stage of development, we need to consider some design parameter to setup the target of interm bracket 1st resonance. Especially, 3cylinder interm bracket guideline is not well known. So, this paper deals with some important sensitivity which should be considered during the development of vehicle. From source to interior side, we should know the component sensitivity like body sensitivity p/F or bracket gain etc. Through this paper, we could get the knowledge of design guideline and key consideration points.

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동적 성대 모델을 이용한 후두 내 유동 및 음향장에 대한 수치 연구 (Computation of Laryngeal Flow and Sound through a Dynamic Model of the Vocal Folds)

  • 배영민;문영준
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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    • pp.21-24
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    • 2008
  • The present study numerically investigates the glottal airflow characteristics as well as acoustic features of phonation fully coupled with dynamic behavior of vocal folds. The vocal folds are described by a low-dimensional body-covered model characterized by bio-mechanical parameters such as glottal width, vocal folds stiffness, and subglottal pressure. The flow in the vocal tract is modeled as an incompressible, axisymmetric form of the Navier-Stokes equations (INS), while the acoustic field is predicted by the linearized perturbed compressible equations (LPCE). The computed result shows that a two-mass model of vocal folds is sufficient to reproduce temporal variations in oral airflow and glottis motion produced by female speakers. It is also found that i) the glottal width has a significant effect on the amplitude of glottal flow, and thus on the amplitude of acoustic wave in the vocal tract, ii) the vocal fold tension is the main control parameter for the fundamental frequency of phonation, iii) the subglottal pressure plays an appreciable role on reproduction of the self-sustained oscillation of vocal folds, and iv) the strength of pulsating airflow and vortical structures are primarily affected by glottal width and subglottal pressure, and are closely related to pitch, loudness, and voice quality. Finally, more comprehensive explanation about the difference between one- and two-mass models is presented with discussion of effectiveness of vocal folds oscillation and voice quality.

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A Study on Measuring the Speaking Rate of Speaking Signal by Using Line Spectrum Pair Coefficients

  • Jang, Kyung-A;Bae, Myung-Jin
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • 제20권3E호
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    • pp.18-24
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    • 2001
  • Speaking rate represents how many phonemes in speech signal have in limited time. It is various and changeable depending on the speakers and the characters of each phoneme. The preprocessing to remove the effect of variety of speaking rate is necessary before recognizing the speech in the present speech recognition systems. So if it is possible to estimate the speaking rate in advance, the performance of speech recognition can be higher. However, the conventional speech vocoder decides the transmission rate for analyzing the fixed period no regardless of the variety rate of phoneme but if the speaking rate can be estimated in advance, it is very important information of speech to use in speech coding part as well. It increases the quality of sound in vocoder as well as applies the variable transmission rate. In this paper, we propose the method for presenting the speaking rate as parameter in speech vocoder. To estimate the speaking rate, the variety of phoneme is estimated and the Line Spectrum Pairs is used to estimate it. As a result of comparing the speaking rate performance with the proposed algorithm and passivity method worked by eye, error between two methods is 5.38% about fast utterance and 1.78% about slow utterance and the accuracy between two methods is 98% about slow utterance and 94% about fast utterances in 30 dB SNR and 10 dB SNR respectively.

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강판의 레이저 용접시 공정변수의 영향에 관한 연구 (A study on the influence of process parameters during laser welding of sheet steels)

  • 박영수;이윤식;김형식;김찬
    • 한국레이저가공학회지
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    • 제2권3호
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 1999
  • This paper describes the weldability of carbon steel and stainless steel using 5㎾ $CO_2$ laser system with nearly multi-mode beam and a parabolic focusing mirror. In the laser welding of steels, major welding parameters are focal point, travel speed, beam power, shield gas and gap tolerance, etc.. Two kinds of gases(Ar, He) were used as a assist gas and supplied through the external nozzle. It is very important for optimum condition to remove plasma plume which absorbs laser beam and to obtain deep penetration and sound weld bead. Bead-on-plate welding tests were carried out for the experiments. Penetration data were obtained with various welding parameters and the effects of welding parameters were discussed. Butt welding tests were performed with various conditions. Only the optimum laser parameters assured good weld quality As a result of this study, We achieve the fundamental weldabilities using a high power $CO_2$ laser for carbon steel and stainless steel.

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Neuro-Fuzzy System for Predicting Optimal Weld Parameters of Horizontal Fillet welds

  • Moon, H.S.;Na, S.J.
    • International Journal of Korean Welding Society
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    • 제1권2호
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    • pp.36-44
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    • 2001
  • To get the appropriate welding process variables, mathematical modeling in conjunction with many experiments is necessary to predict the magnitude of weld bead shape. Even though the experimental results are reliable, it has a difficulty in accurately predicting welding process variables for the desired weld bead shape because of nonlinear and complex characteristics of welding processes. The welding condition determined for the desired weld bead shape may cause the weld defect if the welding current/voltage/speed combination is improperly selected. In this study, the $2^{n-1}$ fractional factorial design method and correlation parameter were used to investigate the effect of the welding process variables on the fillet joint shape, and the multiple non-linear regression analysis was used for modeling the gas metal arc welding(GMAW)parameters of the fillet joint. Finally, a fuzzy rule-based method and a neural network method were proposed so that the complexity and non-linearity of arc welding phenomena could be effectively overcome. The performance of the proposed neuro-fuzzy system was evaluated through various experiments. The experimental results showed that the proposed neuro-fuzzy system could effectively check the welding conditions as to whether or not weld defects would occur, and also adjust the welding conditions to avoid these weld defects.

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전통적 교육이론에 따른 유아교육용 멀티미디어 콘텐츠 설계 방안 (Multimedia Contents Design for Early Childhood Education to Traditional Education Theory)

  • 이범석
    • 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.107-117
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    • 2016
  • This study investigates design strategies for improving the educational quality of multimedia contents for early childhood education. It emphasizes both traditional education theory and developmental aspects in its exploration of interactive and educational qualitative multimedia contents for early children. Accordingly, for an effective early childhood education, it is necessary to experience of the playful learning for the conception of ideas and the understanding of the social life. Because this study 1) possibility of multimedia contents for early childhood education, 2) computer application method for early childhood education, 3) examines used in the designing of multimedia contents for early childhood education according to traditional education theory. Multimedia early childhood education system is possible to organize information such as test, image, sound and video based on hyperlink system. I use Microsoft's Ms-office and Asymetrix's ToolBook software that are useful for hyperlink and parameter. Multimedia contents and other pages are used by Dynamic Data Exchange(DDE). Therefore multimedia contents for early childhood education is a useful tool for students of early childhood education department, parents, and children.

초음파를 이용한 실측 두께 측정과 재질 렌더링 (A Novel Method for Material Rendering and Real Measurement of Thickness Using Ultrasound)

  • 최태영;진성아
    • 전자공학회논문지
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    • 제51권6호
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    • pp.190-197
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    • 2014
  • 본 논문에서는 초음파를 이용하여 재질의 두께를 실측하고 렌더링하는 방법을 제안한다. 두께는 광학특성과 함께 반사율과 투과율을 결정하는데 중요한 요소로서 물체를 더욱 사실적으로 표현하는데 영향을 준다. 지금까지의 연구는 두께를 추정하여 렌더링에 사용해왔다. 제안된 방법은 육안으로 두께를 측정할 수 없는 물체의 두께를 초음파를 이용하여 측정하여 렌더링하는 처음 시도된 방법이다. 이를 위해 기준시편의 음속을 측정하고, 같은 성질을 갖는 다른 물체들의 두께를 측정한다. 측정된 물체의 특성들은 최종적으로 렌더링되고, 영상 분석 모델을 통해 결과를 확인하며, 이를 통해 렌더링에서 두께의 중요성을 확인할 수 있다.

보코더에서 서브프레임 수의 변화를 이용한 피치검색 성능 개선에 관한 연구 (A Study on Improving Pitch Search by Varying the number of Subframes for Vocoder)

  • 백금란;배명진
    • 전자공학회논문지
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    • 제49권10호
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    • pp.83-88
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    • 2012
  • 보코더에서의 피치 검색 과정은 매우 중요하다. 일반적으로 먼저 신호의 주기성을 강조한 후 피치를 검색하는 방법을 주로 사용한다. 프레임 내에서 두 개의 펄스 간격을 변화시켜 가며 신호와의 상관관계를 구하는 것으로 상관관계 값이 가장 높을때가 주기가 가장 두드러지는 반복 구간이므로 이때 의 펄스 간격을 피치 주기로 찾는다. 그러나 프레임 내에서의 신호의 진폭이 일정하지 않고 갑자기 변하는 구간이 있는 경우 정확하지 않는 피치가 얻어진다. 이를 해결하기 위해 프레임을 여러 개의 서브프레임으로 다시 나누어 피치를 검색하는 방법을 사용하고 있는데 이 방법은 피치를 정확하게 검색할 수 있지만 계산량이 많아진다. 본 논문에서는 프레임의 에너지 비율로 프레임 내의 진폭 변화율을 예측하여 서브프레임 수를 가변시키는 방법을 제안한다. 이 방법들을 적용하면 합성 음질에는 영향을 주지 않는 상태에서 피치검색 시간을 단축할 수 있고, 피치 검색의 정확도를 높일 수 있어 전반적인 피치 검색에 관한 성능 개선이 된다.