Systems and methods for determining microphone position
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1. A method for determining a relative position of a microphone, the method comprising:
- capturing speech audio from a user'"'"'s mouth with the microphone so that the microphone outputs an electrical signal indicative of the speech audio;
a computer deriving a plurality of inputs from the electrical signal;
determining a derived value of an approximate position of the microphone relative to the user'"'"'s mouth comprising providing, to a discriminative classifier implemented on the computer;
at least the plurality of inputs and at least some contextual data, the contextual data originating and/or representing conditions occurring at a time when the speech audio is captured;
the discriminative classifier comprising a model derived from training data and/or test data, the training data and/or the test data comprising a manually measured actual position of a microphone relative to a user'"'"'s mouth;
the computer receiving an output from the discriminative classifier, the output providing the derived value of the approximate position of the microphone relative to the user'"'"'s mouth based at least in part on the plurality of inputs and the contextual data; and
the computer determining whether the derived value of the approximate position of the microphone is unacceptable at least in part by comparing the derived value to a value or range indicative of the microphone being an acceptable distance relative to the user'"'"'s mouth, and providing a signal to a user if the derived value of the approximate position of the microphone is unacceptable.
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Abstract
A method for determining a relative position of a microphone may include capturing speech audio from a user'"'"'s mouth with the microphone so that the microphone outputs an electrical signal indicative of the speech audio; determining an indication of a position of the microphone relative to the user'"'"'s mouth, which may include providing a plurality of inputs to a computerized discriminative classifier, wherein an input of the plurality of inputs is derived from the electrical signal, and wherein an output from the computerized discriminative classifier is indicative of the position of the microphone relative to the user'"'"'s mouth.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for determining a relative position of a microphone, the method comprising:
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capturing speech audio from a user'"'"'s mouth with the microphone so that the microphone outputs an electrical signal indicative of the speech audio; a computer deriving a plurality of inputs from the electrical signal; determining a derived value of an approximate position of the microphone relative to the user'"'"'s mouth comprising providing, to a discriminative classifier implemented on the computer; at least the plurality of inputs and at least some contextual data, the contextual data originating and/or representing conditions occurring at a time when the speech audio is captured; the discriminative classifier comprising a model derived from training data and/or test data, the training data and/or the test data comprising a manually measured actual position of a microphone relative to a user'"'"'s mouth; the computer receiving an output from the discriminative classifier, the output providing the derived value of the approximate position of the microphone relative to the user'"'"'s mouth based at least in part on the plurality of inputs and the contextual data; and the computer determining whether the derived value of the approximate position of the microphone is unacceptable at least in part by comparing the derived value to a value or range indicative of the microphone being an acceptable distance relative to the user'"'"'s mouth, and providing a signal to a user if the derived value of the approximate position of the microphone is unacceptable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for determining a relative position of a microphone, the method comprising:
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capturing speech audio from a user'"'"'s mouth with the microphone so that the microphone outputs an electrical signal indicative of the speech audio; determining a derived value of an approximate position of the microphone relative to the user'"'"'s mouth, comprising providing a plurality of inputs to a computerized discriminative classifier, the discriminative classifier comprising a model derived from training data and/or test data, the training data and/or the test data comprising a manually measured actual position of a microphone relative to a user'"'"'s mouth wherein; a first input of the plurality of inputs is derived from the electrical signal, and a second input of the plurality of inputs comprises contextual data, the contextual data originating and/or representing conditions occurring at a time when the speech audio is captured; and an output from the computerized discriminative classifier is the derived value of the approximate position of the microphone relative to the user'"'"'s mouth, the output derived at least in part from the plurality of inputs. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for determining a relative position of a microphone, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of inputs to a discriminative classifier implemented on a computer, the discriminative classifier comprising a model derived from training data and/or test data, the training data and/or the test data comprising a manually measured actual position of a microphone relative to a user'"'"'s mouth, and the plurality of inputs comprising;
(i) an electrical signal output from the microphone in response to the microphone capturing speech audio from a user'"'"'s mouth while the microphone is at a position relative to the user'"'"'s mouth, and/or data derived from the electrical signal; and
(ii) contextual data, the contextual data originating and/or representing conditions occurring at a time when the speech audio is captured;the computer receiving an output from the discriminative classifier, the output providing a derived value of an approximate position of the microphone relative to the user'"'"'s mouth, the derived value based at least in part on the plurality of inputs; and the computer determining whether the derived value of the approximate position of the microphone is unacceptable at least in part by comparing the derived value output from the discriminative classifier to a value or range indicative of the microphone being an acceptable distance relative to the user'"'"'s mouth, and providing a signal if the derived value of the approximate position of the microphone is unacceptable. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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