Method of identifying a person based upon voice analysis
First Claim
1. A method of identifying a person based upon a verbal statement of the person, such method comprising the steps of:
- sampling the verbal statement of the person;
identifying a sequence of phonemes within the sampled statement;
measuring a time between successive phonemes of the identified sequence of phonemes;
comparing the identified sequence of phonemes with a corresponding reference sequence of phonemes previously provided by the person; and
confirming the identity of the person when the identified sequence of phonemes and reference sequence of phonemes match and the measured time among the identified sequence of phonemes substantially matches a corresponding time among the reference sequence of phonemes.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for identifying a person based upon a verbal statement of the person. The method includes the steps of sampling the verbal statement of the person and identifying a sequence of phonemes within the sampled statement. The method further includes the steps of measuring a time between each phoneme of the identified sequence of phonemes, comparing the identified sequence of phonemes with a corresponding reference sequence of phonemes of the person and confirming the identity of the person when the identified sequence of phonemes and reference sequence of phonemes match and the measured time among the identified sequence of phonemes substantially matches a corresponding time among the reference sequence of phonemes.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of identifying a person based upon a verbal statement of the person, such method comprising the steps of:
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sampling the verbal statement of the person;
identifying a sequence of phonemes within the sampled statement;
measuring a time between successive phonemes of the identified sequence of phonemes;
comparing the identified sequence of phonemes with a corresponding reference sequence of phonemes previously provided by the person; and
confirming the identity of the person when the identified sequence of phonemes and reference sequence of phonemes match and the measured time among the identified sequence of phonemes substantially matches a corresponding time among the reference sequence of phonemes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for identifying a person based upon a verbal statement of the person, such method comprising the steps of:
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means for sampling the verbal statement of the person;
means for identifying a sequence of phonemes within the sampled statement;
means for measuring a time between successive phonemes of the identified sequence of phonemes;
means for comparing the identified sequence of phonemes with a corresponding reference sequence of phonemes from the person; and
means for confirming the identity of the person when the identified sequence of phonemes and reference sequence of phonemes match and the measured time among the identified sequence of phonemes substantially matches a corresponding time among the reference sequence of phonemes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for identifying a person based upon a verbal statement of the person, such method comprising the steps of:
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an analog to digital converter that samples the verbal statement of the person;
a phoneme processor that identifies a sequence of phonemes within the sampled statement;
a time processor that determines a time between successive phonemes of the identified sequence of phonemes;
a comparator that compares the identified sequence of phonemes with a corresponding reference sequence of phonemes from the person; and
a reference phoneme sequence that confirms the identity of the person when the identified sequence of phonemes and reference sequence of phonemes match and the measured time among the identified sequence of phonemes substantially matches a corresponding time among the reference sequence of phonemes. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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