DETECTION OF CONDITIONS FROM SOUND

• US 20130096844A1
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Published: 04/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dean Enterprises, LLC
• Original Assignee: Dean Enterprises, LLC
• Inventors: Dean, Vickie A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,223,863 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/19
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4803 Speech analysis specially adapted for diagnostic purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/26 Recognition of special voice characteristics, e.g. for use in lie detectors; Recognition of animal voices

Abstract

Disclosed are various systems, methods, and programs embodied in a computer-readable medium for sound analysis. The sound analysis involves transforming a sound print into a frequency domain in a memory to generate a frequency spectrum. A plurality of signatures are identified in the frequency spectrum. Also, a plurality of frequency ranges associated with the signatures are identified in the sound print. The frequencies associated with a physiological profile are cross-referenced with the frequency ranges to determine if the physiological profile is applicable to the sound print.

Claims

1. A method for sound analysis, the method comprising the steps of:

transforming a sound print into a frequency domain in a memory to generate a frequency spectrum;

identifying a plurality of signatures in the frequency spectrum;

identifying a plurality of frequency ranges associated with the signatures in the sound print; and

cross referencing a plurality of frequencies associated with a physiological profile with the frequency ranges to determine if the physiological profile is applicable to the sound print.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of processing a sound print further comprises the step of:

processing a sound print from a set of sound print(s) through the Frequency Transform.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying the plurality of signatures further comprises the step of:

identifying the signatures in the sound print by analyzing the sound print over a plurality of octaves.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the signatures are substantial zero slopes.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

generating a prioritized list of the frequency ranges wherein the list of frequency ranges is prioritized by the magnitude of each frequency range.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of cross referencing a list of frequencies further comprises the step of:

cross referencing a list of frequencies associated with a physiological profile where the physiological profile is one of a plurality of physiological profiles.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of comparing a list of frequencies further comprises the step of:

determining if the physiological profile is applicable to the sound print by the degree to which the frequencies associated with the physiological profile fall within the frequency ranges.

8. A computer-readable medium having a computer program for sound analysis, the computer program comprising logic for performing the steps of:

code that provides for transforming a sound print into a frequency domain to generate a frequency spectrum;

identifying a plurality of signatures in the frequency spectrum;

identifying a plurality of frequency ranges associated with the signatures in the sound print; and

cross referencing a plurality of frequencies associated with a physiological profile with the frequency ranges to determine if the physiological profile is applicable to the sound print.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the step of processing a sound print further comprises the step of:

processing a sound print from a set of sound print(s) through the Frequency Transform.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the step of identifying the plurality of signatures further comprises the step of:

identifying the signatures in the sound print by analyzing the sound print over a plurality of octaves.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the plurality of signatures are substantial zero slopes.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, the logic further comprising:

generating a prioritized list of the frequency ranges wherein the list of frequency ranges is prioritized by the magnitude of each frequency range.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the step of cross referencing a list of frequencies further comprises the step of:

cross referencing a list of frequencies associated with a physiological profile where the physiological profile is one of a plurality of physiological profiles.

14. The system for sound diagnosis, the system comprising:

a processor circuit having a processor and a memory;

a sound analysis system stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the sound analysis system comprising;

logic that provides for transforming a sound print into a frequency domain to generate a frequency spectrum;

logic that identifies a plurality of signatures in the frequency spectrum;

logic that associates a plurality of frequency ranges with the signatures in the sound print; and

a physiological profile associated with a plurality of frequencies wherein the frequencies are cross referenced with the frequency ranges to determine if the physiological profile is applicable to the sound print.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the sound analysis system further comprises a set of sound print(s).

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the sound analysis system further comprises a plurality of octaves, wherein, the signatures in the sound print are identified by analyzing the sound print over the plurality of octaves.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of signatures are substantial zero slopes.

18. A method for signature identification, the method comprising the steps of:

identifying a frequency band within a frequency spectrum;

identifying a plurality of frequency measurement points within the frequency band;

measuring an amplitude shift between each consecutive frequency measurement point; and

cross referencing each amplitude shift measurement against a predetermined maximum amplitude shift to determine if a substantial zero slope exists.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the frequency band has a width of at least 0.33 Hz.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the predetermined maximum amplitude shift is 0.15 dB.