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Blind clustering of data with application to speech processing systems

  • US 5,862,519 A
  • Filed: 04/01/1997
  • Issued: 01/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for segmenting speech without knowledge of linguistic information into a plurality of segments comprising the steps of:

  • estimating a range of a number of said segments in said speech;

    dynamically determining locations of boundaries for each estimate of a number of said segments K within said range of said number of said segments;

    determining an optimality criterion Qk for each of said estimate of said number of segments K from said location of said boundaries;

    determining an optimal number of segments K0 in said speech from said optimality criterion Qk ;

    segmenting said speech into said optimal number of segments K0 ; and

    storing said optimal number of segments K0.

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