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Data processing apparatus having breath detecting function and image display control method using breath detection

  • US 6,064,964 A
  • Filed: 03/27/1998
  • Issued: 05/16/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data processing apparatus, comprising:

  • means for inputting a speech;

    means for detecting a feature quantity of an element featuring the speech inputted by said inputting means;

    a dictionary which stores a speech segment comprising a breathing sound and a decision rule used for deciding whether the speech is a breathing sound based on the speech segment;

    means for judging whether the speech inputted by said inputting means is a breathing sound by referring to said dictionary;

    means for transforming a feature quantity of a prescribed element of the speech into information of another physical amount relevant to an object which is assumed to be changed when the object is blown by the breathing in a real world, based on the feature quantity of the element of the speech, as a result of the judgment by said judging means, when the speech inputted by said inputting means is a breathing sound; and

    means for transforming the information of the physical amount into prescribed information,whereby a breathing sound is detected from speech signals and display information relevant to the object and processed on the basis of the detection result is displayed.

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