Voice Categorisation
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of vocally categorising a user, said method comprising:
- receiving, by a sound data input, a vocalisation by said user;
determining, by a processor communicatively coupled to the sound data input, a plurality of individual confidence scores by comparing said received vocalisation to vocalisations of a plurality of respective individuals stored in a memory to which said processor is communicatively coupled, each individual confidence score representing a probability that the user is a respective one of said plurality of individuals, and each of said stored vocalisations stored in association with a corresponding category selected from a plurality of categories; and
determining, by the processor, from said plurality of individual confidence scores and respective associated categories, a plurality of category confidence scores, each category confidence score representing a probability that the user belongs to a respective one of said plurality of categories.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of vocally categorising a user includes receiving, by a sound data input, a vocalisation by the user and determining, by a processor coupled to the data input, a plurality of individual confidence scores by comparing the received vocalisation to vocalisations of a plurality of respective individuals stored in a memory to which the processor is communicatively coupled. Each of the individual confidence scores represents a probability that the user is a respective one of the plurality of individuals, and each of the stored vocalisations is stored in association with a corresponding category selected from a plurality of categories. The method further comprises determining, by the processor, from the plurality of individual confidence scores and respective associated categories, a plurality of category confidence scores, where each category confidence score represents a probability that the user belongs to a respective one of the plurality of categories.
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14 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of vocally categorising a user, said method comprising:
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receiving, by a sound data input, a vocalisation by said user; determining, by a processor communicatively coupled to the sound data input, a plurality of individual confidence scores by comparing said received vocalisation to vocalisations of a plurality of respective individuals stored in a memory to which said processor is communicatively coupled, each individual confidence score representing a probability that the user is a respective one of said plurality of individuals, and each of said stored vocalisations stored in association with a corresponding category selected from a plurality of categories; and determining, by the processor, from said plurality of individual confidence scores and respective associated categories, a plurality of category confidence scores, each category confidence score representing a probability that the user belongs to a respective one of said plurality of categories. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computing system comprising a memory and a sound data input, both in communication with a processor, said memory storing instructions which, when executed by said processor, cause said computing system to:
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receive, by the sound data input, a vocalisation by said; determine a plurality of individual confidence scores by comparing said received vocalisation to vocalisations of a plurality of respective individuals stored in the memory, each individual confidence score representing a probability that the user is a respective one of said plurality of individuals, and each of said stored vocalisations stored in association with a corresponding category selected from a plurality of categories; and determine from said plurality of individual confidence scores and respective associated categories, a plurality of category confidence scores, each category confidence score representing a probability that the user belongs to a respective one of said plurality of categories.
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13. A computing system for operating a voice-controlled multi-user device, said computing system comprising:
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a sound data input configured to receive a vocalisation by a user; a memory configured to store vocalisations of a plurality of individuals, each of said plurality of individuals being associated in said memory with a corresponding category selected from a plurality of categories; and a processor, in communication with the memory and said sound data input, the processor being configured to; determine a plurality of individual confidence scores by comparing said received vocalisation to said stored vocalisations of the plurality of respective individuals, each individual confidence score representing a probability that said user is a respective one of the plurality of individuals; and determine, from said plurality of individual confidence scores and respective categories stored in the memory in association with the respective stored vocalisations, a plurality of category confidence scores, each category confidence score representing a probability that the user belongs to a respective one of said plurality of categories. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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