Apparatus and method for determining an emotion state of a speaker

摘要

A method and apparatus for analyzing speech are provided. A method and apparatus for determining an emotion state of a speaker are provided, including providing an acoustic space having one or more dimensions, where each dimension corresponds to at least one baseline acoustic characteristic; receiving an utterance of speech by the speaker; measuring one or more acoustic characteristics of the utterance; comparing each of the measured acoustic characteristics to a corresponding baseline acoustic characteristic; and determining an emotion state of the speaker based on the comparison. An embodiment involves determining the emotion state of the speaker within one day of receiving the subject utterance of speech. An embodiment involves determining the emotion state of the speaker, where the emotion state of the speaker includes at least one magnitude along a corresponding at least one of the one or more dimensions within the acoustic space.

主权项

1. A method for determining an emotion state of a speaker, comprising:
providing an acoustic space having one or more dimensions, wherein each dimension of the one or more dimensions of the acoustic space corresponds to at least one baseline acoustic characteristic; receiving a subject utterance of speech by a speaker; measuring, via one or more processors, one or more acoustic characteristics of the subject utterance of speech; comparing, via the one or more processors, each acoustic characteristic of the one or more acoustic characteristics of the subject utterance of speech to a corresponding one or more baseline acoustic characteristic; and determining, via the one or more processors, an emotion state of the speaker based on the comparison,wherein determining the emotion state of the speaker based on the comparison occurs within one day of receiving the subject utterance of speech by the speaker.