Aircraft Communication Speech Intelligibility Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems in airplanes face challenges in assessing and improving speech intelligibility, particularly in one-way communication like passenger address, where the speaker may not be aware of their own reduced speech clarity, leading to incomplete or prolonged interactions.
Innovation Solution
A method and devices that analyze speech intelligibility using a control unit and provide an alarm routine through vibration signals to alert users of reduced speech clarity, allowing for immediate improvement during communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If speech information data is exchanged between technical devices during communication, then communication functionality is achieved, but speech intelligibility cannot be assessed by the speaker themselves
Solution Approach 1:
The system analyzes speech information data exchanged between technical devices and provides feedback to the user about their speech intelligibility. The control unit processes the speech data and generates alarm routines that inform the user when speech intelligibility deteriorates, enabling indirect self-assessment through system feedback.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit acts as an intermediary between the speech communication process and the user. It receives speech information data, analyzes intelligibility qualities, and communicates assessment results back to the user through alarm routines, bridging the gap between automatic analysis and user awareness.
2Reliability
If no speech intelligibility monitoring is implemented, then device complexity remains low, but communication quality cannot be improved
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit continuously monitors speech intelligibility by analyzing exchanged speech information data and provides feedback through alarm routines when quality deteriorates. This feedback mechanism enables automatic communication quality assurance without requiring complex manual monitoring systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-monitoring of communication quality by automatically analyzing its own speech data. The control unit processes speech information data generated during normal communication operations, enabling the system to self-assess and alert users without external intervention.
3Productivity
If alarm routines are provided to users based on speech intelligibility analysis, then users can improve speech clarity, but additional processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit analyzes speech information data using speech intelligibility analysis and provides targeted feedback through alarm routines. This feedback approach enables efficient communication by alerting users only when intelligibility issues are detected, rather than continuous processing, optimizing the balance between communication efficiency and energy consumption.
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AI summary
A method for informing about speech intelligibility qualities comprising: receiving of speech information data exchanged between a first technical device and a second technical device that is currently used by a user; analyzing a speech intelligibility of the speech information data using a control unit with a control program; providing at least one alarm routine for the user depending on the analysis result of the speech intelligibility of the speech information data. Also a headset device, a hand microphone device, a handset for airplanes, a system for communication routines in and around airplanes, and an airplane.