Identity Vector Correction for Short Speech Authentication

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Solution Overview

Problem

Short speech duration and sparse speech data degrade the performance of identity vector generation in speaker authentication systems, leading to reduced authentication accuracy.

Innovation Solution

The method involves calculating posterior probabilities of acoustic features belonging to each Gaussian distribution component in a speaker background model, mapping these statistics to a statistic space, and correcting the statistics using a reference statistic to generate an identity vector, which compensates for the offset caused by short speech duration and sparse data, thereby improving authentication performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional identity vector generation methods are used with short speech duration or sparse speech data, then the processing speed is fast, but the identity authentication performance degrades

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentity authentication performanceVSAvoidspeech data quantity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The method performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and storing the mean vector and covariance matrix from the universal background model before actual identity vector generation. This preprocessing enables the system to handle short and sparse speech data effectively by having reference statistics ready for comparison and correction, thus improving authentication performance without requiring large amounts of input speech data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The method changes parameters by introducing correction terms based on the difference between the calculated statistics from short speech data and the reference statistics from the universal background model. This parameter adjustment compensates for the insufficient statistical information in short speech samples, thereby maintaining reliable identity authentication performance even with limited speech data quantity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If traditional identity vector generation methods are used with short speech duration, then the system is simple to operate, but the authentication accuracy reduces

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication accuracyVSAvoidspeech duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The method introduces an intermediary mechanism by using the universal background model's statistical parameters (mean vector and covariance matrix) as a reference framework. This intermediary reference enables the system to correct and enhance the statistics derived from short speech durations, thereby achieving high authentication accuracy without requiring long speech samples.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The method applies parameter changes by adjusting the statistical parameters (mean and covariance) of short speech data through correction terms derived from the universal background model. This parameter transformation allows the system to maintain measurement precision in authentication accuracy even when the speech duration is limited.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If correction based on universal background model is applied, then the identity authentication performance improves, but the computational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentity authentication performanceVSAvoidcomputational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The method extracts only the essential statistical parameters (mean vector and covariance matrix) from the universal background model for correction purposes, rather than using the complete model structure. This extraction approach maintains improved authentication performance while reducing computational complexity by focusing only on the necessary correction elements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The method applies parameter changes in a computationally efficient manner by only adjusting the mean and covariance parameters using simple correction terms based on the universal background model. This selective parameter modification achieves performance improvement without requiring complex computational operations, thus balancing reliability enhancement with manageable device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3486903B1Identity vector generating method, computer apparatus and computer readable storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.04.24 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

An identity vector generation method is disclosed, including: obtaining to-be-processed speech data; extracting corresponding acoustic features from the to-be-processed speech data; calculating a posterior probability that each of the acoustic features belongs to each Gaussian distribution component in a speaker background model to obtain a statistic; mapping the statistic to a statistic space to obtain a reference statistic, the statistic space being built according to a statistic corresponding to a speech sample exceeding preset speech duration; determining a corrected statistic according to the calculated statistic and the reference statistic; and generating an identity vector according to the corrected statistic.