Simulated Audio Data Generation for AI Speech Training

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Current AI speech processing technologies face challenges in collecting diverse audio data for training, which is resource-intensive and often results in overfitting and poor recognition performance due to insufficient or unvaried training data.

Innovation Solution

A method is introduced to generate simulated audio data by combining pure speech and noise data, using mathematical models to simulate changes in audio during spatial transmission, thereby creating diverse target audio data that can be used for training AI models, reducing the need for manual data collection and enhancing data diversity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If manual data collection is used to gather diverse audio data for AI training, then data diversity and quantity can be improved, but resource consumption and time cost increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantity of training dataVSAvoidtime for data collection
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses signal processing techniques to synthesize new audio training data by copying and transforming existing clean speech and noise data. Through operations like additive noise mixing, convolution with impulse responses, and parameter transformation, the system generates diverse simulated audio scenarios without manual recording, thereby increasing data quantity while reducing collection time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent pre-processes clean speech data and noise data into standardized formats and stores them as templates. When training data is needed, the system rapidly generates diverse audio samples by applying pre-defined signal processing operations to these templates, eliminating the need for real-time or on-demand manual data collection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual data collection is used to gather diverse audio data for AI training, then data diversity can be improved, but resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata diversityVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent achieves data diversity by systematically varying parameters of audio signals including noise level, signal-to-noise ratio, impulse response characteristics, and mixing proportions. By changing these parameters computationally, the system generates diverse training scenarios from a limited set of base recordings, eliminating the need for manual collection across multiple environments and conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal data synthesis system that can generate multiple types of audio training data (noisy speech, reverberant speech, echoic speech) from a single set of clean recordings. This multi-functional approach allows one recording session to produce diverse training data for various AI tasks, reducing overall resource consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Loss of energy

If insufficient or unvaried training data is used for AI speech processing, then resource consumption is reduced, but model performance deteriorates with overfitting and poor recognition

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource consumptionVSAvoidmodel performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic data generation where training data characteristics can be adjusted based on model training progress. The system varies noise levels, signal-to-noise ratios, and other parameters during different training phases, allowing the model to learn from progressively challenging scenarios. This dynamic approach improves model robustness without requiring proportionally more manual data collection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces signal processing operations as intermediary processes between clean speech data and training data. These intermediaries (noise addition, convolution, filtering) transform simple recordings into complex training scenarios, enabling the model to learn from diverse data while keeping the original data collection resource-intensive work minimal

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240071402A1Method and apparatus for processing audio data, device, storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.02.29 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
  • US20240071402A1 patent drawing
  • US20240071402A1 patent drawing
  • US20240071402A1 patent drawing

AI summary

A method for noise reduction and echo cancellation includes obtaining original audio data, the original audio data including pure speech audio data and noise audio data, generating simulated noisy data based on the pure speech audio data and the noise audio data, and generating target audio data based on the simulated noisy data, the target audio data being used for simulating changes in the original audio data after spatial transmission.