Voice Gender Detection via Frequency Domain Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current customer relationship management (CRM) systems lack the ability to automatically determine the gender of callers in telephonic communications, which is essential for personalized customer service and behavioral analysis.

Innovation Solution

A computer program that analyzes voice data by decomposing aural segments into frames, applying a gender detection model, and generating gender detection data, using frequency domain conversion and non-linear filtering to identify the gender of communicants, and subsequently generating predictive customer behavioral data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If CRM systems use traditional manual methods to determine caller gender, then system simplicity is maintained, but automation capability and productivity are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomation capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual visual inspection of caller ID photos with an automated optical character recognition (OCR) system. The OCR software automatically extracts and analyzes text from caller ID displays, eliminating the need for human operators to manually read and interpret caller information, thus achieving automation while managing system complexity through software-based solutions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically processing caller information through OCR technology without requiring human intervention. The automated extraction and analysis of caller gender from caller ID photos allows the CRM system to independently perform tasks that would otherwise require manual effort, improving productivity while maintaining reasonable system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If CRM systems implement automated gender detection using OCR technology, then productivity and automation are improved, but measurement precision and reliability may be affected by photo quality variations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing efficiencyVSAvoidgender detection accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by adjusting OCR software settings and parameters to optimize text extraction from caller ID photos. By modifying parameters such as text recognition sensitivity, font type detection, and contrast thresholds, the system adapts to variations in photo quality while maintaining high detection accuracy and processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where OCR results are continuously evaluated and refined. The software learns from successful extractions and adjusts its parameters based on feedback from accurately detected versus missed cases, improving measurement precision over time while maintaining high productivity through automated processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Measurement precision

If manual methods are used to analyze caller information, then measurement precision can be maintained through human judgment, but productivity and automation capability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegender identification accuracyVSAvoidcall processing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual visual analysis with automated OCR technology that extracts and identifies caller gender information from caller ID photos. This substitution maintains measurement precision through sophisticated text recognition algorithms while dramatically improving productivity by processing multiple calls simultaneously without human intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates digital copies of caller ID photos and processes these copies through OCR software. This copying approach allows automated analysis without affecting the original photo quality, enabling high-speed processing while maintaining accurate gender detection through repeated analysis of digital replicas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS8078464B2Method and system for analyzing separated voice data of a telephonic communication to determine the gender of the communicant
Publication Date: 2011.12.13 MATTERSIGHT CORP
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AI summary

A method and system for determining the gender of a communicant in a communication is provided. According to the method, at least one aural segment corresponding to at least one word spoken by a communicant is identified. The aural segment is then analyzed by applying a gender detection model to the aural segment, and gender detection data is generated based on the application of the gender detection model.