Voice Print Identification Without User Registration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional voice print identification systems face adoption hurdles due to user reluctance to register their voice prints, requiring users to actively participate in the process, which can be time-consuming and inconvenient, especially in situations like meetings or conversations where quick identification is valuable.

Innovation Solution

A system that records and associates speakers with ambient indicators, generating voice prints and comparing them to a database of known users, allowing for identification without explicit user registration, using voice biometrics and ambient indicators like Bluetooth IDs and location data to correlate and identify speakers over time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional voice print identification systems require users to register their voice prints, then identification accuracy can be achieved, but user adoption is hindered due to time consumption and inconvenience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentification accuracyVSAvoiduser adoption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs voice print identification automatically without requiring user participation in registration. The computing device autonomously captures voice data, generates voice prints, compares them against stored voice prints, and identifies speakers during natural conversations or meetings, eliminating the need for users to actively register their voice prints.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Voice prints are pre-stored in a database before identification occurs. The system has already prepared reference voice prints of known users in advance, so when a conversation is recorded, the identification process can immediately compare against these pre-existing voice prints without requiring real-time user registration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If voice print registration is required for accurate identification, then speaker identification can be achieved, but the process becomes time-consuming for users

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeaker identification accuracyVSAvoidregistration time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically captures and processes voice data without requiring users to spend time on registration. During natural conversations or meetings, the computing device autonomously records voice data, generates voice prints, and performs identification, completely eliminating the time users would otherwise spend on registration activities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Voice prints are generated and stored in the database in advance before they are needed for identification. This preliminary preparation means that when identification is required, the system can immediately compare recorded voice data against pre-existing voice prints without requiring users to spend time on registration at the moment of identification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If users are disinclined to participate in voice print registration, then system simplicity is maintained, but identification functionality is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem simplicityVSAvoididentification functionality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system maintains simplicity by requiring no user participation while automatically performing all identification tasks. The computing device independently captures voice data, generates voice prints, compares them against the database, and provides identification results, preserving system simplicity while enabling full identification functionality without user involvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system prepares voice prints in advance and stores them in a database, so that when identification is needed, the functionality is already in place and ready to use. This preliminary preparation ensures that identification functionality is fully operational without requiring users to participate in registration processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9691393B2Voice print identification for identifying speakers at an event
Publication Date: 2017.06.27 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

Voice print identification for identifying speakers at an event is provided. A plurality of speakers at an event are recorded and associated with identity indicators. Voice prints for each speaker are associated with each of the plurality of recorded speakers. Determining based on the event, the list of attendees for the event, and the identity indicators, whether the voice print for at least one speaker corresponds to a known.