KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices (정보과학회 컴퓨팅의 실제 논문지)

Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers (한국정보과학회)
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Speech Recognition of the Korean Vowel 'ㅐ', Based on Time Domain Sequence Patterns

시간 영역 시퀀스 패턴에 기반한 한국어 모음 'ㅐ'의 음성 인식

  • Received : 2015.07.29
  • Accepted : 2015.08.31
  • Published : 2015.11.15
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Abstract

As computing and network technologies are further developed, communication equipment continues to become smaller, and as a result, mobility is now a predominant feature of current technology. Therefore, demand for speech recognition systems in mobile environments is rapidly increasing. This paper proposes a novel method to recognize the Korean vowel 'ㅐ' as a part of a phoneme-based Korean speech recognition system. The proposed method works by analyzing a sequence of patterns in the time domain instead of the frequency domain, and consequently, its use can markedly reduce computational costs. Three algorithms are presented to detect typical sequence patterns of 'ㅐ', and these are combined to produce the final decision. The results of the experiment show that the proposed method has an accuracy of 89.1% in recognizing the vowel 'ㅐ'.

컴퓨팅 기술과 네트워크의 발달로 인해, 정보 기기가 소형화되고 이동성이 강조되고 있다. 이에 따라 모바일 환경에서 작동 가능한 음성 인식 시스템에 대한 수요가 최근 급격히 증대되고 있다. 본 논문은 음소 기반 한국어 음성 인식 시스템의 일부로서, 한국어 모음 'ㅐ'에 대한 새로운 인식 방식을 제안한다. 제안하는 방식은 주파수 영역에서의 분석을 배제하고, 시간 영역에서의 시퀀스 패턴에 기반하여 인식을 수행함으로써, 계산 비용을 현저히 절감할 수 있다. 'ㅐ'의 전형적인 시퀀스 패턴들을 탐지하기 위한 세 가지 알고리즘이 제시되며, 이를 결합하여 최종 판별을 수행한다. 실험 결과를 통해, 제안하는 방식이 89.1%의 정확도로 모음 'ㅐ'를 인식할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : 성신여자대학교

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