Patents by Inventor Kong Aik Lee

Kong Aik Lee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11798564
    Abstract: A spoofing detection apparatus 100 includes a multi-channel spectrogram creation unit 10 and an evaluation unit 40. The multi-channel spectrogram creation unit 10 extracts different type of spectrograms from speech data and integrates the different type of spectrograms to create a multi-channel spectrogram. The evaluation unit 40 evaluates the created multi-channel spectrogram by applying the created multi-channel spectrogram to a classifier constructed using labeled multi-channel spectrograms as training data and classifies it to either genuine or spoof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qiongqiong Wang, Kong Aik Lee, Takafumi Koshinaka
  • Publication number: 20230143808
    Abstract: A feature calculation means calculates N features for first data and N features for second data by using N feature functions for obtaining a feature for data on the basis of the data. A similarity degree calculation means calculates a similarity degree between the first data and the second data on the basis of the N features for the first data and the N features for the second data. Values of N features obtained when the same data is substituted into the N feature functions are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke AKIMOTO, Seng Pei LIEW, Ryo MIZUSHIMA, Kong Aik LEE
  • Publication number: 20230109177
    Abstract: A frame processor 81 calculates, from a first sequence of feature vectors, a second sequence of frame-level feature vectors. A posterior estimator 82 calculates posterior probabilities for each vector included in the second sequence to a cluster. A statistics calculator 83 calculates a sufficient statistic used for extracting an i-vector by using the second sequence, the posterior probabilities, a mean vector of each cluster calculated at the time of learning of the frame processor 81 and the posterior estimator 82, and a global covariance matrix calculated based on the mean vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kong Aik LEE, Takafumi Koshinaka
  • Patent number: 11580967
    Abstract: A speech feature extraction apparatus 100 includes a voice activity detection unit 103 that drops non-voice frames from frames corresponding to an input speech utterance, and calculates a posterior of being voiced for each frame, a voice activity detection process unit 106 calculates a function value as weights in pooling frames to produce an utterance-level feature, from a given a voice activity detection posterior, and an utterance-level feature extraction unit 112 that extracts an utterance-level feature, from the frame on a basis of multiple frame-level features, using the function values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qiongqiong Wang, Koji Okabe, Kong Aik Lee, Takafumi Koshinaka
  • Publication number: 20220358934
    Abstract: A spoofing detection apparatus 100 includes a multi-channel spectrogram creation unit 10 and an evaluation unit 40. The multi-channel spectrogram creation unit 10 extracts different type of spectrograms from speech data and integrates the different type of spectrograms to create a multi-channel spectrogram. The evaluation unit 40 evaluates the created multi-channel spectrogram by applying the created multi-channel spectrogram to a classifier constructed using labeled multi-channel spectrograms as training data and classifies it to either genuine or spoof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Qiongqiong WANG, Kong Aik LEE, Takafumi KOSHINAKA
  • Publication number: 20220335950
    Abstract: A spoofing detection apparatus 100 includes a multi-channel spectrogram creation unit 10 and an evaluation unit 40. The multi-channel spectrogram creation unit 10 extracts different type of spectrograms from speech data and integrates the different type of spectrograms to create a multi-channel spectrogram. The evaluation unit 40 evaluates the created multi-channel spectrogram by applying the created multi-channel spectrogram to a classifier constructed using labeled multi-channel spectrograms as training data and classifies it to either genuine or spoof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Qiongqiong WANG, Takafumi KOSHINAKA, Kong Aik LEE
  • Publication number: 20220270614
    Abstract: An input unit 81 inputs an observation at current time step. A frame alignment unit 82 computes a frame alignment at a current time step by using the input observation. An i-vector computation unit 83 computes an i-vector and a precision matrix by using the computed frame alignment, the input observation, and a product obtained when computing the i-vector at the previous time step. An output unit 84 outputs the computed i-vector and precision matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kong Aik LEE, Takafumi KOSHINAKA
  • Publication number: 20210390158
    Abstract: A covariance matrix computation unit 81 computes a pseudo-in-domain covariance matrix from one or both of a within class covariance matrix and a between class covariance matrix of an out-of-domain Probabilistic Linear Discriminant Analysis (PLDA) model. A simultaneous diagonalization unit 82 computes a generalized eigenvalue and an eigenvector for a pseudo-in-domain covariance matrix and the class covariance matrix of the out-of-domain PLDA model on the basis of simultaneous diagonalization. An adaptation unit 83 computes one or both of a within class covariance matrix and a between class covariance matrix of an in-domain PLDA model using the generalized eigenvalues and eigenvectors. The covariance matrix computation unit 81 computes the pseudo-in-domain covariance matrix based on the out-of-domain PLDA model and a covariance matrix of in-domain data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kong Aik LEE, Qiongqiong WANG, Takafumi KOSHINAKA
  • Publication number: 20210256970
    Abstract: A speech feature extraction apparatus 100 includes a voice activity detection unit 103 that drops non-voice frames from frames corresponding to an input speech utterance, and calculates a posterior of being voiced for each frame, a voice activity detection process unit 106 calculates a function value as weights in pooling frames to produce an utterance-level feature, from a given a voice activity detection posterior, and an utterance-level feature extraction unit 112 that extracts an utterance-level feature, from the frame on a basis of multiple frame-level features, using the function values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Qiongqiong WANG, Koji OKABE, Kong Aik LEE, Takafumi KOSHINAKA
  • Patent number: 9489950
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for speaker verification are provided. In various embodiments, a method includes receiving an utterance from a speaker and determining a text-independent speaker verification score and a text-dependent speaker verification score in response to the utterance. Various embodiments include a system for speaker verification, the system comprising an audio receiving device for receiving an utterance from a speaker and converting the utterance to an utterance signal, and a processor coupled to the audio receiving device for determining speaker verification in response to the utterance signal, wherein the processor determines speaker verification in response to a UBM-independent speaker-normalized score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Anthony Larcher, Kong Aik Lee, Bin Ma, Thai Ngoc Thuy Huong
  • Publication number: 20130325473
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for speaker verification are provided. In various embodiments, a method includes receiving an utterance from a speaker and determining a text-independent speaker verification score and a text-dependent speaker verification score in response to the utterance. Various embodiments include a system for speaker verification, the system comprising an audio receiving device for receiving an utterance from a speaker and converting the utterance to an utterance signal, and a processor coupled to the audio receiving device for determining speaker verification in response to the utterance signal, wherein the processor determines speaker verification in response to a UBM-independent speaker-normalized score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Anthony Larcher, Kong Aik Lee, Bin Ma, Thai Ngoc Thuy Huong