Patents by Inventor Firas Jabloun

Firas Jabloun 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).

  • Voice activity detection apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7596496
    Abstract: A voice activity detection method comprising the steps of (a) Estimating in a noise power estimator the noise power within a signal having a speech component and a noise component, and (b) Calculating a likelihood ratio for the presence of speech in the signal from the estimated power of noise signals from step (a) and a complex Gaussian statistical model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Kabuhsiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Firas Jabloun
  • Voice activity detection apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20060253283
    Abstract: A voice activity detection method comprising the steps of (a) Estimating in a noise power estimator the noise power within a signal having a speech component and a noise component, and (b) Calculating a likelihood ratio for the presence of speech in the signal from the estimated power of noise signals from step (a) and a complex Gaussian statistical model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Firas Jabloun