Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for providing a personal assistant service based on automatic translation. The apparatus for providing a personal assistant service based on automatic translation includes an input section configured to receive a command of a user, a memory in which a program for providing a personal assistant service according to the command of the user is stored, and a processor configured to execute the program. The processor updates at least one of a speech recognition model, an automatic interpretation model, and an automatic translation model on the basis of an intention of the command of the user using a recognition result of the command of the user and provides the personal assistant service on the basis of an automatic translation call.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for providing a personal assistant service based on automatic translation. The apparatus for providing a personal assistant service based on automatic translation includes an input section configured to receive a command of a user, a memory in which a program for providing a personal assistant service according to the command of the user is stored, and a processor configured to execute the program. The processor updates at least one of a speech recognition model, an automatic interpretation model, and an automatic translation model on the basis of an intention of the command of the user using a recognition result of the command of the user and provides the personal assistant service on the basis of an automatic translation call.

Abstract: An automatic translation device includes a communications module transmitting and receiving data to and from an ear-set device including a speaker, a first microphone, and a second microphone, a memory storing a program generating a result of translation using a dual-channel audio signal, and a processor executing the program stored in the memory. When the program is executed, the processor compares a first audio signal including a voice signal of a user, received using the first microphone, with a second audio signal including a noise signal and the voice signal of the user, received using the second microphone, and entirely or selectively extracting the voice signal of the user from the first and second audio signals, based on a result of the comparison, to perform automatic translation.

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing an automatic speech translation service. The method includes, by an automatic speech translation device of a user, searching for and finding a nearby automatic speech translation device based on strength of a signal for wireless communication, exchanging information for automatic speech translation with the found automatic speech translation device, generating a list of candidate devices for the automatic speech translation using the automatic speech translation information and the signal strength, and connecting to a candidate device having a greatest variation of the signal strength among devices in the generated list.

Abstract: A voice signal processing apparatus includes: an input unit which receives a voice signal of a user; a detecting unit which detects an auxiliary signal; and a signal processing unit which transmits the voice signal to an external terminal in a first operation mode and transmits the voice signal and the auxiliary signal to the external terminal using the same or different protocols in a second operation mode.

Abstract: A speech recognition method capable of automatic generation of phones according to the present invention includes: unsupervisedly learning a feature vector of speech data; generating a phone set by clustering acoustic features selected based on an unsupervised learning result; allocating a sequence of phones to the speech data on the basis of the generated phone set; and generating an acoustic model on the basis of the sequence of phones and the speech data to which the sequence of phones is allocated.

Abstract: A user terminal, hands-free device and method for hands-free automatic interpretation service. The user terminal includes an interpretation environment initialization unit, an interpretation intermediation unit, and an interpretation processing unit. The interpretation environment initialization unit performs pairing with a hands-free device in response to a request from the hands-free device, and initializes an interpretation environment. The interpretation intermediation unit sends interpretation results obtained by interpreting a user's voice information received from the hands-free device to a counterpart terminal, and receives interpretation results obtained by interpreting a counterpart's voice information from the counterpart terminal.

Abstract: An automatic translation device includes a communications module transmitting and receiving data to and from an ear-set device including a speaker, a first microphone, and a second microphone, a memory storing a program generating a result of translation using a dual-channel audio signal, and a processor executing the program stored in the memory. When the program is executed, the processor compares a first audio signal including a voice signal of a user, received using the first microphone, with a second audio signal including a noise signal and the voice signal of the user, received using the second microphone, and entirely or selectively extracting the voice signal of the user from the first and second audio signals, based on a result of the comparison, to perform automatic translation.

Abstract: Provided are an automatic interpretation system and method for generating a synthetic sound having characteristics similar to those of an original speaker's voice. The automatic interpretation system for generating a synthetic sound having characteristics similar to those of an original speaker's voice includes a speech recognition module configured to generate text data by performing speech recognition for an original speech signal of an original speaker and extract at least one piece of characteristic information among pitch information, vocal intensity information, speech speed information, and vocal tract characteristic information of the original speech, an automatic translation module configured to generate a synthesis-target translation by translating the text data, and a speech synthesis module configured to generate a synthetic sound of the synthesis-target translation.

Abstract: A speech recognition method capable of automatic generation of phones according to the present invention includes: unsupervisedly learning a feature vector of speech data; generating a phone set by clustering acoustic features selected based on an unsupervised learning result; allocating a sequence of phones to the speech data on the basis of the generated phone set; and generating an acoustic model on the basis of the sequence of phones and the speech data to which the sequence of phones is allocated.

Abstract: Provided are an automatic interpretation system and method for generating a synthetic sound having characteristics similar to those of an original speaker's voice. The automatic interpretation system for generating a synthetic sound having characteristics similar to those of an original speaker's voice includes a speech recognition module configured to generate text data by performing speech recognition for an original speech signal of an original speaker and extract at least one piece of characteristic information among pitch information, vocal intensity information, speech speed information, and vocal tract characteristic information of the original speech, an automatic translation module configured to generate a synthesis-target translation by translating the text data, and a speech synthesis module configured to generate a synthetic sound of the synthesis-target translation.

Abstract: A voice signal processing apparatus includes: an input unit which receives a voice signal of a user; a detecting unit which detects an auxiliary signal, and a signal processing unit which transmits the voice signal to an external terminal in a first operation mode and transmits the voice signal and the auxiliary signal to the external terminal using the same or different protocols in a second operation mode.

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing an automatic speech translation service. The method includes, by an automatic speech translation device of a user, searching for and finding a nearby automatic speech translation device based on strength of a signal for wireless communication, exchanging information for automatic speech translation with the found automatic speech translation device, generating a list of candidate devices for the automatic speech translation using the automatic speech translation information and the signal strength, and connecting to a candidate device having a greatest variation of the signal strength among devices in the generated list.

Abstract: A speech recognition apparatus and method are provided, the method including converting an input signal to acoustic model data, dividing the acoustic model data into a speech model group and a non-speech model group and calculating a first maximum likelihood corresponding to the speech model group and a second maximum likelihood corresponding to the non-speech model group, detecting a speech based on a likelihood ratio (LR) between the first maximum likelihood and the second maximum likelihood, obtaining utterance stop information based on output data of a decoder and dividing the input signal into a plurality of speech intervals based on the utterance stop information, calculating a confidence score of each of the plurality of speech intervals based on information on a prior probability distribution of the acoustic model data, and removing a speech interval having the confidence score lower than a threshold.

Abstract: A user terminal, hands-free device and method for hands-free automatic interpretation service. The user terminal includes an interpretation environment initialization unit, an interpretation intermediation unit, and an interpretation processing unit. The interpretation environment initialization unit performs pairing with a hands-free device in response to a request from the hands-free device, and initializes an interpretation environment. The interpretation intermediation unit sends interpretation results obtained by interpreting a user's voice information received from the hands-free device to a counterpart terminal, and receives interpretation results obtained by interpreting a counterpart's voice information from the counterpart terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatic translation are disclosed. In the apparatus for automatic translation, a User Interface (UI) generation unit generates UIs necessary for start of translation and a translation process. A translation target input unit receives a translation target to be translated from a user. A translation target translation unit translates the translation target received by the translation target input unit and generates results of translation. A display unit includes a touch panel for outputting the results of translation and the UIs in accordance with the location of the user.