摘要:
An arrangement for secure user authentication includes a computer or telecommunication terminal with a smartcard and a device. The smartcard is adapted to securely store biometric information relating to at least one user and the device is adapted to detect biometric data of users. The smartcard and the device include a radio interface for communicating together and a module for exchanging biometric information between each other. In this way, tampering of the transferred biometric information is difficult. In order to increase the security, one or more of the following measures may be used: a secure communication channel between the device and the smartcard, a direct (preferably short range) communication channel between the device and the smartcard and encryption and decryption of biometric information transferred between the device and the smartcard.
摘要:
An automated emotional recognition system is adapted to determine emotional states of a speaker based on the analysis of a speech signal. The emotional recognition system includes at least one server function and at least one client function in communication with the at least one server function for receiving assistance in determining the emotional states of the speaker. The at least one client function includes an emotional features calculator adapted to receive the speech signal and to extract therefrom a set of speech features indicative of the emotional state of the speaker. The emotional state recognition system further includes at least one emotional state decider adapted to determine the emotional state of the speaker exploiting the set of speech features based on a decision model. The server function includes at least a decision model trainer adapted to update the selected decision model according to the speech signal. The decision model to be used by the emotional state decider for determining the emotional state of the speaker is selectable based on a context of use of the recognition system.
摘要:
A service architecture for providing to a user terminal (2) of a communications network (12) textual information and relative speech synthesis, the user terminal being provided with a speech synthesis engine (4) and a basic database of speech waveforms (6), comprising: - a content server (16) for downloading textual information requested by means of a browser application (18) on said user terminal; - a context manager (22) for extracting context information from the textual information requested by said user terminal; - a context selector (24) for selecting an incremental database (DB1, .., DBN) of speech waveforms associated to extracted context information and for downloading the incremental database into the user terminal; - a database manager (26) on the user terminal (2) for managing the composition of an enlarged database of speech waveforms for the speech synthesis engine comprising the basic (6) and the incremental (DB1, .., DBN) databases of speech waveforms.
摘要:
A filter such as a Wiener filter for noise reduction in a signal, such as a speech signal, affected by background noise includes a circuit (50) for determining values of an update function relating new value of estimated noise power (Pnoise-New) to a previous value of estimated noise power (Pnoise), the update function being a function of said previous estimated noise power (Pnoise) and a mean input power spectral density (PIN-PSD). The circuit (50) includes a look-up table (30) having values for the update function stored therein with the previous value of estimated noise power (Pnoise) and the mean input power spectral density (Pin _PSD) as a first and a second search entry, respectively. These search entries are entered via an input module (10) and exploited by search circuitry (12 to 28) associated with the look-up table (30) for selectively searching values for the update function in the look-up table (30). The search is preferably carried out on the basis of an index (26) computed starting from said first and second search entries.
摘要:
An automated emotional recognition system includes an emotional state classifier adapted to receive, during an operative phase, an input information stream with embedded information related to emotional states of a person, and to generate a succession of emotional state indications derived from the input information stream. The emotional recognition system further includes a post-processing function, configured to receive at least two emotional state indications of the succession and, for each of said at least two emotional state indications, determine a corresponding emotional state representation in an emotional state representation system. The post-processing function is further configured to combine the emotional state representations of the at least two emotional state indications to obtain an output emotional state indication.
摘要:
An automated emotional recognition system includes an emotional state classifier adapted to receive, during an operative phase, an input information stream with embedded information related to emotional states of a person, and to generate a succession of emotional state indications derived from the input information stream. The emotional recognition system further includes a post-processing function, configured to receive at least two emotional state indications of the succession and, for each of said at least two emotional state indications, determine a corresponding emotional state representation in an emotional state representation system. The post-processing function is further configured to combine the emotional state representations of the at least two emotional state indications to obtain an output emotional state indication.