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US 10,573,294 · App. 15/858,112 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Speech recognition method based on artificial intelligence and terminal

Inventors: Mingming Chen (Beijing, CN); Xiangang Li (Beijing, CN); Jue Sun (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (GEIJING) CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,573,294
App. No.
15/858,112
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a speech recognition method based on artificial intelligence, and a terminal. The method includes obtaining speech data to be recognized; performing a processing on the speech data to be recognized using a trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model, to determine an normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized; and determining text data corresponding to the speech data to be recognized according to the normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit.

Claims (184)

1. A speech recognition method based on artificial intelligence, comprising:

obtaining speech data to be recognized;

performing a processing on the speech data to be recognized using a trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model, to determine a normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized; and

determining text data corresponding to the speech data to be recognized according to the normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit;

wherein before performing the processing on the speech data to be recognized using the trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model, the method further comprises:

performing a pre-processing on the speech data to be recognized, to determine an energy value of a filter bank corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized,

wherein performing the processing on the speech data to be recognized using the trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model comprises:

performing the processing on the energy value of the filter bank corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized using the trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model,

wherein determining the normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized comprises:

determining an energy value E(i, j) of a filter bank corresponding to a jth time-frequency unit in an ith frame of speech data and a smoothing parameter s j corresponding to each sub-band;

obtaining a smoothed energy value M(i−1, j) of a filter bank corresponding to a jth time-frequency unit in an (i−1)th frame of speech data;

determining a smoothed energy value M(i, j) of the filter bank corresponding to the jth time-frequency unit in the ith frame of speech data according to the energy value E(i, j), the smoothing parameter s j and the smoothed energy value M(i−1, j); and

determining the normalized energy feature corresponding to the jth time-frequency unit in the ith frame of speech data according to the energy value E(i, j) and the smoothed energy value M(i, j).

2. The method according to claim 1 , before performing the processing on the speech data to be recognized using a preset sub-band energy normalized acoustic model, further comprising:

obtaining training speech data;

training an initial sub-band energy normalized acoustic model using the training speech data, to determine the trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model and a smoothing parameter corresponding to each sub-band.

3. The method according to claim 2 , before training the initial sub-band energy normalized acoustic model using the training speech data, further comprising:

determining an initial smoothing parameter corresponding to each sub-band according to a preset rule.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-processing comprises at least one of a pre-emphasis processing, a framing, a Han windowing, a quick Fourier transform processing, a quadratic energy processing, a Mel filtering, a processing of taking the logarithm.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the smoothed energy value M(i, j) of the filter bank corresponding to the jth time-frequency unit in the ith frame of speech data according to a formula: M(i,j)=(1−s j )M(i−1, j)+s j E(i,j).

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the normalized energy feature corresponding to the jth time-frequency unit in the ith frame of speech data according to a formula:

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7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining text data corresponding to the speech data to be recognized comprises:

inputting the normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit into a neural network model; and

determining the text data corresponding to the speech data to be recognized by the neural network model.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

generating the neural network model.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein generating the neural network model comprises:

obtaining a large amount of training speech data and corresponding training text data;

determining normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the large amount of speech data;

performing a training according to the normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the large amount of speech data and corresponding training text data, to generate the neural network model.

10. A terminal, comprising:

a memory;

a processor;

computer programs stored in the memory and executable by the processor;

wherein, when the processor executes the computer programs, a speech recognition method based on artificial intelligence is performed, wherein the method includes:

obtaining speech data to be recognized;

performing a processing on the speech data to be recognized using a trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model, to determine a normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized; and

determining text data corresponding to the speech data to be recognized according to the normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit;

performing a pre-processing on the speech data to be recognized, to determine an energy value of a filter bank corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized,

wherein performing the processing on the speech data to be recognized using the trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model comprises:

performing the processing on the energy value of the filter bank corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized using the trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model;

wherein determining the normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized comprises:

determining an energy value E(i, j) of a filter bank corresponding to a jth time-frequency unit in an ith frame of speech data and a smoothing parameter s j corresponding to each sub-band;

obtaining a smoothed energy value M(i−1, j) of a filter bank corresponding to a jth time-frequency unit in an (i−1)th frame of speech data;

determining a smoothed energy value M(i, j) of the filter bank corresponding to the jth time-frequency unit in the ith frame of speech data according to the energy value E(i, j), the smoothing parameter s j and the smoothed energy value M(i−1, j); and

determining the normalized energy feature corresponding to the jth time-frequency unit in the ith frame of speech data according to the energy value E(i, j) and the smoothed energy value M(i, j).

11. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining training speech data;

training an initial sub-band energy normalized acoustic model using the training speech data, to determine the trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model and a smoothing parameter corresponding to each sub-band.

12. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining an initial smoothing parameter corresponding to each sub-band according to a preset rule.

13. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the pre-processing comprises at least one of a pre-emphasis processing, a framing, a Han windowing, a quick Fourier transform processing, a quadratic energy processing, a Mel filtering, a processing of taking the logarithm.

14. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein obtaining the smoothed energy value M(i, j) of the filter bank corresponding to the jth time-frequency unit in the ith frame of speech data according to a formula: M(i,j)=(1−s j )M(i−1,j)+s j E(i,j).

15. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein determining the normalized energy feature corresponding to the jth time-frequency unit in the ith frame of speech data according to a formula:

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16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, configured to store computer programs, wherein, when the computer programs are executed by a processor, a speech recognition method based on artificial intelligence is performed, wherein the method includes:

obtaining speech data to be recognized;

performing a processing on the speech data to be recognized using a trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model, to determine a normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized; and

determining text data corresponding to the speech data to be recognized according to the normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit;

performing a pre-processing on the speech data to be recognized, to determine an energy value of a filter bank corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized,

wherein performing the processing on the speech data to be recognized using the trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model comprises:

performing the processing on the energy value of the filter bank corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized using the trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model;

wherein determining the normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized comprises:

determining an energy value E(i, j) of a filter bank corresponding to a jth time-frequency unit in an ith frame of speech data and a smoothing parameter s j corresponding to each sub-band;

obtaining a smoothed energy value M(i−1, j) of a filter bank corresponding to a jth time-frequency unit in an (i−1)th frame of speech data;

determining a smoothed energy value M(i, j) of the filter bank corresponding to the jth time-frequency unit in the ith frame of speech data according to the energy value E(i, j), the smoothing parameter s j and the smoothed energy value M(i−1, j), and

determining the normalized energy feature corresponding to the jth time-frequency unit in the ith frame of speech data according to the energy value E(i, j) and the smoothed energy value M(i, j).

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2020
From: BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
To: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051592/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2020
From: CHEN, MINGMING
To: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051518/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2020
From: LI, XIANGANG
To: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051518/0553 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2020
From: SUN, JUE
To: BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051519/0476 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0414207 · Jun 5, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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