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EP1722357 - Voice activity detection apparatus and method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 29.05.2009 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	29.05.2009	Withdrawal of application	published on 01.07.2009 [2009/27]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2006/46]	For all designated states KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Jabloun, Firas, c/o Toshiba Res. Europe Ltd. Cambridge Res. Lab St. George House 1 Guildhall St Cambridge CB2 3NH Cambridgeshire / GB
	[2006/46]
Representative(s)	Granleese, Rhian Jane Marks & Clerk LLP 15 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1BW / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2006/46]	Granleese, Rhian Jane Marks & Clerk 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA / GB
Application number, filing date	06252433.5	08.05.2006
	[2006/46]
Priority number, date	GB20050009415	09.05.2005 Original published format: GB 0509415
	[2006/46]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1722357
	Date:	15.11.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/46]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1722357
	Date:	05.11.2008
	[2008/45]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.10.2008
Classification	IPC:	G10L11/02	[2006/46]
	CPC:	G10L25/78 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2006/46]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	HR	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	YU	Not yet paid
Title	German:	Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Sprachaktivitätsdetektion	[2006/46]
	English:	Voice activity detection apparatus and method	[2006/46]
	French:	Méthode et dispositif de détection de l'activité vocale	[2006/46]
Examination procedure	15.05.2006	Examination requested [2006/46]
	29.04.2009	Application withdrawn by applicant [2009/27]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:	Search	[XY]US2005038651 (ZHANG SONG [CA], et al) [X] 1-3,13,15,17-19 * paragraphs [0028] , [0030] - [0034] - [0041] - [0043] * [Y] 4-7;
		[X]US2004122667 (LEE MI-SUK [KR], et al) [X] 1,13 * paragraphs [0011] , [0023] - [0029] *;
		[DXY] - CHO Y D ET AL, "Improved voice activity detection based on a smoothed statistical likelihood ratio", 2001 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING. PROCEEDINGS. (ICASSP). SALT LAKE CITY, UT, MAY 7 - 11, 2001, IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (ICASSP), NEW YORK, NY : IEEE, US, (20010507), VOL. 1 OF 6, ISBN 0-7803-7041-4, pages 737 - 740, XP010803761 [DX] 1,15,16,19 * page 738, column L, line 7 - page 739, column L, line 16 * [Y] 2,3,8-12,14,17 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2001.941020
		[Y] - DEMUTH H, BEALE M, Neural Network Toolbox User's Guide V3.0, MATHWORKS, (199707), XP002393419 [Y] 2,3,8-12,14,17 * page 361 - page 377 *
		[X] - JONGSEO SOHN ET AL, "A statistical model-based voice activity detection", IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING LETTERS, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (199901), vol. 6, no. 1, ISSN 1070-9908, pages 1 - 3, XP002189007 [X] 1 * page 1, column L, line 39 - page 2, column L, line 7 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/97.736233
		[Y] - STAHL V ET AL, "Quantile based noise estimation for spectral subtraction and wiener filtering", ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 2000. ICASSP '00. PROCEEDING S. 2000 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON 5-9 JUNE 2000, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, (20000605), vol. 3, ISBN 978-0-7803-6293-2, pages 1875 - 1878, XP010507729 [Y] 4,5 * page 1876, column R, line 10 - page 1877, column R, line 31 *
		[Y] - PETR MOTI CEK1 ET AL, "NOISE ESTIMATION FOR EFFICIENT SPEECH ENHANCEMENT AND ROBUST SPEECH RECOGNITION", ICSLP 2002 : 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING. DENVER, COLORADO, SEPT. 16 - 20, 2002; [INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING. (ICSLP)], ADELAIDE : CAUSAL PRODUCTIONS, AU, (20020916), ISBN 978-1-876346-40-9, page 1033, XP007011574 [Y] 6,7 * page 1034, line 11 - line 24 *

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