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Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE C 2012 Vol.13 No.2 P.139-145

http://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.C1100092


Detection of time varying pitch in tonal languages: an approach based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition


Author(s):  Hong Hong, Xiao-hua Zhu, Wei-min Su, Run-tong Geng, Xin-long Wang

Affiliation(s):  School of Electronic Engineering and Optoelectronic Techniques, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China; more

Corresponding email(s):   hongnju@gmail.com

Key Words:  Ensemble empirical mode decomposition, Time varying pitch, Tonal language, Noise restraint


Hong Hong, Xiao-hua Zhu, Wei-min Su, Run-tong Geng, Xin-long Wang. Detection of time varying pitch in tonal languages: an approach based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science C, 2012, 13(2): 139-145.

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Abstract: 
A method based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) is proposed for accurately detecting the time varying pitch of speech in tonal languages. Unlike frame-, event-, or subspace-based pitch detectors, the time varying information of pitch within the short duration, which is of crucial importance in speech processing of tonal languages, can be accurately extracted. The Chinese Linguistic Data Consortium (CLDC) database for Mandarin Chinese was employed as standard speech data for the evaluation of the effectiveness of the method. It is shown that the proposed method provides more accurate and reliable results, particularly in estimating the tones of non-monotonically varying pitches like the third one in Mandarin Chinese. Also, it is shown that the new method has strong resistance to noise disturbance.

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