Auditory Segmentation Based on Onset and Offset Analysis
Abstract
A typical auditory scene in a natural environment contains multiple sources. Auditory scene analysis (ASA) is the process in which the auditory system segregates an auditory scene into streams corresponding to different sources. Segmentation is a major stage of ASA by which an auditory scene is decomposed into segments, each containing signal mainly from one source. We propose a system for auditory segmentation based on analyzing onsets and offsets of auditory events. The proposed system first detects onsets and offsets, and then generates segments by matching corresponding onset and offset fronts. This is achieved through a multiscale approach based on scale-space theory. A quantitative measure is suggested for segmentation evaluation. Systematic evaluation shows that most of target speech, including unvoiced speech, is correctly segmented, and target speech and interference are well separated into different segments. Our approach performs much better than a cross-channel correlation method.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- AD1001126
Entities
People
- DeLiang Wang
- Guoning Hu
Organizations
- Ohio State University