Remote Voice Detection System

Abstract

A device and system to remotely detect vocalizations of speech. The skin located on the throat region of a speaking person or a reflective layer on the skin on the throat region vibrates in response to vocalizations of speech by the person. The vibrating skin or reflective layer is reflective of impinging radiation. A laser Doppler vibrometer transmits radiation onto the vibrating skin or the covering reflective layer and receives reflected radiation from the vibrating skin or reflective layer. The laser Doppler vibrometer generates voltage output signals that are representative of the speech causing the vibrations. A target tracker directs the impinging radiation and detects the reflected radiation to pass between the throat region and the laser Doppler vibrometer and includes a processor that removes non-speech signal artifacts from the voltage output signals. An interconnected audio speaker reproduces the speech from the voltage output signals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 25, 2007
Accession Number
ADD020292

Entities

People

  • Fletcher A. Blackmon

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cameras
  • Coherent Radiation
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Digital Cameras
  • Laser Doppler Vibrometers
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Optical Detection
  • Radiation
  • Remote Sensing
  • Vibration
  • Vocalization

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy