Soft missing-feature mask generation for Robot Audition

This paper describes an improvement in automatic speech recognition (ASR) for robot audition by introducing Missing Feature Theory (MFT) based on soft missing feature masks (MFM) to realize natural human-robot interaction. In an everyday environment, a robot’s microphones capture various sounds besi...

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Main Authors: Takahashi Toru, Nakadai Kazuhiro, Komatani Kazunori, Ogata Tetsuya, Okuno Hiroshi G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2010-03-01
Series:Paladyn: Journal of Behavioral Robotics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/s13230-010-0005-1