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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Ning Ding, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Hirohata, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a speech processing device includes an extractor, a classifier, a similarity calculator, and an identifier. The extractor is configured to extract a speech feature from utterance data. The classifier is configured to classify the utterance data into a set of utterances for each speaker based on the extracted speech feature. The similarity calculator is configured to calculate a similarity between the speech feature of the utterance data included in the set and each of a plurality of speaker models. The identifier is configured to identify a speaker for each set based on the calculated similarity.