JPH08511672A - 冗長性の減少された試験信号を使用する通信装置の試験方法および装置 - Google Patents
冗長性の減少された試験信号を使用する通信装置の試験方法および装置Info
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- 【特許請求の範囲】 1.自然のスピーチにおいて発生した音のシーケンスから構成された試験信号を それに供給することによって通信装置を試験し、試験信号における発生の統計が 、自然のスピーチにはほとんどない音が高い発生率で含まれるように自然のスピ ーチにおける発生の統計と異なっている方法。 2.自然のスピーチと比較して冗長性が減少されて自然のスピーチで発生した音 のシーケンスを含んでいる試験信号。 3.自然のスピーチの中に見出されるワードの一部分に対応したスピーチ音のシ ーケンスを含み、前記スピーチ音のいくつかがそのシーケンス内のスピーチの特 徴の異なる値を有して複数のインスタンスの中に存在している通信装置の試験用 の試験信号。 4.1つの特徴値は平均値であり、1以上の他のものはまれにしか発生しない特 徴値である請求項3記載の信号。 5.特徴は、音量、ピッチ、期間およびフォルマント転移率の1以上のものから 構成されている請求項3または4記載の信号。 6.予め記録された人間のスピーチの連結されたセグメントを含んでいる請求項 2乃至5のいずれか1項記載の信号。 7.パラメトリックスピーチシンセサイザによって生成された合成された信号を 含んでいる請求項2乃至5のいずれか1項記載の信号。 8.前記音のいくつかは複数の異なる先行した音の直ぐ後に続く複数のインスタ ンス中に存在している請求項2乃至7の いずれか1項記載の信号。 9.自然のスピーチでは比較的まれにしか発生しない音が高い相対発生頻度を有 するスピーチ類似音に対応した複数のセグメントを含む試験信号をそれに供給し 、前記各音の通信装置による歪みを解析し、各音の歪みおよび自然のスピーチに おけるその発生頻度に基づいて通信装置の歪みの全体的な尺度を形成する通信装 置の試験方法。 10.請求項2乃至8のいずれか1項による試験信号を生成する装置。 11.予め記録された試験信号シーケンスを記憶する手段と、前記記憶されたシ ーケンスを再構成する手段とを含んでいる請求項10記載の装置。 12.前記予め記録されたシーケンスは、記録された自然のスピーチのセグメン トを含んでいる請求項11記載の装置。 13.スピーチシンセサイザおよび前記スピーチシンセサイザを制御して前記試 験信号シーケンスを生成するためのデータ記憶手段を含んでいる請求項10記載 の装置。 14.請求項2乃至8のいずれか1項による試験信号を使用する通信装置の試験 方法。
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| PCT/GB1994/001305 WO1995001011A1 (en) | 1993-06-21 | 1994-06-17 | Method and apparatus for testing telecommunications equipment using a reduced redundancy test signal |
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| WO1995001011A1 (en) | 1995-01-05 |
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