Title :
Maximum likelihood pitch estimation
Author :
Wise, James D. ; Caprio, James R. ; Parks, Thomas W.
Author_Institution :
Rice University, Houston, TX
fDate :
10/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A method for estimating the pitch period of voiced speech sounds is developed based on a maximum likelihood (ML) formulation. It is capable of resolution finer than one sampling period and is shown to perform better in the presence of noise than the cepstrum method.
Keywords :
Encoding; Gaussian noise; Maximum likelihood estimation; Nonlinear filters; Phase estimation; Resonance; Signal to noise ratio; Speech enhancement; Vocoders; Working environment noise;
Journal_Title :
Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASSP.1976.1162852
