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RESEARCH ON THE SPEECH ANALYSES OF BABIES' CRIES FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THEIR MENTAL STATES

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15560337
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Communication/Network engineering
Research InstitutionMEIJI UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

ARAKAWA Kaoru  MEIJI UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PROFESSOR, 理工学部, 教授 (30183734)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ITOH Setsuko  DOSHISHA WOMEN'S COLLEGE, DEPT.OF HUMAN LIFE STUDIES, 生活科学部, 教授 (50144358)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Keywordsbaby cries / speech analysis / babies and infants / signal processing / childcare / state estimation / nonlinear filter / noise reduction
Research Abstract

A system for recognizing mental states of babies is proposed from the frequency analyses of their cries. In the previous research, the researchers clarified that the babies' cries can be classified into hungry ones and sleepy ones by the frequency analyses, if the babies are elder than or equal to 5 months old. Since the frequency distribution of cries differs depending on their month age, the same method for classification cannot be applied to the cries of younger babies, under 5 months old.
In this research, another difference was found in the frequency distribution of hungry cries and sleepy ones for babies aged from 3 to 4months old. Crying voices were collected from 16 babies, both male and female, and the rough forms of the amplitude spectra were examined. For hungry cries, one of the following tendencies was observed.
1)The spectrum falls steeply around 6kHz.
2)The spectrum keeps a high value till about 8-9kHz and falls gradually.
3)The spectrum falls gradually from 0 kHz and takes … More a convex form upward.
Otherwise, babies were often in a sleepy state. Using these tendencies, a rule-based system which classifies a hungry state and a sleepy one was proposed for babies aged from 3 to 4 months old. About 80% of the cries of the 16 babies were correctly classified into hungry and sleepy states with this system. Some classification results are judged as mistakes, because babies are sometimes in both hungry and sleepy states and it is difficult to obtain the true reason for the cry. Also the correct classification rate depends on babies a little. The system was shown to be valid for most of the 16 babies, but not for one of them.
Since noise reduction of the babies' cries is necessary for this research, a nonlinear digital filter for noise reduction of speech signal was proposed by the head investigator before. New research on the application of this nonlinear digital filter to noise reduction of image and the detection of watermark signal in digital cinema was also performed. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2005 2004 2003 Other

All Journal Article (13 results) Publications (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] Estimation of Babies' Emotion by Frequency Analyses of Their Cries2005

    • Author(s)
      K.Kikuchi
    • Journal Title

      Proc.International Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing (掲載決定)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Estimation of Babies' Emotion by Frequency Analyses of Their Cries2005

    • Author(s)
      Kenichiro Kikuchi, Kaoru Arakawa
    • Journal Title

      Proc.International Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing (to be published)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] RECOGNITION OF THE CAUSE OF BABIES' CRIES FROM FREQUENCY ANALYSES OF THEIR VOICE : CLASSIFICATION BETWEEN HUNGER AND SLEEPINESS2004

    • Author(s)
      K.Arakawa
    • Journal Title

      Proc.INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS 2004

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] NONLINEAR DIGITAL FILTERS FOR BEAUTIFYING FACIAL IMAGES IN MULTI-MEDIA SYSTEMS2004

    • Author(s)
      K.Arakawa
    • Journal Title

      Proc.IEEE ISCAS 2004

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] オクターブ類似性に基づくオーディオ信号への電子透かし2004

    • Author(s)
      村松 厳
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会論文誌 J87-A,6

      Pages: 787-796

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 食物アレルギーの発症機序からみた治療についてのオーバービュー2004

    • Author(s)
      伊藤 節子
    • Journal Title

      日本小児アレルギー学会誌 18・1

      Pages: 46-52

    • NAID

      10013594622

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Time and Spatial ε-filter for Improving Image Quality of Compressed Video2004

    • Author(s)
      Hideaki Hisamitsu, Kaoru Arakawa
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Proc.MWSCAS2004

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Digital Watermark for Audio Signals Based on Octave Similarity2004

    • Author(s)
      Iwao Muramatsu, Kaoru Arakawa
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Trans.on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Science J87-A, 6

      Pages: 787-796

    • NAID

      110003311827

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Nonlinear Digital Filter for Beautifying Facial Images in Multi-Media Systems2004

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru Arakawa
    • Journal Title

      Proc.IEEE ISCAS 2004

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Recognition of the Cause of Babies' Cries from Frequency Analyses of Their Voice : Classification between Hunger and Sleepiness2004

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru Arakawa
    • Journal Title

      Proc.INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS 2004

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 小児の食物アレルギー2004

    • Author(s)
      伊藤 節子
    • Journal Title

      アレルギー科 17・5

      Pages: 505-512

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Extended Component-Separating Nonlinear Digital Filter with Optimization and Its Application to Face Image Beautification2003

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru Arakawa, Hiroo Naito
    • Journal Title

      Proc.IEEE ISPACS2003

      Pages: 139-144

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] High Levels of Urinary Pentosidine, an Advanced Glycation End Product in Children with Acute Exacerbation of Atopic Dermatitis : Relationship with Oxidative Stress.2003

    • Author(s)
      Tsukahara H, Shibata R, Ohta N, Sato S, Hiraoka M, Ito S, Noiri E, Mayumi M
    • Journal Title

      Metabolism 52(12)

      Pages: 1601-1605

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 志村 厚: "ε-フィルタを用いたエッジ効果の生じない高周波数成分推定を伴うディジタル画像拡大法の提案"電子情報通信学会論文誌. J86-A・5. 540-551 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kaoru Arakawa: "Extended Component-Separating Nonlinerar Digital Filter with Optimization and Its Application to Face Image Beautification"Proc.IEEE IEPACS 2003. 139-144 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kaoru Arakawa: "Recognition of the Cause of Babies' Cries from Frequency Analyses of Their Voice --- Classification Between Hunger and Sleepiness ---"Proc.ICA 2004. (to be published). (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 伊藤節子: "小児科領域における食物アレルギー治療の位置づけとその実際"アレルギー. 52・10. 989-991 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 伊藤節子: "原因アレルゲンの同定-ヒスタミン遊離試験の臨床的有用性-"日本小児皮膚科学会雑誌. 22・2. 134-137 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 伊藤節子: "食物アレルギーの発症機序からみた治療についてのオーバービュー"日本小児アレルギー学会誌. 18・1. 46-52 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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