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A Variable-speed Silent Speech Recognition Method based on Surface Electromyography Signal

  • Sui Liang
  • , Yin Xu
  • , Zhaohua Yuan
  • , Lining Sun
  • , Weida Li*
  • , Hongmiao Zhang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Soochow University
  • Ltd.

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Abstract

In the practical implementation of silent speech recognition based on surface electromyography (sEMG) signal, the change in the subjects' speech speed will affect the recognition performance. To mitigate this effect, a silent speech recognition method based on dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm is proposed in this paper. Specifically, the facial sEMG signals of 22 Chinese words are collected, the energy threshold method is used to detect the active segment, the root mean square feature is extracted, and finally the DTW algorithm is used for recognition. The experimental results show that the method is robust to silent speech recognition tasks with different speech speeds. The average accuracy of using the DTW algorithm to classify uniform-speed words is 94.55%, and that of variable-speed words is 71.82%. In addition, the proposed method is suitable for few samples learning, which means it can quickly adapt to new tasks and individuals. These findings provide a novel way for the practical application of sEMG based silent speech recognition.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, ICARM 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages798-802
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798350300178
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, ICARM 2023 - Sanya, China
Duration: 8 Jul 202310 Jul 2023

Publication series

Name2023 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, ICARM 2023

Conference

Conference8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, ICARM 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySanya
Period8/07/2310/07/23

Keywords

  • Surface electromyography (sEMG) signal
  • dynamic time warping (DTW)
  • silent speech recognition
  • variable-speed speech recognition

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