Title: Statistical method for classifying cries of baby based on pattern recognition of power spectrum

Authors: Xinping Wang, Tomomasa Nagashima, Kentarou Fukuta, Yoshifumi Okada, Masahiro Sawai, Hidenori Tanaka, Takashi Uozumi

Addresses: Graduate School of Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran-shi, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan; School of Information Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, XueYuan Road No. 30, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China. ' Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran-shi, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan. ' Satellite Venture Business Laboratory, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran-shi, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan. ' Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran-shi, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan. ' Satellite Venture Business Laboratory, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran-shi, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan. ' Satellite Venture Business Laboratory, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran-shi, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan. ' Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran-shi, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan

Abstract: We develop a novel method applicable to classify the causes of crying infant based on pattern recognition of power spectrum of the cry. In our frame relied on F-value, it is available in power spectrum to order a statistical significance of frequency points which will contribute to the classification of cries. We verify performance of the method by taking the painful cries of infant with the genetic disease (ADEL). The result of our method achieves an excellent prediction. We also give a discussion on the relation between the set of frequency points extracted and the formants of cries.

Keywords: crying classification; baby cries; pattern recognition; cry power spectrum; F-value; infant crying; painful cries; genetic diseases; ADEL; crying causes.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBM.2010.031791

International Journal of Biometrics, 2010 Vol.2 No.2, pp.113 - 123

Published online: 24 Feb 2010 *

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