A new method for robust estimation of fundamental frequency (F0) from speech signal is proposed in this paper. The method exploits the high SNR regions of speech in time and frequency domains in the outputs of single frequency filtering (SFF) of speech signal. The high resolution in the frequency domain brings out the harmonic characteristics of speech clearly. The harmonic spacing in the high ...

In this study we address the question of whether regional gravity field modeling techniques of GRACE data can offer improved resolution over traditional global spherical harmonic solutions. Earlier studies into large, equatorial river basins such as the Amazon, Zambezi and others showed no obvious distinction between regional and global techniques, but this may have been limited by the fact tha...

A method based on the production mechanism of the vocals in the composite vocal polyphonic music signal is proposed for vocal melody extraction. In the proposed method, initially the non-pitched percussive source is suppressed by observing its wideband spectral characteristics to emphasise the harmonic content in the mixture signal. Further, the harmonic enhanced signal is segmented into vocal ...

A model of the mechanism of residue pitch perception is revisited. It is evaluated in the context of some new empirical results, and it is proposed that the model is able to reconcile a number of differing approaches in the history of theories of pitch perception. The model consists of four sequential processing stages: peripheral frequency selectivity, within-channel half-wave rectification an...

Problem statement: Harmonic analysis is a primary matter of power quality assessment. Its main intention is to check the utility whether it is delivering the loads without any deviations in voltages and currents. The problem is due to proliferation of Electronic converters and power electronics which gave birth to numerous new applications, offering unmatched comfort to the customers. Approach:...

Experiments are contaminated by second-order error waves at sub- and super-harmonic frequencies when first-order wave generation is used. Herein, we investigate experiment the implications of theory for dynamic force run-up on a vertical wall in shallow to intermediate water depth (k0d=0.5?1.1). Results short-duration experiments using focused groups generated according first- compared. We isol...

Aims. As an extension of a previous work, we present a comparison of four methods of filtering solar-like variability to increase the efficiency of detection of Earth-like planetary transits by means of box-shaped transit finder algorithms. Two of these filtering methods are the harmonic fitting method and the iterative non-linear filter that, coupled respectively with the Box Least-Square (BLS...

It is well-known that different speakers utilize their vocal instruments in diverse ways to express linguistic intention with some paralinguistic coloring such as emotional quality. The study of voice source features, which describe the action of the vocal folds, is important for a deeper understanding of emotion encoding in speech. In this study we investigate inter and intra-speaker differenc...

Complex sensitive motions have been observed in ocean mooring systems consisting of nonlinear mooring geometries. These physical systems can be modeled as a system of first-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations, taking into account geometric nonlinearities in the restoring force, quadratic viscous drag, and harmonic excitation. This study examines the controllability of these systems ...

This paper explains the control strategies for three phase PWM rectifier using space vector modulation (SVM).The virtual flux based Direct Power Control (VF-DPC) which eliminates the line voltage measurements, active filtering function along with direct power control and conventional Voltage Oriented Control (VOC) in rotating coordinates with a novel line voltage estimator are studied, modeled ...