1. A speaker speed conversion method for converting the speed of speech that is received as input, said method comprising:
a risk site detection step of detecting sites of risk regarding sound quality from among speech that is received as input;
a frame boundary detection step of detecting a plurality of points that can serve as candidates of frame boundaries from among speech that is received as input, and from among these points, supplying as a frame boundary the point that is predicted to be best in terms of sound quality; and
an OLA (overlap and add) step of performing speed conversion based on the detection results of said frame boundary detection step;
wherein said frame boundary detection step eliminates, from candidates of frame boundaries, sites of risk regarding sound quality that were detected in said risk site detection step, and
at least one of the risk site detection step, the frame boundary detection step, and the OLA step is performed by a computer.
2. The speaker speed conversion method according to claim 1, comprising a repetition number determination processing step of determining a number of frame repetitions in an OLA (overlap and add) process of speech received as input and eliminating, from objects of determination of the number of frame repetitions, sites of risk regarding sound quality that were detected in said risk site detection step;
wherein said OLA (overlap and add) step implements speed conversion based on detection results in said frame boundary detection step and the number of frame repetitions that was determined in said repetition number determination processing step.
3. The speaker speed conversion method according to claim 1, wherein said risk site detection step detects, from among speech received as input, portions in which steep amplitude increases of word beginnings occur as sites of risk.
4. A speaker speed conversion method for converting the speed of speech that is received as input, said method comprising:
a risk site detection step of detecting sites of risk regarding sound quality from among speech that is received as input;
a repetition number determination processing step of determining the number of frame repetitions in an OLA (overlap and add) process of speech that is received as input; and
an OLA (overlap and add) step of performing speed conversion based on the number of frame repetitions that was determined in the repetition number determination processing step;
wherein said repetition number determination processing step eliminates, from objects of determination of the number of frame repetitions, sites of risk regarding sound quality that were detected in said risk site detection step, and
at least one of the risk site detection step, the repetition number determination processing step, and the OLA step is performed by a computer.
5. The speaker speed conversion method according to claim 4, wherein said risk site detection step detects, from among speech received as input, portions in which steep amplitude increases of word beginnings occur as sites of risk.
6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for converting speed of speech that is received as input, said program, when being executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute:
a risk site detection step of detecting sites of risk regarding sound quality from among speech that is received as input;
a frame boundary detection step of searching for a plurality of points that can serve as candidates of frame boundaries from among speech that is received as input and from among these points, eliminating, from candidates of frame boundaries, sites of risk regarding sound quality that were detected in said risk site detection step;
a repetition number determination processing step of determining a number of frame repetitions in an OLA (overlap and add) process of speech that is received as input, and further, eliminating, from objects of the determination of the number of frame repetitions, sites of risk regarding sound quality that were detected in said risk site detection step; and
an OLA (overlap and add) step of performing speed conversion based on the detection results of said frame boundary detection step and the number of frame repetitions that was determined in said repetition number determination processing step.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for determining the level of an analyte in the blood of an individual, comprising the steps of:
(i) measuring the level of said analyte in an interstitial fluid or in any other non blood fluid obtained non-invasively from the skin of a tested individual, wherein said interstitial fluid or any other non blood fluid does not contain red blood cells, and
(ii) adjusting the measurement value by the concentration of at least one reference analyte measured in said interstitial fluid or in said any other non blood fluid of step (i), thereby determining the level of said analyte.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said sample is obtained without the use of skin permeation enhancers.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said analyte is glucose.
4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said at least one reference analyte is an electrolyte.
5. A method according to claim 4, wherein said electrolyte is a calcium ion.
6. A method for determining the level of an analyte in the blood of an individual comprising:
(i) contacting the skin of said individual with water to obtain a water specimen;
(ii) determining the level of said analyte in the water specimen of step (i);
(iii) determining the level of one or more reference analytes in the water specimen of step (i); and
(iv) calculating the level of said analyte in the blood of the tested individual based on the measurement in (ii) and (iii).
7. A method according to claim 6, wherein said water contacted with the skin of said individual does not contain skin permeation enhancers.
8. A method according to claim 6, wherein said analyte is glucose.
9. A method according to claim 6, wherein said at least one reference analyte is an electrolyte.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein said electrolyte is a calcium ion.