Patent ID: 9548054
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G10L

Claim:
1. A method of calibrating an electronic device for speaker authentication, comprising: receiving speech data that represents an utterance made by a user; utilizing a side information extractor of the electronic device to extract side information when the speech data is received, and examine the side information to determine whether the received speech data can be used as reference speech data for authentication of the electronic device; when the received speech data is determined to be unable to be used as the reference speech data based on the side information, utilizing a message generator of the electronic device to generate a feedback message for the user, the feedback message instructing the user to provide new speech data; when the received speech data is determined to be able to be used as the reference speech data based on the side information, allowing speaker model training using the speech data, to use the speech data as reference data for speaker authentication of the electronic device; utilizing a speaker authenticator of the electronic device to perform speaker authentication using the speech data, and utilizing the message generator of the electronic device to generate a feedback message for the user based on the side information and a speaker authentication result, wherein the feedback message contains a message indicating at least a condition of the side information to the user; wherein the side information comprises calendar data.