Patent Document ID: 20100153101
Application ID: 12592125
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for selecting a segment of a sound sample of a subject's voice that has been digitized by an analog to digital converter, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving the sound sample comprising a time series of digital samples; (b) determining a plurality of segments, each segment comprising a pre-defined number of consecutive digital samples; (c) for each segment, calculating the value of a quality measure, the quality measure being a real-valued function of at least one parameter of the segment, the parameter reflecting the suitability of the segment for use in computing clinical metrics; (d) selecting the segment that has the greatest value of the quality measure, the quality measure being greater for segments that are more suitable for use in computing clinical metrics; and (e) storing the selected segment, or a pointer to the selected segment, in a memory.