Patent Document ID: 9390729
Application ID: 14341114
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A voice activity detection (VAD) apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive an input audio signal; a state detector configured to determine a current working state of the VAD apparatus based on the input audio signal, wherein the VAD apparatus has at least two different working states, wherein each of the at least two different working states is associated with a corresponding working state parameter decision set (WSPDS), wherein each WSPDS includes at least one voice activity detection parameter (VADP), and wherein each working state of the at least two different working states corresponds to different voice activity detection parameters (VADPs); a voice activity calculator configured to: calculate a value for the at least one VADP of the WSPDS associated with the current working state; and generate a voice activity detection decision (VADD) by comparing the calculated VADP value with a threshold; and an output unit configured to output the VADD.