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+// Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+// met:
+//
+// * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+// * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+// distribution.
+// * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+// this software without specific prior written permission.
+//
+// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+// The EnergyEndpointer class finds likely speech onset and offset points.
+//
+// The implementation described here is about the simplest possible.
+// It is based on timings of threshold crossings for overall signal
+// RMS. It is suitable for light weight applications.
+//
+// As written, the basic idea is that one specifies intervals that
+// must be occupied by super- and sub-threshold energy levels, and
+// defers decisions re onset and offset times until these
+// specifications have been met. Three basic intervals are tested: an
+// onset window, a speech-on window, and an offset window. We require
+// super-threshold to exceed some mimimum total durations in the onset
+// and speech-on windows before declaring the speech onset time, and
+// we specify a required sub-threshold residency in the offset window
+// before declaring speech offset. As the various residency requirements are
+// met, the EnergyEndpointer instance assumes various states, and can return the
+// ID of these states to the client (see EpStatus below).
+//
+// The levels of the speech and background noise are continuously updated. It is
+// important that the background noise level be estimated initially for
+// robustness in noisy conditions. The first frames are assumed to be background
+// noise and a fast update rate is used for the noise level. The duration for
+// fast update is controlled by the fast_update_dur_ paramter.
+//
+// If used in noisy conditions, the endpointer should be started and run in the
+// EnvironmentEstimation mode, for at least 200ms, before switching to
+// UserInputMode.
+// Audio feedback contamination can appear in the input audio, if not cut
+// out or handled by echo cancellation. Audio feedback can trigger a false
+// accept. The false accepts can be ignored by setting
+// ep_contamination_rejection_period.
+
+#ifndef CONTENT_BROWSER_SPEECH_ENDPOINTER_ENERGY_ENDPOINTER_H_
+#define CONTENT_BROWSER_SPEECH_ENDPOINTER_ENERGY_ENDPOINTER_H_
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "nsAutoPtr.h"
+
+#include "energy_endpointer_params.h"
+
+namespace mozilla {
+
+// Endpointer status codes
+enum EpStatus {
+ EP_PRE_SPEECH = 10,
+ EP_POSSIBLE_ONSET,
+ EP_SPEECH_PRESENT,
+ EP_POSSIBLE_OFFSET,
+ EP_POST_SPEECH,
+};
+
+class EnergyEndpointer {
+ public:
+ // The default construction MUST be followed by Init(), before any
+ // other use can be made of the instance.
+ EnergyEndpointer();
+ virtual ~EnergyEndpointer();
+
+ void Init(const EnergyEndpointerParams& params);
+
+ // Start the endpointer. This should be called at the beginning of a session.
+ void StartSession();
+
+ // Stop the endpointer.
+ void EndSession();
+
+ // Start environment estimation. Audio will be used for environment estimation
+ // i.e. noise level estimation.
+ void SetEnvironmentEstimationMode();
+
+ // Start user input. This should be called when the user indicates start of
+ // input, e.g. by pressing a button.
+ void SetUserInputMode();
+
+ // Computes the next input frame and modifies EnergyEndpointer status as
+ // appropriate based on the computation.
+ void ProcessAudioFrame(int64_t time_us,
+ const int16_t* samples, int num_samples,
+ float* rms_out);
+
+ // Returns the current state of the EnergyEndpointer and the time
+ // corresponding to the most recently computed frame.
+ EpStatus Status(int64_t* status_time_us) const;
+
+ bool estimating_environment() const {
+ return estimating_environment_;
+ }
+
+ // Returns estimated noise level in dB.
+ float GetNoiseLevelDb() const;
+
+ private:
+ class HistoryRing;
+
+ // Resets the endpointer internal state. If reset_threshold is true, the
+ // state will be reset completely, including adaptive thresholds and the
+ // removal of all history information.
+ void Restart(bool reset_threshold);
+
+ // Update internal speech and noise levels.
+ void UpdateLevels(float rms);
+
+ // Returns the number of frames (or frame number) corresponding to
+ // the 'time' (in seconds).
+ int TimeToFrame(float time) const;
+
+ EpStatus status_; // The current state of this instance.
+ float offset_confirm_dur_sec_; // max on time allowed to confirm POST_SPEECH
+ int64_t endpointer_time_us_; // Time of the most recently received audio frame.
+ int64_t fast_update_frames_; // Number of frames for initial level adaptation.
+ int64_t frame_counter_; // Number of frames seen. Used for initial adaptation.
+ float max_window_dur_; // Largest search window size (seconds)
+ float sample_rate_; // Sampling rate.
+
+ // Ring buffers to hold the speech activity history.
+ nsAutoPtr<HistoryRing> history_;
+
+ // Configuration parameters.
+ EnergyEndpointerParams params_;
+
+ // RMS which must be exceeded to conclude frame is speech.
+ float decision_threshold_;
+
+ // Flag to indicate that audio should be used to estimate environment, prior
+ // to receiving user input.
+ bool estimating_environment_;
+
+ // Estimate of the background noise level. Used externally for UI feedback.
+ float noise_level_;
+
+ // An adaptive threshold used to update decision_threshold_ when appropriate.
+ float rms_adapt_;
+
+ // Start lag corresponds to the highest fundamental frequency.
+ int start_lag_;
+
+ // End lag corresponds to the lowest fundamental frequency.
+ int end_lag_;
+
+ // Time when mode switched from environment estimation to user input. This
+ // is used to time forced rejection of audio feedback contamination.
+ int64_t user_input_start_time_us_;
+
+ // prevent copy constructor and assignment
+ EnergyEndpointer(const EnergyEndpointer&);
+ void operator=(const EnergyEndpointer&);
+};
+
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+#endif // CONTENT_BROWSER_SPEECH_ENDPOINTER_ENERGY_ENDPOINTER_H_