| 20080235030 | Automatic Method For Measuring a Baby's, Particularly a Newborn's, Cry, and Related Apparatus - The present invention concerns an automatic method for measuring a baby's cry, comprising the following step: A. having N samples ρ(i), for i=O, 1, . . . , (N−1), of an acoustic signal p(t) representing the cry, sampled at a sampling frequencŷ for a period of duration P; the method being characterised in that it assigns a score PainScore to the acoustic signal p(t) by means of a function AF of one or more acoustic parameters selected from the group comprising: —a root-mean-square or rms value prms of the acoustic signal p(t) in the period P; —a fundamental or pitch frequency F | 09-25-2008 |
