In a conventional device for extracting voice features accurately without being
influenced by noises, such as a voice recognition device, usually an input voice
signal is processed first by a noise reduction system having the tap length N,
and the result is FFT-processed by L-points, and then the power spectrum vector
is calculated; accordingly, a one time operation requires N multiplications and
(N-1) summations. The voice feature extraction device according to the invention
receives a voice signal including noises from a microphone, which is processed
by a window function operation unit, and thereafter FFT-processed by an FFT operation
unit by L-points. A power calculation unit calculates a power spectrum vector of
the input voice signal. However, a noise reduction system determines in advance
a filter coefficient of this system and processes the coefficient to calculate
a noise reduction coefficient, and the power spectrum vector is processed by this
noise reduction system. Thereby, the voice feature extraction device of the invention
reduces the processing volume to 1/(4N-2) in comparison to the conventional device,
lightens the processing load of the processing unit, and increases the processing speed.