Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Seoul National University

Min Soo Hahn

Jung Chul Lee

Jae Woo Yang

Youngjik Lee

Jin Woo Hong

Seung Kwon Beack

Jeong Il Seo

Kyeong Ok Kang

In Seon Jang

Sang Bae Chon

Hang Seop Lee

Koeng Mo Sung

Han Moon

Jeong Ii Seo

Seung Kwon Dormitory Of Info & Com Uni Beack

Seung Kwon Information And Communication Beack

The present invention provides a text-to-speech conversion system (TTS) forinterlockingsynchronizingwith multimedia and a method for organizing input data of the TTS which can enhance thenaturalnaturalnessof synthesized speech and accomplish the synchronization of multimedia with TTS by defining additional prosody information, the information required tointerlocksynchronizeTTS with multimedia, and interface betweenthesethisinformation and TTS for use in the production of the synthesized speech.

Text-to speech conversion system for synchronizing between synthesized speech and a moving picture in a multimedia environment and a method of the same

A method of formatting and normalizing continuous lip motions to events in a moving picture besides text in a Text-To-Speech converter is provided. A synthesized speech is synchronized with a moving picture by using the method wherein the real speech data and the shape of a lip in the moving picture are analyzed, and information on the estimated lip shape and text information are directly used in generating the synthesized speech.

System for synchronization between moving picture and a text-to-speech converter

Provided is a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a multi-channel audio signal. The apparatus for encoding a multi-channel audio signal includes a frame converter for converting the multi-channel audio signal into a framed audio signal; means for downmixing the framed audio signal; means for encoding the downmixed audio signal; a source location information estimator for estimating source location information from the framed multi-channel audio signal; means for quantizing the estimated source location information; and means for multiplexing the encoded audio signal and the quantized source location information, to generate an encoded multi-channel audio signal.

Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding multi-channel audio signal using virtual source location information

The present invention provides a text-to-speech conversion system (TTS) for interlocking with multimedia and a method for organizing input data of the TTS which can enhance the natural of synthesized speech and accomplish the synchronization of multimedia with TTS by defining additional prosody information, the information required to interlock TTS with multimedia, and interface between these information and TTS for use in the production of the synthesized speech.

Text-to-speech conversion system for interlocking with multimedia and a

System for synchronization between moving picture and a text-to-speech

Growing community of inventors

Daejon-shi, South Korea

Min Soo Hahn