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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Harman International Industries, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Jaime Elliot Nahman, Oakland, CA (US);
Stefan Marti, Oakland, CA (US);
Davide Di Censo, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 25/00 (2013.01); G10L 21/007 (2013.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/0476 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/007 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/04012 (2013.01); A61B 5/0476 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for modifying an affect of a voice. The technique includes determining an emotional state associated with a person, and modifying one or more acoustic characteristics of a voice sample acquired from the person based on the emotional state to alter an affect associated with the voice sample. The technique further includes generating a second voice sample based on the one or more acoustic characteristics that have been modified, and transmitting the second voice sample.