The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Inventors:
Jordi Bonada, Barcelona, ES;
Merlijn Blaauw, Barcelona, ES;
Keijiro Saino, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ryunosuke Daido, Hamamatsu, JP;
Michael Wilson, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yuji Hisaminato, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/0335 (2013.01); G10L 13/00 (2013.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A voice synthesis method according to an embodiment includes altering a series of synthesis spectra in a partial period of a synthesis voice based on a series of amplitude spectrum envelope contours of a voice expression to obtain a series of altered spectra to which the voice expression has been imparted, and synthesizing a series of voice samples to which the voice expression has been imparted, based on the series of altered spectra.