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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1995
Toshiaki Fukada, Yokohama, JP;
Yasunori Ohora, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Komori, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Aso, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A speech information processing apparatus includes a statistical processing unit for extracting features by performing statistical processing of a feature file formed by extracting features of speech, such as the fundamental frequency and its variations, and the power and its variations of speech, from a speech file, and a label file in which a phoneme environment, comprising the accent type, the number of moras, the mora position, phonemes and the like, is considered, and a pitch pattern forming unit for forming a pitch pattern, in which phoneme environment is considered, based on the result of the statistical processing.