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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:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Seiichi Tenpaku, Minoh, JP;
Assignee:
Arcadia, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/302 ; G10L 1/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/302 ; G10L 1/308 ;
Abstract
Sound generating parameters are used for outputting fundamental frequency and a command regarding prosody, and a sound source generator. The sound generation device further includes use of an accent command and a descent command for calculating fundamental frequency and incorporates a rhythm command, which is representable by a sine wave. The device also uses character string analysis for analyzing a character string and generating a command concerning phoneme and prosody, a calculating element for outputting fundamental frequency as sound generation parameters, which depends on prosody, a sound source generator, and an articulator that depends on a phoneme command.