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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
May. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Moo-young Kim, Seongnam, KR;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for detecting transitional parts of speech, and a method of synthesizing transitional parts of speech, are provided. This apparatus includes a residual signal preprocessor for emphasizing a period of a speech residual signal which includes a peak value, a relative peak value calculation unit for obtaining a peak value of a preprocessed residual signal and a relative peak value using a predetermined reference peak value, and a transitional part detector for detecting transitional parts of speech on the basis of the relative peak value.