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:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Kenichiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhide Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Akabane, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sentence or a singing is to be synthesized with a natural speech close to the human voice. To this end, singing metrical data are formed in a tag processing unitin a singing synthesis unitin a speech synthesis apparatusbased on singing data and an analyzed text portion. A language analysis unitperforms language processing on text portions other than the singing data. As for a text portion registered in a natural metrical dictionary, as determined by this language processing, corresponding natural metrical data is selected and its parameters are adjusted in a metrical data adjustment unitbased on phonemic segment data of a phonemic segment storage unitin the metrical data adjustment unit. As for a text portion not registered in the natural metrical dictionary, a phonemic symbol string is generated in a natural metrical dictionary storage unit, after which metrical data are generated in a metrical generating unit. A waveform generating unitconcatenates necessary phonemic segment data, based on the natural metrical data, metrical data and the singing metrical data to generate speech waveform data.