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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2006
Applicants:

Eric Cosatto, Highlands, NJ (US);

Hans Peter Graf, Lincroft, NJ (US);

Juergen Schroeter, New Providence, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Eric Cosatto, Highlands, NJ (US);

Hans Peter Graf, Lincroft, NJ (US);

Juergen Schroeter, New Providence, NJ (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for generating animated sequences of talking heads in text-to-speech applications wherein a processor samples a plurality of frames comprising image samples. The processor reads first data comprising one or more parameters associated with noise-producing orifice images of sequences of at least three concatenated phonemes which correspond to an input stimulus. The processor reads, based on the first data, second data comprising images of a noise-producing entity. The processor generates an animated sequence of the noise-producing entity.


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