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Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Jordi Bonada, Barcelona, ES;

Merlijn Blaauw, Barcelona, ES;

Yuji Hisaminato, Hamamatsu, JP;

Assignee:

Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/013 (2013.01); G10L 19/26 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/265 (2013.01); G10L 21/013 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a voice processing apparatus, a processor is configured to adjust, a fundamental frequency of a first voice signal corresponding to a voice having target voice characteristics to a fundamental frequency of a second voice signal corresponding to a voice having initial voice characteristics different from the target voice characteristics. The processor is further configured to sequentially generate a processed spectrum based on a spectrum of the first voice signal and a spectrum of the second voice signal by: dividing the spectrum of the first voice signal into a plurality of harmonic band components after the fundamental frequency of the first voice signal has been adjusted; allocating each harmonic band component of the first voice signal to each harmonic frequency associated with the fundamental frequency of the second voice signal; and adjusting an envelope and phase of each harmonic band component according to the spectrum of the second voice signal.


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