Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Synthesis
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-19
2009-08-25
Chawan, Vijay B (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Synthesis
C704S254000, C704S257000, C704S246000, C379S088020
Reexamination Certificate
active
07580839
ABSTRACT:
A speech processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a conversion-source-speaker speech-unit database; a voice-conversion-rule-learning-data generating means; and a voice-conversion-rule learning means, with which it makes voice conversion rules. The voice-conversion-rule-learning-data generating means includes a conversion-target-speaker speech-unit extracting means; an attribute-information generating means; a conversion-source-speaker speech-unit database; and a conversion-source-speaker speech-unit selection means. The conversion-source-speaker speech-unit selection means selects conversion-source-speaker speech units corresponding to conversion-target-speaker speech units based on the mismatch between the attribute information of the conversion-target-speaker speech units and that of the conversion-source-speaker speech units, whereby the voice conversion rules are made from the selected pair of the conversion-target-speaker speech units and the conversion-source-speaker speech units.
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Kagoshima Takehiko
Tamura Masatsune
Chawan Vijay B
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
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