Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Synthesis
Reexamination Certificate
2008-02-08
2011-10-25
Harper, Vincent P (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Synthesis
C704S009000, C704S260000, C704S268000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08046225
ABSTRACT:
Normalization parameters are generated at a normalization-parameter generating unit by calculating the mean values and the standard deviations of an initial prosody pattern and a prosody pattern of a training sentence of a speech corpus. Then, the variance range or variance width of the initial prosody pattern is normalized at the prosody-pattern normalizing unit in accordance with the normalization parameters. As a result, a prosody pattern similar to speech of human beings and improved in naturalness can be generated with a small amount of calculation.
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Akamine Masami
Masuko Takashi
Harper Vincent P
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
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