Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Linguistics – Translation machine
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-14
2011-12-06
Godbold, Douglas (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Linguistics
Translation machine
C704S003000, C704S004000, C704S005000, C704S006000, C704S007000, C704S231000, C704S258000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08073677
ABSTRACT:
Speech translation apparatus includes first generation unit generating first text representing speech recognition result, and first prosody information, second generation unit generating first para-language information, first association unit associating each first portion of first text with corresponding first portion of first para-language information, translation unit translating first text into second texts, second association unit associating each second portion of first para-language information with corresponding second portion of each second text, third generation unit generating second prosody-information items, fourth generation unit generating second para-language-information items, computation unit computing degree-of-similarity between each first para-language information and corresponding one of second para-language-information items to obtain degrees of similarity, selection unit selecting, from second prosody-information items, maximum-degree-of-similarity prosody information corresponding to maximum degree, fifth generation unit generating prosody pattern of one of second texts which corresponds to maximum-degree-of-similarity prosody information, and output unit outputting one of second texts which corresponds to maximum-degree-of-similarity prosody information.
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Chino Tetsuro
Furihata Kentaro
Kamatani Satoshi
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner L.L.P.
Godbold Douglas
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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