EP 1256932 A3 20041013 - Method and apparatus for synthesising an emotion conveyed on a sound
Title (en)
Method and apparatus for synthesising an emotion conveyed on a sound
Title (de)
Verfahren und Vorrichtung um eine mittels eines Klangs übermittelte Emotion zu synthetisieren
Title (fr)
Procédé et dispositif de synthèse d'une émotion communiquée par un son
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 01401880 A 20010713
- EP 01401203 A 20010511
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1256932A2] An emotion conveyed on a sound is synthesised by selectively modifying elementary sound portions (S) thereof prior to delivering the sound through an operator application step (S10, S16, S20) in which at least one operator (OP, OD; OI) is selectively applied to the elementary sound portions (S) to impose a specific modification in a characteristic, such as pitch and/or duration in accordance with an emotion to be synthesised. <??>This can be achieved by applying at least one operator (OIrs, OIfs, OIsu, OIsd) to modify an intensity characteristic of an elementary sound portion, and/or an operator (OPrs, OPfs) for selectively causing the time evolution of the pitch of an elementary sound portion (S) to rise or fall according to an imposed slope characteristic (Prs, Pfs), and/or an operator (OPsu, OPsd) for selectively causing the time evolution of the pitch of an elementary sound portion (S) to rise or fall uniformly by a determined value (Psu, Psd), and/or an operator (ODd, ODc) for selectively causing the duration (tl) of an elementary sound portion (S) to increase or decrease by a determined value (D). <IMAGE> <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G10L 13/02 (2006.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 13/08 (2006.01); G10L 13/10 (2013.01); G10L 13/04 (2013.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 13/10 (2013.01); G10L 13/04 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XA] US 5860064 A 19990112 - HENTON CAROLINE G [US]
- [XA] US 6212502 B1 20010403 - BALL JOHN EUGENE [US], et al
- [PX] EP 1107227 A2 20010613 - SONY CORP [JP]
- [X] GALANIS D ET AL: "Investigating emotional speech parameters for speech synthesis", ELECTRONICS, CIRCUITS, AND SYSTEMS, 1996. ICECS '96., PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RODOS, GREECE 13-16 OCT. 1996, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, 13 October 1996 (1996-10-13), pages 1227 - 1230, XP010217293, ISBN: 0-7803-3650-X
- [X] IGNASI IRIONDO ET AL: "VALIDATION OF AN ACOUSTICAL MODELLING OF EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IN SPANISH USING SPEECH SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES", PROCEEDINGS OF THE ISCA WORKSHOP ON SPEECH AND EMOTION, September 2000 (2000-09-01), BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND, pages 1 - 6, XP007005765
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1256932 A2 20021113; EP 1256932 A3 20041013; EP 1256932 B1 20060510; DE 60131521 D1 20080103; DE 60131521 T2 20081023
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 01401880 A 20010713; DE 60131521 T 20010814