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Apparatus and method for creating pitch wave signals and apparatus and method compressing, expanding and synthesizing speech signals using these pitch wave signals

  • US 20070174056A1
  • Filed: 03/09/2007
  • Published: 07/26/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A speech synthesizing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

  • storage means for storing rhythm information representing the rhythm of a sample of unit speech sound, pitch information representing the pitch of the sample, and spectrum information showing variation with time in the fundamental frequency component and harmonic wave component of a pitch wave signal created by making substantially identical the time lengths of sections each equivalent to the unit pitch of a speech signal. representing the wave of the sample with such information brought into correspondence with the sample;

    prediction means for inputting text information representing a text, and creating prediction information representing the result of predicting the pitch and spectrum of a unit speech sound constituting the text based on the text information;

    retrieval means for identifying a sample having a pitch and spectrum having the highest correlation with the pitch and spectrum of the unit speech sound constituting the text based on the pitch information, spectrum information and prediction information; and

    signal synthesizing means for creating a synthesized speech signal representing a speech sound in which the speech sound has a rhythm represented by the rhythm information brought into correspondence with the sample identified by the retrieval means, the variation with time in the fundamental frequency component and harmonic wave component is represented by the spectrum information brought into correspondence with the sample identified by the retrieval means, and the time length of the section equivalent to the unit pitch is a time length represented by the pitch information brought into correspondence with the sample identified by the retrieval means.

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