AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An audio processing apparatus comprising:
- a phase setting section which sets virtual phases in a time series of character values representing a character element of an audio signal;
a unit wave extraction section which extracts, from the time series of character values, a plurality of unit waves demarcated in accordance with the virtual phases set by said phase setting section; and
an information generation section which generates, for each of the unit waves extracted by said unit wave extraction section, unit information indicative of a character of the unit wave.
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Abstract
Phase setting section sets virtual phases in a frequency series of an audio signal. Unit wave extraction section extracts, from the frequency series, a unit wave of one cyclic period defined by the set virtual phases, for each of a plurality of time points. First generation section generates velocity information corresponding to a degree of compression/expansion, to a predetermined length, of the unit wave. Second generation section generates shape information indicative of a shape of a frequency spectrum of the unit wave having been adjusted. Variation component impartment section generates a variation component by use of the velocity information and shape information generated for the individual time points.
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13 Claims
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1. An audio processing apparatus comprising:
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a phase setting section which sets virtual phases in a time series of character values representing a character element of an audio signal; a unit wave extraction section which extracts, from the time series of character values, a plurality of unit waves demarcated in accordance with the virtual phases set by said phase setting section; and an information generation section which generates, for each of the unit waves extracted by said unit wave extraction section, unit information indicative of a character of the unit wave. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for processing an audio signal, said method comprising:
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a step of setting virtual phases in a time series of character values representing a character element of an audio signal; a step of extracting, from the time series of character values, a plurality of unit waves demarcated in accordance with the virtual phases set by said step of setting; and a step of generating, for each of the unit waves extracted by said step of extracting, unit information indicative of a character of the unit wave.
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10. A computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a processor to perform a method for processing an audio signal, said method comprising the steps of:
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setting virtual phases in a time series of character values representing a character element of an audio signal; extracting, from the time series of character values, a plurality of unit waves demarcated in accordance with the virtual phases set by said step of setting; and generating, for each of the unit waves extracted by said step of extracting, unit information indicative of a character of the unit wave.
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11. An audio processing apparatus comprising:
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a storage section which stores a set of a plurality of unit information indicative of respective characters of a plurality of unit waves extracted from a time series of character values, representing a character element of an audio signal, in accordance with virtual phases set in the time series, the unit information each including velocity information to be used for control to compress or expand a time length of a corresponding one of the unit waves, and shape information indicative of a shape of a frequency spectrum of the corresponding unit wave; a variation component generation section which generates a variation component, corresponding to the time series of character values, from the set of the unit information stored in said storage section; and a signal generation section which impart the variation component, generated by said variation component generation section, to a character element of an input audio signal.
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12. A computer-implemented method for processing an audio signal, said method comprising:
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a step of accessing a storage section which stores a set of a plurality of unit information indicative of respective characters of a plurality of unit waves extracted from a time series of character values, representing a character element of an audio signal, in accordance with virtual phases set in the time series, the unit information each including velocity information to be used for control to compress or expand a time length of a corresponding one of the unit waves, and shape information indicative of a shape of a frequency spectrum of the corresponding unit wave; a step of generating a variation component, corresponding to the time series of character values, from the set of the unit information stored in said storage section; and a step of imparting the generated variation component to a character element of an input audio signal.
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13. A computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a processor to perform a method for processing an audio signal, said method comprising the steps of:
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accessing a storage section which stores a set of a plurality of unit information indicative of respective characters of a plurality of unit waves extracted from a time series of character values, representing a character element of an audio signal, in accordance with virtual phases set in the time series, the unit information each including velocity information to be used for control to compress or expand a time length of a corresponding one of the unit waves, and shape information indicative of a shape of a frequency spectrum of the corresponding unit wave; generating a variation component, corresponding to the time series of character values, from the set of the unit information stored in said storage section; and imparting the generated variation component to a character element of an input audio signal.
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