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US08423367B2 Apparatus and method for creating singing synthesizing database, and pitch curve generation apparatus and method 有权
用于创建唱歌合成数据库的装置和方法,以及音调曲线生成装置和方法

  • Patent Title: Apparatus and method for creating singing synthesizing database, and pitch curve generation apparatus and method
  • Patent Title (中): 用于创建唱歌合成数据库的装置和方法,以及音调曲线生成装置和方法
  • Application No.: US12828409
    Application Date: 2010-07-01
  • Publication No.: US08423367B2
    Publication Date: 2013-04-16
  • Inventor: Keijiro SainoJordi Bonada
  • Applicant: Keijiro SainoJordi Bonada
  • Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi
  • Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
  • Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi
  • Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • Priority: JP2009-157531 20090702; JP2010-131837 20100609
  • Main IPC: G10L13/08
  • IPC: G10L13/08 G10H1/06
Apparatus and method for creating singing synthesizing database, and pitch curve generation apparatus and method
Abstract:
Variation over time in fundamental frequency in singing voices is separated into a melody-dependent component and a phoneme-dependent component, modeled for each of the components and stored into a singing synthesizing database. In execution of singing synthesis, a pitch curve indicative of variation over time in fundamental frequency of the melody is synthesized in accordance with an arrangement of notes represented by a singing synthesizing score and the melody-dependent component, and the pitch curve is corrected, for each of pitch curve sections corresponding to phonemes constituting lyrics, using a phoneme-dependent component model corresponding to the phoneme. Such arrangements can accurately model a singing expression, unique to a singing person and appearing in a melody singing style of the person, while taking into account phoneme-dependent pitch variation, and thereby permits synthesis of singing voices that sound more natural.
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