Invention Grant
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
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Application No.: US12828409Application Date: 2010-07-01
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Publication No.: US08423367B2Publication Date: 2013-04-16
- Inventor: Keijiro Saino , Jordi Bonada
- Applicant: Keijiro Saino , Jordi 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

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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