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Singing Voice Synthesizing Apparatus, Singing Voice Synthesizing Method, and Program for Realizing Singing Voice Synthesizing Method
| Title | Singing Voice Synthesizing Apparatus, Singing Voice Synthesizing Method, and Program for Realizing Singing Voice Synthesizing Method |
| Publication Type | Patent |
| Year of Publication | 2006 |
| Authors | Kenmochi, H. , Serra X. , & Bonada J. |
| Issuing Organization | US Patent Office |
| Application Number | 10/034359 |
| Assignee | Yamaha Corporation |
| Patent Number | US 7,016,841 B2 |
| Abstract | A Singing Voice Synthesizing apparatus is provided, which enables achievement of a natural Sounding Synthesized Singing voice with a good level of comprehensibility. A phoneme database Stores a plurality of Voice fragment data formed of Voice fragments each being a single phoneme or a phoneme chain of at least two concatenated phonemes, each of the plurality of Voice fragment data comprising data of a deterministic component and data of a Stochastic component. A readout device that reads out from the pho neme database the Voice fragment data corresponding to inputted lyrics. A duration time adjusting device adjusts time duration of the read-out Voice fragment data So as to match a desired tempo and manner of Singing. An adjusting device adjusts the deterministic component and the Stochastic com ponent of the read-out voice fragment So as to match a desired pitch. A Synthesizing device Synthesizes a Singing Sound by Sequentially concatenating the Voice fragment data that have been adjusted by the duration time adjusting device and the adjusting device. |
