Patents Assigned to Pompeu Fabra University
  • Patent number: 7606709
    Abstract: An apparatus is constructed for converting an input voice signal into an output voice signal according to a target voice signal. In the apparatus, an input device provides the input voice signal composed of original sinusoidal components and original residual components other than the original sinusoidal components. An extracting device extracts original attribute data from at least the sinusoidal components of the input voice signal. The original attribute data is characteristic of the input voice signal. A synthesizing device synthesizes new attribute data based on both of the original attribute data derived from the input voice signal and target attribute data being characteristic of the target voice signal composed of target sinusoidal components and target residual components other than the sinusoidal components. The target attribute data is derived from at least the target sinusoidal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignees: Yamaha Corporation, Pompeu Fabra University
    Inventors: Yasuo Yoshioka, Hiraku Kayama, Xavier Serra, Jordi Bonada
  • Patent number: 7464034
    Abstract: A voice converting apparatus is constructed for converting an input voice into an output voice according to a target voice. The apparatus includes a storage section, an analyzing section including a characteristic analyzer, a producing section, a synthesizing section, a memory, an alignment processor, and target decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignees: Yamaha Corporation, Pompeu Fabra University
    Inventors: Takahiro Kawashima, Yasuo Yoshioka, Pedro Cano, Alex Loscos, Xavier Serra, Mark Schiementz, Jordi Bonada
  • Patent number: 7149682
    Abstract: An apparatus is constructed for converting an input voice signal into an output voice signal according to a target voice signal. In the apparatus, an input device provides the input voice signal composed of original sinusoidal components and original residual components other than the original sinusoidal components. An extracting device extracts original attribute data from at least the sinusoidal components of the input voice signal. The original attribute data is characteristic of the input voice signal. A synthesizing device synthesizes new attribute data based on both of the original attribute data derived from the input voice signal and target attribute data being characteristic of the target voice signal composed of target sinusoidal components and target residual components other than the sinusoidal components. The target attribute data is derived from at least the target sinusoidal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignees: Yamaha Corporation, Pompeu Fabra University
    Inventors: Yasuo Yoshioka, Hiraku Kayama, Xavier Serra, Jordi Bonada
  • Patent number: 7117154
    Abstract: A voice converter synthesizes an output voice signal from an input voice signal and a reference voice signal. In the voice converter, an analyzer device analyzes a plurality of sinusoidal wave components contained in the input voice signal to derive a parameter set of an original frequency and an original amplitude representing each sinusoidal wave component. A source device provides reference information characteristic of the reference voice signal. A modulator device modulates the parameter set of each sinusoidal wave component according to the reference information. A regenerator device operates according to each of the parameter sets as modulated to regenerate each of the sinusoidal wave components so that at least one of the frequency and the amplitude of each sinusoidal wave component as regenerated varies from original one, and mixes the regenerated sinusoidal wave components altogether to synthesize the output voice signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignees: Yamaha Corporation, Pompeu Fabra University
    Inventors: Yasuo Yoshioka, Xavier Serra
  • Patent number: 6836761
    Abstract: A voice converting apparatus is constructed for converting an input voice into an output voice according to a target voice. In the apparatus, a storage section provisionally stores source data, which is associated to and extracted from the target voice. An analyzing section analyzes the input voice to extract therefrom a series of input data frames representing the input voice. A producing section produces a series of target data frames representing the target voice based on the source data, while aligning the target data frames with the input data frames to secure synchronization between the target data frames and the input data frames. A synthesizing section synthesizes the output voice according to the target data frames and the input data frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignees: Yamaha Corporation, Pompeu Fabra University
    Inventors: Takahiro Kawashima, Yasuo Yoshioka, Pedro Cano, Alex Loscos, Xavier Serra, Mark Schiementz, Jordi Bonada