Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Seth Meltzner

Geoffrey Seth Meltzner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aging a text-to-speech voice
    Patent number: 9558734
    Abstract: A voice recipient may request a text-to-speech (TTS) voice that corresponds to an age or age range. An existing TTS voice or existing voice data may be used to create a TTS voice corresponding to the requested age by encoding the voice data to voice parameter values, transforming the voice parameter values using a voice-aging model, synthesizing voice data using the transformed parameter values, and then creating a TTS voice using the transformed voice data. The voice-aging model may model how one or more voice parameters of a voice change with age and may be created from voice data stored in a voice bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: VOCALID, INC.
    Inventors: Rupal Patel, Geoffrey Seth Meltzner
  • AGING A TEXT-TO-SPEECH VOICE
    Publication number: 20160379622
    Abstract: A voice recipient may request a text-to-speech (TTS) voice that corresponds to an age or age range. An existing TTS voice or existing voice data may be used to create a TTS voice corresponding to the requested age by encoding the voice data to voice parameter values, transforming the voice parameter values using a voice-aging model, synthesizing voice data using the transformed parameter values, and then creating a TTS voice using the transformed voice data. The voice-aging model may model how one or more voice parameters of a voice change with age and may be created from voice data stored in a voice bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Rupal Patel, Geoffrey Seth Meltzner