Patents by Inventor Kyoungnan Pyo

Kyoungnan Pyo 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).

  • Method and apparatus for generating dialog prosody structure, and speech synthesis method and system employing the same
    Patent number: 8234118
    Abstract: A dialog prosody structure generating method and apparatus, and a speech synthesis method and system employing the dialog prosody structure generation method and apparatus, are provided. The speech synthesis method using the dialog prosody structure generation method includes: determining a system speaking style based on a user utterance; if the system speaking style is dialog speech, generating dialog prosody information by reflecting discourse information between a user and a system; and synthesizing a system utterance based on the generated dialog prosody information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoungnan Pyo, Jaewon Lee
  • Method and apparatus for generating dialog prosody structure, and speech synthesis method and system employing the same
    Publication number: 20050261905
    Abstract: A dialog prosody structure generating method and apparatus, and a speech synthesis method and system employing the dialog prosody structure generation method and apparatus, are provided. The speech synthesis method using the dialog prosody structure generation method includes: determining a system speaking style based on a user utterance; if the system speaking style is dialog speech, generating dialog prosody information by reflecting discourse information between a user and a system; and synthesizing a system utterance based on the generated dialog prosody information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoungnan Pyo, Jaewon Lee