Patents by Inventor Marek A. Przezdzieci

Marek A. Przezdzieci 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).

  • Linguistic prosodic model-based text to speech
    Patent number: 6961704
    Abstract: An arrangement is provided for text to speech processing based on linguistic prosodic models. Linguistic prosodic models are established to characterize different linguistic prosodic characteristics. When an input text is received, a target unit sequence is generated with a linguistic target that annotates target units in the target unit sequence with a plurality of linguistic prosodic characteristics so that speech synthesized in accordance with the target unit sequence and the linguistic target has certain desired prosodic properties. A unit sequence is selected in accordance with the target unit sequence and the linguistic target based on joint cost information evaluated using established linguistic prosodic models. The selected unit sequence is used to produce synthesized speech corresponding to the input text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Speechworks International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Phillips, Daniel S. Faulkner, Marek A. Przezdzieci