Abstract: Enables identification and detection of processing and type of digital content, while using multiple electronic watermarks. One embodiment provides a data processing detection system having an embedding apparatus for adding a predetermined additional signal to digital content, including a watermark design unit and embedding signal generators for generating multiple types of additional signals, correlated with each other and of differing robustness from each other for the processing of the content data, and a synthesis unit for adding the multiple types of additional signals to the content data; and detection apparatus for detecting additional signals in the digital content, and for detecting the additional signals embedded by the embedding apparatus, including an individual detector for detecting in the content data multiple additional signals, and a determination unit for examining deterioration levels of the additional signals to determine the type of processing performed for the content data.

Abstract: An apparatus 10 for generating watermark signals to be embedded as a digital watermark in real-time contents includes: input means 12 for inputting the real-time contents; an input buffer 14 for storing the real-time contents; generation means for generating watermark signals corresponding to predicted intensities of the real-time contents from divided real-time contents; and an output buffer 18 for storing the generated watermark signals to be outputted. The generation means is configured by including prediction means 16 for predicting intensities of the watermark signals; control means 20 for controlling embedding by use of a message to be embedded as the digital watermark in the divided real-time contents; and means 22 for generating the watermark signals to be outputted.

Abstract: A contents border detection apparatus and monitoring method. The apparatus comprises a digital watermark detector for detecting a digital watermark embedded in contents for which a time element is provided; and a border detector for detecting border locations for the contents corresponding to the state of the digital watermark detected by the digital watermark detector. The border detector includes a first border specification device for specifying the border locations for the contents based on information, written in the digital watermark, that is detected by the digital watermark detector and includes a second border specification device for specifying the border locations for the contents based on bit patterns embedded as the digital watermark. The border locations for the contents are detected by using the process result obtained both by the first and the second border specification devices.

Abstract: An apparatus 10 for generating wartermark signals to be embedded as a digital watermark in real-time contents includes: input means 12 for inputting the real-time contents; an input buffer 14 for storing the real-time contents; generation means for generating wartermark signals corresponding to predicted intensities of the real-time contents from divided real-time contents; and an output buffer 18 for storing the generated wartermark signals to be outputted. The generation means is configured by including prediction means 16 for predicting intensities of the wartermark signals; control means 20 for controlling embedding by use of a message to be embedded as the digital watermark in the divided real-time contents; and means 22 for generating the wartermark signals to be outputted.

Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide waveform concatenation speech synthesis with high sound quality utilizing its advantages in the case where there is a large quantity of speech segments while providing waveform concatenation speech synthesis with accurate accents in other cases. Prosody with both high accuracy and high sound quality is achieved by performing a two-path search including a speech segment search and a prosody modification value search. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, an accurate accent is secured by evaluating the consistency of the prosody by using a statistical model of prosody variations (the slope of fundamental frequency) for both of two paths of the speech segment selection and the modification value search. In the prosody modification value search, a prosody modification value sequence that minimizes a modified prosody cost is searched for.

Abstract: Digital watermark detection apparatus including detection units which calculate detected values of watermark signals by use of keys for PCM data of channels of audio content, a plurality of units which add the detected values corresponding to each of the channels and each of the keys for each possible combination of the respective channels and the respective keys, and a unit which selects and outputs one adding result from the respective adding results by the plurality of detected value adding units. Moreover, it includes units which accumulate the detected values in accumulation cycles different from one another to restore messages embedded as digital watermarks from the accumulated detected values, and perform boundary detection of the audio contents to detect the audio contents in which the digital watermarks are embedded, and a detection result output unit which synthesizes and outputs respective processing results by the message restoration units.

Abstract: A method for generating watermark signals to be embedded as a digital watermark in real-time contents wherein the method includes: inputting the real-time contents; storing the real-time contents; generating watermark signals corresponding to predicted intensities of the real-time contents from divided real-time contents; and storing the generated watermark signals to be outputted.

Abstract: An apparatus 10 for generating wartermark signals to be embedded as a digital watermark in real-time contents includes: input means 12 for inputting the real-time contents; an input buffer 14 for storing the real-time contents; generation means for generating wartermark signals corresponding to predicted intensities of the real-time contents from divided real-time contents; and an output buffer 18 for storing the generated wartermark signals to be outputted. The generation means is configured by including prediction means 16 for predicting intensities of the wartermark signals; control means 20 for controlling embedding by use of a message to be embedded as the digital watermark in the divided real-time contents; and means 22 for generating the wartermark signals to be outputted.

Abstract: A synthetic speech system includes a phoneme segment storage section for storing multiple phoneme segment data pieces; a synthesis section for generating voice data from text by reading phoneme segment data pieces representing the pronunciation of an inputted text from the phoneme segment storage section and connecting the phoneme segment data pieces to each other; a computing section for computing a score indicating the unnaturalness of the voice data representing the synthetic speech of the text; a paraphrase storage section for storing multiple paraphrases of the multiple first phrases; a replacement section for searching the text and replacing with appropriate paraphrases; and a judgment section for outputting generated voice data on condition that the computed score is smaller than a reference value and for inputting the text after the replacement to the synthesis section to cause the synthesis section to further generate voice data for the text.

Abstract: Training wording data indicating the wording of each of the words in training text, training speech data indicating characteristics of speech of each of the words, and training boundary data indicating whether each word in training speech is a boundary of a prosodic phrase are stored. After inputting candidates for boundary data, a first likelihood that each of the a boundary of a prosodic phrase of the words in the inputted text would agree with one of the inputted boundary data candidates is calculated and a second likelihood is calculated. Thereafter, one boundary data candidate maximizing a product of the first and second likelihoods is searched out from among the inputted boundary data candidates, and then a result of the searching is outputted.

Abstract: It is one object of the present invention to employ multiple methods for identifying contents borders based on a digital watermark detected in contents, so as to provide both high reliability and precision for the identification of contents border locations.

Abstract: A system for generating high-quality synthesized text-to-speech includes a learning data generating unit, a frequency data generating unit, and a setting unit. The learning data generating unit recognizes inputted speech, and then generates first learning data in which wordings of phrases are associated with readings thereof. The frequency data generating unit generates, based on the first learning data, frequency data indicating appearance frequencies of both wordings and readings of phrases. The setting unit sets the thus generated frequency data for a language processing unit in order to approximate outputted speech of text-to-speech to the inputted speech. Furthermore, the language processing unit generates, from a wording of text, a reading corresponding to the wording, on the basis of the appearance frequencies.

Abstract: An apparatus 10 for generating wartermark signals to be embedded as a digital watermark in real-time contents includes: input means 12 for inputting the real-time contents; an input buffer 14 for storing the real-time contents; generation means for generating wartermark signals corresponding to predicted intensities of the real-time contents from divided real-time contents; and an output buffer 18 for storing the generated wartermark signals to be outputted. The generation means is configured by including prediction means 16 for predicting intensities of the wartermark signals; control means 20 for controlling embedding by use of a message to be embedded as the digital watermark in the divided real-time contents; and means 22 for generating the wartermark signals to be outputted.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system with which information embedded in compressed digital audio data can be directly operated. An embodiment of the system for embedding additional information in compressed audio data includes: means for extracting MDCT (Modified Discrete Cosine Transform) coefficients from the compressed audio data; means for employing the MDCT coefficients to calculate a frequency component for the compressed audio data; means for embedding additional information in the frequency component obtained in a frequency domain; means for transforming into MDCT coefficients the frequency component in which the additional information is embedded; and means for using the MDCT coefficients, in which the additional information is embedded, to generate compressed audio data.

Abstract: Digital watermark detection apparatus including detection units which calculate detected values of watermark signals by use of keys for PCM data of channels of audio content, a plurality of units which add the detected values corresponding to each of the channels and each of the keys for each possible combination of the respective channels and the respective keys, and a unit which selects and outputs one adding result from the respective adding results by the plurality of detected value adding units. Moreover, it includes units which accumulate the detected values in accumulation cycles different from one another to restore messages embedded as digital watermarks from the accumulated detected values, and perform boundary detection of the audio contents to detect the audio contents in which the digital watermarks are embedded, and a detection result output unit which synthesizes and outputs respective processing results by the message restoration units.

Abstract: The present invention provides a watermarking method, apparatus and system for embedding additive information in digital data, in which one frame is defined as including samples extracted from digital data and a current frame is defined as a frame that is overlapped by samples of a preceding frame. Included are: a transformation unit, for multiplying a frame extracted from digital data by a window function and performing a Fourier transform on the digital data; an embedding unit, for employing bit information and a frequency band to change the amplitude of the frequency component in the digital data; a transformation unit, for performing an inverse Fourier transform to return the frequency component whose amplitude has been changed by the frequency domain embedding unit; and a frame generator, for multiplying the time domain signal and superimposing overlapped frames to generate a frame wherein the additive information is embedded.

Abstract: Enables identification and detection of processing and type of digital content, while using multiple electronic watermarks. One embodiment provides a data processing detection system having an embedding apparatus for adding a predetermined additional signal to digital content, including a watermark design unit and embedding signal generators for generating multiple types of additional signals, correlated with each other and of differing robustness from each other for the processing of the content data, and a synthesis unit for adding the multiple types of additional signals to the content data; and detection apparatus for detecting additional signals in the digital content, and for detecting the additional signals embedded by the embedding apparatus, including an individual detector for detecting in the content data multiple additional signals, and a determination unit for examining deterioration levels of the additional signals to determine the type of processing performed for the content data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a watermarking method, apparatus and system for embedding additive information in digital data, in which one frame is defined as including samples extracted from digital data and a current frame is defined as a frame that is overlapped by samples of a preceding frame. Included are: a transformation unit, for multiplying a frame extracted from digital data by a window function and performing a Fourier transform on the digital data; an embedding unit, for employing bit information and a frequency band to change the amplitude of the frequency component in the digital data; a transformation unit, for performing an inverse Fourier transform to return the frequency component whose amplitude has been changed by the frequency domain embedding unit; and a frame generator, for multiplying the time domain signal and superimposing overlapped frames to generate a frame wherein the additive information is embedded.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system with which information embedded in compressed digital audio data can be directly operated. An embodiment of the system for embedding additional information in compressed audio data includes: means for extracting MDCT (Modified Discrete Cosine Transform) coefficients from the compressed audio data; means for employing the MDCT coefficients to calculate a frequency component for the compressed audio data; means for embedding additional information in the frequency component obtained in a frequency domain; means for transforming into MDCT coefficients the frequency component in which the additional information is embedded; and means for using the MDCT coefficients, in which the additional information is embedded, to generate compressed audio data.