Patents by Inventor Shen Liqin

Shen Liqin 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).

  • Speech-to-speech generation system and method
    Patent number: 7962345
    Abstract: An expressive speech-to-speech generation system which can generate expressive speech output by using expressive parameters extracted from the original speech signal to drive the standard TTS system. The system comprises: speech recognition means, machine translation means, text-to-speech generation means, expressive parameter detection means for extracting expressive parameters from the speech of language A, and expressive parameter mapping means for mapping the expressive parameters extracted by the expressive parameter detection means from language A to language B, and driving the text-to-speech generation means by the mapping results to synthesize expressive speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shen Liqin, Shi Qin, Donald Tang, Zhang Wei
  • SPEECH-TO-SPEECH GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20080312920
    Abstract: An expressive speech-to-speech generation system which can generate expressive speech output by using expressive parameters extracted from the original speech signal to drive the standard TTS system. The system comprises: speech recognition means, machine translation means, text-to-speech generation means, expressive parameter detection means for extracting expressive parameters from the speech of language A, and expressive parameter mapping means for mapping the expressive parameters extracted by the expressive parameter detection means from language A to language B, and driving the text-to-speech generation means by the mapping results to synthesize expressive speech.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shen Liqin, Shi Qin, Donald T. Tang, Zhang Wei
  • Speech-to-speech generation system and method
    Patent number: 7461001
    Abstract: An expressive speech-to-speech generation system and method which can generate expressive speech output by using expressive parameters extracted from the original speech signal to drive the standard TTS system. The system comprises: speech recognition means, machine translation means, text-to-speech generation means, expressive parameter detection means for extracting expressive parameters from the speech of language A, and expressive parameter mapping means for mapping the expressive parameters extracted by the expressive parameter detection means from language A to language B, and driving the text-to-speech generation means by the mapping results to synthesize expressive speech. The system and method can improve the quality of the speech output of the translating system or TTS system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shen Liqin, Shi Qin, Donald T. Tang, Zhang Wei
  • Speech-to-speech generation system and method
    Publication number: 20040172257
    Abstract: An expressive speech-to-speech generation system and method which can generate expressive speech output by using expressive parameters extracted from the original speech signal to drive the standard TTS system. The system comprises: speech recognition means, machine translation means, text-to-speech generation means, expressive parameter detection means for extracting expressive parameters from the speech of language A, and expressive parameter mapping means for mapping the expressive parameters extracted by the expressive parameter detection means from language A to language B, and driving the text-to-speech generation means by the mapping results to synthesize expressive speech. The system and method can improve the quality of the speech output of the translating system or TTS system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shen Liqin, Shi Qin, Donald T. Tang, Zhang Wei