Patents by Inventor Shouchun HE

Shouchun HE 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).

  • Personalized text-to-speech synthesis and personalized speech feature extraction
    Patent number: 8655659
    Abstract: A personalized text-to-speech synthesizing device includes: a personalized speech feature library creator, configured to recognize personalized speech features of a specific speaker by comparing a random speech fragment of the specific speaker with preset keywords, thereby to create a personalized speech feature library associated with the specific speaker, and store the personalized speech feature library in association with the specific speaker; and a text-to-speech synthesizer, configured to perform a speech synthesis of a text message from the specific speaker, based on the personalized speech feature library associated with the specific speaker and created by the personalized speech feature library creator, thereby to generate and output a speech fragment having pronunciation characteristics of the specific speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Qingfang Wang, Shouchun He
  • PERSONALIZED TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS AND PERSONALIZED SPEECH FEATURE EXTRACTION
    Publication number: 20110165912
    Abstract: A personalized text-to-speech synthesizing device includes: a personalized speech feature library creator, configured to recognize personalized speech features of a specific speaker by comparing a random speech fragment of the specific speaker with preset keywords, thereby to create a personalized speech feature library associated with the specific speaker, and store the personalized speech feature library in association with the specific speaker; and a text-to-speech synthesizer, configured to perform a speech synthesis of a text message from the specific speaker, based on the personalized speech feature library associated with the specific speaker and created by the personalized speech feature library creator, thereby to generate and output a speech fragment having pronunciation characteristics of the specific speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventors: Qingfang WANG, Shouchun HE