Patents by Inventor Zoi Roupakia

Zoi Roupakia 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).

  • Methods and systems for voice conversion
    Patent number: 9613620
    Abstract: A device may receive data indicative of a plurality of speech sounds associated with first voice characteristics of a first voice. The device may receive an input indicative of speech associated with second voice characteristics of a second voice. The device may map at least one portion of the speech of the second voice to one or more speech sounds of the plurality of speech sounds of the first voice. The device may compare the first voice characteristics with the second voice characteristics based on the map. The comparison may include vocal tract characteristics, nasal cavity characteristics, and voicing characteristics. The device may determine a given representation configured to associate the first voice characteristics with the second voice characteristics. The device may provide an output indicative of pronunciations of the one or more speech sounds of the first voice according to the second voice characteristics based on the given representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ioannis Agiomyrgiannakis, Zoi Roupakia
  • Methods and Systems for Voice Conversion
    Publication number: 20160005403
    Abstract: A device may receive data indicative of a plurality of speech sounds associated with first voice characteristics of a first voice. The device may receive an input indicative of speech associated with second voice characteristics of a second voice. The device may map at least one portion of the speech of the second voice to one or more speech sounds of the plurality of speech sounds of the first voice. The device may compare the first voice characteristics with the second voice characteristics based on the map. The comparison may include vocal tract characteristics, nasal cavity characteristics, and voicing characteristics. The device may determine a given representation configured to associate the first voice characteristics with the second voice characteristics. The device may provide an output indicative of pronunciations of the one or more speech sounds of the first voice according to the second voice characteristics based on the given representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ioannis Agiomyrgiannakis, Zoi Roupakia