Title:
SINGING VOICE SYNTHESIZING METHOD, SINGING VOICE SYNTHESIZING DEVICE, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ROBOT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2004/084175
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A singing voice synthesizing method for synthesizing a singing voice utilizing performance data. Received performance data is analyzed as music information on the pitch and duration of the tone and the words (S2, S3). A track corresponding to the words is selected from the analyzed music information (S5), a musical note to which a singing voice is to be allocated is selected from the track (S6), the duration of the musical note is changed so that it is suitable for singing (S7), a vocal quality suitable for singing is selected based on the track name/sequence name and so on (S8), singing voice data is created (S9), and a singing voice is synthesized according to the singing voice data (S11).
Inventors:
KOBAYASHI KENICHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2004/003759
Publication Date:
September 30, 2004
Filing Date:
March 19, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP (JP)
KOBAYASHI KENICHIRO (JP)
KOBAYASHI KENICHIRO (JP)
International Classes:
A63H5/00; A63H11/00; A63H33/00; G10H1/00; G10H7/00; G10L13/00; (IPC1-7): G10H1/00; A63H5/00; G10H7/00; G10L13/08
Foreign References:
| JPH10319955A | 1998-12-04 | |||
| JP2002132281A | 2002-05-09 | |||
| JP2002311952A | 2002-10-25 | |||
| JPH08185174A | 1996-07-16 | |||
| JPH06337690A | 1994-12-06 | |||
| JP2001282269A | 2001-10-12 | |||
| JPH0962258A | 1997-03-07 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1605435A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Koike, Akira (Yamato Seimei Bldg. 1-7, Uchisaiwai-cho 1-chom, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 11, JP)
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