- Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 10,002,604
- Filed: 14 November 2013
- In the name of: Yamaha Corporation
- Title: Voice Synthesizing Method And Voice Synthesizing Apparatus
- What’s claimed: ”A voice synthesizing method comprising: a first receiving step of receiving first utterance control information generated on detecting a start of a manipulation on an input device by a user, wherein the start of the manipulation is an initial interaction with the input device by the user; a first synthesizing step of synthesizing and outputting, in accordance with a timing of the reception of the first utterance control information, a first voice including a first phoneme in a phoneme sequence of a voice to be synthesized; a second receiving step of receiving second utterance control information generated on detecting a completion of the manipulation on the input device by the user, wherein the completion of the manipulation is a completion of the initial interaction with the input device by the user; and a second synthesizing step of synthesizing and outputting, in accordance with a timing of the reception of the second utterance control information, a second voice including a succeeding phoneme in the phoneme sequence, the succeeding phoneme being subsequent to the first phoneme in the phoneme sequence.”
- Why this patent rocks: This patent appears to relate to Yamaha Corporation’s ‘Vocaloid’ singing synthesizer software. Songs can be created on a computer by inputting lyrics and a melody, to synthesize singing. The software gained popularity with the Japanese vocaloid Hatsune Miku who is a virtually animated pop star in Japan. See here for more information.
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