GB2328849B - Method and apparatus for animating virtual actors from linguistic representations of speech by using a neural network - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for animating virtual actors from linguistic representations of speech by using a neural network

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GB2328849B
GB2328849B GB9815620A GB9815620A GB2328849B GB 2328849 B GB2328849 B GB 2328849B GB 9815620 A GB9815620 A GB 9815620A GB 9815620 A GB9815620 A GB 9815620A GB 2328849 B GB2328849 B GB 2328849B
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speech
neural network
virtual actors
linguistic representations
animating virtual
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Noel Massey
Orhan Karaali
Otto Schnur
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Motorola Solutions Inc
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Motorola Inc
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Priority to GB0009687A priority Critical patent/GB2346525B/en
Priority to GB0009707A priority patent/GB2346527B/en
Priority to GB0009708A priority patent/GB2346788B/en
Priority to GB0009689A priority patent/GB2346526B/en
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T13/00—Animation
    • G06T13/20—3D [Three Dimensional] animation
    • G06T13/40—3D [Three Dimensional] animation of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T13/00—Animation
    • G06T13/20—3D [Three Dimensional] animation
    • G06T13/205—3D [Three Dimensional] animation driven by audio data
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00—Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00—Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G10L13/02—Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L13/00—Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
    • G10L13/02—Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
    • G10L13/033—Voice editing, e.g. manipulating the voice of the synthesiser
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L15/00—Speech recognition
    • G10L15/08—Speech classification or search
    • G10L15/16—Speech classification or search using artificial neural networks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L15/00—Speech recognition
    • G10L15/26—Speech to text systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00—Processing of the speech or voice signal to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
    • G10L21/06—Transformation of speech into a non-audible representation, e.g. speech visualisation or speech processing for tactile aids
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L25/00—Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00
    • G10L25/27—Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00 characterised by the analysis technique
    • G10L25/30—Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00 characterised by the analysis technique using neural networks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00—Processing of the speech or voice signal to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
    • G10L21/06—Transformation of speech into a non-audible representation, e.g. speech visualisation or speech processing for tactile aids
    • G10L21/10—Transforming into visible information
    • G10L2021/105—Synthesis of the lips movements from speech, e.g. for talking heads
GB9815620A 1997-07-25 1998-07-20 Method and apparatus for animating virtual actors from linguistic representations of speech by using a neural network Expired - Fee Related GB2328849B (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0009687A GB2346525B (en) 1997-07-25 1998-07-20 Neural network providing spatial parameters when stimulated by linguistic parameters of speech
GB0009707A GB2346527B (en) 1997-07-25 1998-07-20 Virtual actor with set of speaker profiles
GB0009708A GB2346788B (en) 1997-07-25 1998-07-20 Parameter database of spatial parameters and linguistic labels
GB0009689A GB2346526B (en) 1997-07-25 1998-07-20 Method and apparatus for providing virtual actors using neural network and text-to-linguistics

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US90081097A 1997-07-25 1997-07-25

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