DE69819624D1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Synchronisierung von natürlichen und synthetischen Videoaufnahmen mit synthetischer Sprache - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Synchronisierung von natürlichen und synthetischen Videoaufnahmen mit synthetischer Sprache

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DE69819624D1
DE69819624D1 DE69819624T DE69819624T DE69819624D1 DE 69819624 D1 DE69819624 D1 DE 69819624D1 DE 69819624 T DE69819624 T DE 69819624T DE 69819624 T DE69819624 T DE 69819624T DE 69819624 D1 DE69819624 D1 DE 69819624D1
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synchronizing
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video recordings
speech
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Andrea Basso
Mark Charles Beutnagel
Joern Ostermann
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    • 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
    • G10L15/24—Speech recognition using non-acoustical features
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N19/00—Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals
    • H04N19/46—Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N19/00—Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals
    • H04N19/60—Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
    • H04N19/61—Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N19/00—Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals
    • H04N19/20—Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using video object coding
DE69819624T 1997-08-05 1998-08-04 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Synchronisierung von natürlichen und synthetischen Videoaufnahmen mit synthetischer Sprache Expired - Lifetime DE69819624T2 (de)

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US905931 1997-08-05

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