Method and apparatus for determining emotion information from user voice
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsLukasz Jakub BRONAKOWSKI, Arleta STASZUK, Jakub TKACZUK
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Abstract
A method of determining emotion information from a voice is provided. The method includes receiving a voice frame obtained by converting a sound generated by a user into an electrical signal, detecting phonation information and articulation information, the phonation information being related to phonation of the user and the articulation information being related to articulation of the user, from the voice frame, and determining user emotion information corresponding to the phonation information and the articulation information.
Claims20
A method of determining emotion information from a voice, the method comprising:
- receiving a voice frame obtained by converting a sound generated by a user into an electrical signal;
- detecting phonation information and articulation information, the phonation information being related to phonation of the user and the articulation information being related to articulation of the user, from the voice frame;
- and
- determining user emotion information corresponding to the phonation information and the articulation information.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a microphone configured to convert an input voice signal into an electrical signal;
- a speaker configured to output the electrical signal;
- a screen configured to display information;
- and
- at least one controller configured to process a program for determining user emotion information,
- wherein the program for determining the user emotion information includes commands for:
- converting the electrical signal into a voice frame,
- detecting phonation information and articulation information, the phonation information being related to phonation of the user and the articulation information being related to articulation of the user, from the voice frame, and
- determining the user emotion information corresponding to the phonation information and the articulation information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.