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US 6,424,944 B1Granted
Singing apparatus capable of synthesizing vocal sounds for given text data and a related recording medium
AssigneeVictor Company of Japan, Ltd.
InventorKazuo Hikawa
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Abstract
A text analyzing section converts given text data into syllable data. A melody producing section receives the converted syllable data together with the text data and a standard MIDI file. The syllable data are assigned to a melody of the standard MIDI file and sent to a sequencer section. A software synthesizer converts the syllable data into vocal sounds with the interval variable in accordance the melody.
Claims16
A singing apparatus comprises:
- a syllable conversion means for converting text data into syllable information;
- a vocal interval information generating means for generating vocal interval information;
- an assigning means for changing said vocal information supplied from said vocal interval information generating means according to said syllable information converted by said syllable conversion means, thereby automatically assigning said syllable information to said vocal interval information;
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- an output means for generating a vocal sound of the assigned syllable information so as to have an interval variable in accordance with the corresponding vocal interval information.
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A recording medium storing a program performing steps of:
- converting given text data into syllable information;
- assigning said syllable information to desirable vocal interval information by changing said vocal interval information according to said syllable information;
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- generating vocal sound of assigned syllable information so as to have an interval variable in accordance with a melody of said vocal interval information.
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A method for synthesizing vocal sounds in accordance with given text data, comprising the steps of:
- converting text data into syllable information;
- generating vocal interval information;
- changing said vocal interval information according to said syllable information for automatically assigning said syllable information to said vocal interval information;
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- generating the vocal sound of the assigned syllable information so as to have an interval variable in accordance with the corresponding vocal interval information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.