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Takao KOBAYASHI

HMM-Based Voice Conversion Using Quantized F0 Context Takashi NOSE Yuhei OTA Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2010/09/01 Vol. E93-D No. 9 pp. 2483-2490 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Processing Natural Speech Variability for Improved Verbal Human-Computer Interaction) Category: Voice Conversion Keyword: voice conversion, HMM-based speech synthesis, F0 quantization, prosodic context, nonparallel data,
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FOREWORD Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2010/09/01 Vol. E93-D No. 9 pp. 2347-2347 Type of Manuscript: FOREWORD Category: Keyword:
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A Rapid Model Adaptation Technique for Emotional Speech Recognition with Style Estimation Based on Multiple-Regression HMM Yusuke IJIMA Takashi NOSE Makoto TACHIBANA Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2010/01/01 Vol. E93-D No. 1 pp. 107-115 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Speech and Hearing Keyword: emotional speech, speaking style, style estimation, multiple-regression HMM, style adaptation, speaker adaptation,
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A Technique for Estimating Intensity of Emotional Expressions and Speaking Styles in Speech Based on Multiple-Regression HSMM Takashi NOSE Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2010/01/01 Vol. E93-D No. 1 pp. 116-124 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Speech and Hearing Keyword: emotion recognition, emotional expression, speaking style, intensity of style, hidden semi-Markov model (HSMM), multiple-regression HSMM (MRHSMM),
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HMM-Based Style Control for Expressive Speech Synthesis with Arbitrary Speaker's Voice Using Model Adaptation Takashi NOSE Makoto TACHIBANA Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2009/03/01 Vol. E92-D No. 3 pp. 489-497 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Speech and Hearing Keyword: expressive speech, HMM-based speech synthesis, style control, multiple-regression HSMM (MRHSMM), model adaptation, average voice model,
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A Style Control Technique for HMM-Based Expressive Speech Synthesis Takashi NOSE Junichi YAMAGISHI Takashi MASUKO Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2007/09/01 Vol. E90-D No. 9 pp. 1406-1413 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Speech and Hearing Keyword: HMM-based speech synthesis, speaking style, emotional expression, style interpolation, hidden semi-Markov model (HSMM), multiple-regression HSMM (MRHSMM),
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Average-Voice-Based Speech Synthesis Using HSMM-Based Speaker Adaptation and Adaptive Training Junichi YAMAGISHI Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2007/02/01 Vol. E90-D No. 2 pp. 533-543 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Speech and Hearing Keyword: HMM-based speech synthesis, speaker adaptation, speaker adaptive training (SAT), hidden semi-Markov model (HSMM), maximum likelihood linear regression (MLLR), voice conversion,
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A Style Adaptation Technique for Speech Synthesis Using HSMM and Suprasegmental Features Makoto TACHIBANA Junichi YAMAGISHI Takashi MASUKO Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2006/03/01 Vol. E89-D No. 3 pp. 1092-1099 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Statistical Modeling for Speech Processing) Category: Speech Synthesis Keyword: HMM-based speech synthesis, speaking style, emotional expression, style adaptation, hidden semi-Markov model (HSMM), maximum likelihood linear regression (MLLR),
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Speech Synthesis with Various Emotional Expressions and Speaking Styles by Style Interpolation and Morphing Makoto TACHIBANA Junichi YAMAGISHI Takashi MASUKO Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2005/11/01 Vol. E88-D No. 11 pp. 2484-2491 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Life-like Agent and its Communication) Category: Keyword: HMM-based speech synthesis, speaking style, emotional expression, style interpolation, style morphing, hidden semi-Markov model (HSMM),
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Human Walking Motion Synthesis with Desired Pace and Stride Length Based on HSMM Naotake NIWASE Junichi YAMAGISHI Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2005/11/01 Vol. E88-D No. 11 pp. 2492-2499 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Life-like Agent and its Communication) Category: Keyword: motion synthesis, walking motion, hidden semi-Markov Model (HSMM), HMM, factor adaptive training, motion primitives, motion capture,
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Acoustic Modeling of Speaking Styles and Emotional Expressions in HMM-Based Speech Synthesis Junichi YAMAGISHI Koji ONISHI Takashi MASUKO Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2005/03/01 Vol. E88-D No. 3 pp. 502-509 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Corpus-Based Speech Technologies) Category: Speech Synthesis and Prosody Keyword: HMM-based speech synthesis, expressive speech synthesis, speaking style, emotional expression, acoustic modeling, decision tree,
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Robust F₀ Estimation of Speech Signal Using Harmonicity Measure Based on Instantaneous Frequency Dhany ARIFIANTO Tomohiro TANAKA Takashi MASUKO Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2004/12/01 Vol. E87-D No. 12 pp. 2812-2820 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Speech and Hearing Keyword: instantaneous frequency amplitude spectrum, harmonicity measure, fundamental frequency estimation,
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A Small-Chip-Area Transceiver IC for Bluetooth Featuring a Digital Channel-Selection Filter Masaru KOKUBO Masaaki SHIDA Takashi OSHIMA Yoshiyuki SHIBAHARA Tatsuji MATSUURA Kazuhiko KAWAI Takefumi ENDO Katsumi OSAKI Hiroki SONODA Katsumi YAMAMOTO Masaharu MATSUOKA Takao KOBAYASHI Takaaki HEMMI Junya KUDOH Hirokazu MIYAGAWA Hiroto UTSUNOMIYA Yoshiyuki EZUMI Kunio TAKAYASU Jun SUZUKI Shinya AIZAWA Mikihiko MOTOKI Yoshiyuki ABE Takao KUROSAWA Satoru OOKAWARA
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Publication Date: 2004/06/01 Vol. E87-C No. 6 pp. 878-887 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Analog Circuit and Device Technologies) Category: Keyword: Bluetooth transceiver, low-IF, VCO, channel-selection filter,
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A Training Method of Average Voice Model for HMM-Based Speech Synthesis Junichi YAMAGISHI Masatsune TAMURA Takashi MASUKO Keiichi TOKUDA Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Publication Date: 2003/08/01 Vol. E86-A No. 8 pp. 1956-1963 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Digital Signal Processing) Category: Keyword: decision tree, context clustering, speaker adaptation, speaker adaptive training, average voice model, HMM-based speech synthesis,
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Mixture Density Models Based on Mel-Cepstral Representation of Gaussian Process Toru TAKAHASHI Keiichi TOKUDA Takao KOBAYASHI Tadashi KITAMURA
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Publication Date: 2003/08/01 Vol. E86-A No. 8 pp. 1971-1978 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Digital Signal Processing) Category: Keyword: Gaussian mixture model, statistical framework, mel-cepstrum, EM algorithm,
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A Context Clustering Technique for Average Voice Models Junichi YAMAGISHI Masatsune TAMURA Takashi MASUKO Keiichi TOKUDA Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2003/03/01 Vol. E86-D No. 3 pp. 534-542 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Speech Information Processing) Category: Speech Synthesis and Prosody Keyword: decision tree, context clustering, average voice model, HMM-based speech synthesis, speaker independent model,
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Multi-Space Probability Distribution HMM Keiichi TOKUDA Takashi MASUKO Noboru MIYAZAKI Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2002/03/01 Vol. E85-D No. 3 pp. 455-464 Type of Manuscript: INVITED PAPER (Special Issue on the 2000 IEICE Excellent Paper Award) Category: Pattern Recognition Keyword: hidden Markov model, text-to-speech, F0, multi-space probability distribution,
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Vector Quantization of Speech Spectral Parameters Using Statistics of Static and Dynamic Features Kazuhito KOISHIDA Keiichi TOKUDA Takashi MASUKO Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2001/10/01 Vol. E84-D No. 10 pp. 1427-1434 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Speech and Hearing Keyword: vector quantization, dynamic features, spectral quantization, LSP parameters,
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Text-Independent Speaker Identification Using Gaussian Mixture Models Based on Multi-Space Probability Distribution Chiyomi MIYAJIMA Yosuke HATTORI Keiichi TOKUDA Takashi MASUKO Takao KOBAYASHI Tadashi KITAMURA
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2001/07/01 Vol. E84-D No. 7 pp. 847-855 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Biometric Person Authentication) Category: Keyword: speaker identification, pitch, multi-space probability distribution, Gaussian mixture model (GMM), minimum classification error,
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A 16 kb/s Wideband CELP-Based Speech Coder Using Mel-Generalized Cepstral Analysis Kazuhito KOISHIDA Gou HIRABAYASHI Keiichi TOKUDA Takao KOBAYASHI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 2000/04/20 Vol. E83-D No. 4 pp. 876-883 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Speech and Hearing Keyword: wideband speech coding, mel-generalized cepstral analysis, mel-generalized cepstrum, CELP coding,
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Harmonics Estimation Based on Instantaneous Frequency and Its Application to Pitch Determination of Speech Toshihiko ABE Takao KOBAYASHI Satoshi IMAI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Publication Date: 1995/09/20 Vol. E78-D No. 9 pp. 1188-1194 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Speech Processing and Acoustics Keyword: harmonic components, instantaneous frequency, tracking, fundamental frequency, pitch determination,
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Generalized Cepstral Modeling of Degraded Speech and Its Application to Speech Enhancement Toshio KANNO Takao KOBAYASHI Satoshi IMAI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Publication Date: 1993/08/20 Vol. E76-A No. 8 pp. 1300-1307 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section of Papers Selected from the 7th Digital Signal Processing Symposium) Category: Speech and Acoustic Signal Processing Keyword: speech, digital signal processing, speech enhancement,
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2-D LMA Filters--Design of Stable Two-Dimensional Digital Filters with Arbitrary Magnitude Function-- Takao KOBAYASHI Kazuyoshi FUKUSHI Keiichi TOKUDA Satoshi IMAI
Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Publication Date: 1992/02/20 Vol. E75-A No. 2 pp. 240-246 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Digital Image Processing Keyword: 2-D digital filter, LMA filter, 2-D spectral factorization,
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