Sound control device, sound control method, and sound control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10504502-B2
Application number	US-201715709974-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2017
Priority date	Mar 25, 2015
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

A sound control device includes: a detection unit that detects a first operation on an operator and a second operation on the operator, the second operation being performed after the first operation; and a control unit that causes output of a second sound to be started, in response to the second operation being detected. The control unit causes output of a first sound to be started before causing the output of the second sound to be started, in response to the first operation being detected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sound control device comprising:
a storage unit that stores syllable information about a syllable that:
in a case where the syllable is composed of only a vowel sound, starts with the vowel sound; and
in a case where the syllable is composed of a consonant sound and the vowel sound, starts with the consonant sound and continues with the vowel sound after the consonant sound;

a detection unit that detects a first operation on an operator and a second operation on the operator, the second operation being performed after the first operation; and
a control unit that:
causes output of the consonant sound of the syllable to be started in response to the first operation being detected;
causes output of the vowel sound of the syllable to be started, after causing the output of the consonant sound of the syllable to be started, in response to the second operation being detected;
reads the syllable information from the storage unit and determines whether the syllable starts with the consonant sound or the vowel sound;
determines that the consonant sound is to be output in a case where the control unit determines that the syllable starts with the consonant sound; and
determines that the consonant sound is to be not output in a case where the control unit determines that the syllable starts with the vowel sound.

2. The sound control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the operator accepts push-in by a user,
the detection unit detects:
as the first operation, that the operator has been pushed in by a first distance from a reference position; and
as the second operation, that the operator has been pushed in by a second distance from the reference position, the second distance being longer than the first distance.

3. The sound control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the detection unit comprises first and second sensors provided in the operator,
the first sensor detects the first operation, and
the second sensor detects the second operation.

4. The sound control device according to claim 1 , wherein the operator comprises a keyboard that accepts the first and second operations.

5. The sound control device according to claim 1 , wherein the operator comprises a touch panel that accepts the first and second operations.

6. The sound control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the operator is associated with a pitch, and
the control unit causes the consonant and vowel sounds of the syllable to be output at the pitch.

7. The sound control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the operator comprises a plurality of operators associated with a plurality of mutually different pitches, respectively,
the detection unit detects the first and second operations on an arbitrary one operator among the plurality of operators, and
the control unit causes the consonant and vowel sounds of the syllable to be output at a pitch associated with the one operator.

8. The sound control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls a timing at which output of the consonant sound of the syllable is started according to a type of the consonant sound.

9. The sound control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit, in a case where the syllable is composed of the consonant sound and the vowel sound:
causes the consonant sound of the syllable to be output; and
causes the vowel sound of the syllable to be output.

10. The sound control device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the syllable is composed of the consonant sound and the vowel sound:
the vowel sound of the syllable follows the consonant sound of the syllable, and
the vowel sound of the syllable comprises a speech element corresponding to a change from the consonant sound to the vowel sound.

11. The sound control device according to claim 10 , wherein, in a case where the syllable is composed of the consonant sound and the vowel sound, the vowel sound of the syllable further comprises a speech element corresponding to continuation of the vowel sound.

12. The sound control device according to claim 1 , wherein the syllable is a single character or a single Japanese kana.

13. A sound control method comprising:
storing, in a storage unit, syllable information about a syllable that:
in a case where the syllable is composed only of a vowel sound, starts with the vowel sound; and
in a case where the syllable is composed of a consonant sound and the vowel sound, starts with the consonant sound and continues with the vowel sound after the consonant sound;

detecting a first operation on an operator and a second operation on the operator, the second operation being performed after the first operation;
causing output of the consonant sound of the syllable to be started in response to the first operation being detected;
causing output of the vowel sound of the syllable to be started, after causing the output of the consonant sound of the syllable to be started, in response to the second operation being detected;
reading the syllable information from the storage unit and determining whether the syllable starts with the consonant sound or the vowel sound;
determining that the consonant sound is to be output in a case where the syllable is determined to start with the consonant sound; and
determining that the consonant sound is to be not output in a case where the syllable is determined to start with the vowel sound.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program executable by a computer to execute a method comprising:
storing, in a storage unit, syllable information about a syllable that:
in a case where the syllable is composed only of a vowel sound, starts with the vowel sound; and
in a case where the syllable is composed of a consonant sound and the vowel sound, starts with the consonant sound and continues with the vowel sound after the consonant sound;

detecting a first operation on an operator and a second operation on the operator, the second operation being performed after the first operation;
causing output of the consonant sound of the syllable to be started in response to the first operation being detected;
causing output of the vowel sound of the syllable to be started, after causing the output of the consonant sound of the syllable to be started, in response to the second operation being detected;
reading the syllable information from the storage unit and determining whether the syllable starts with the consonant sound or the vowel sound;
determining that the consonant sound is to be output in a case where the syllable is determined to start with the consonant sound; and
determining that the consonant sound is to be not output in a case where the syllable is determined to start with the vowel sound.

15. A sound control device comprising:
a storage unit that stores a syllable information table in which a type of a consonant sound and a timing at which output of the consonant sound is started are associated,
wherein the consonant sound and a vowel sound constitute a single syllable;
a detection unit that detects a first operation on an operator and a second operation on the operator, the second operation being performed after the first operation;
a control unit that:
causes output of the consonant sound of the single syllable to be started in response to the first operation being detected;
causes output of the vowel sound of the single syllable to be started, after causing the output of the consonant sound of the single syllable to be started, in response to the second operation being detected;
reads the syllable inform

Assignees

• Yamaha Corp

Inventors

• Hamano Keizo
• Ota Yoshitomo
• Kashiwase Kazuki

Classifications

• G10L13/027

  Concept to speech synthesisers; Generation of natural phrases from machine-based concepts (generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text G10L13/08) · CPC title

• G10L13/08

  Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text, e.g. grapheme to phoneme translation, prosody generation or stress or intonation determination · CPC title

• G10L13/04

  Details of speech synthesis systems, e.g. synthesiser structure or memory management · CPC title

• G10H2220/285

  with three contacts, switches or sensor triggering levels along the key kinematic path · CPC title

• G10H7/008

  Means for controlling the transition from one tone waveform to another · CPC title