Patent · US Expired

Sound synthesizer

US4577343A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 1983
Grant dateMar 18, 1986
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L13/02
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Speech is synthesized by repeated readout of prestored basic speech waveforms. For varying the speech tone frequency, readout is done at a fixed rate but skipping samples sequentially stored.

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