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Method and apparatus for classifying lexical stress

US9928832B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2014
Grant dateMar 27, 2018
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L25/24
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for classifying lexical stress in an utterance includes generating a feature vector representing stress characteristics of a syllable occurring in the utterance, wherein the feature vector includes a plurality of features based on prosodic information and spectral information, computing a plurality of scores, wherein each of the plurality of scores is related to a probability of a given class of lexical stress, and classifying the lexical stress of the syllable based on the plurality of scores.

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