IP Library Patent Application 11600938
Patent Application
App. No. 11/600,938

Methods and apparatuses for dynamically adjusting an audio signal based on a parameter

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11/600,938
Abstract

In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an original audio signal;detect a sound model wherein the sound model includes a sound parameter; transform the original audio signal based on the parameter whereby forming a transformed audio signal; and compare the transformed audio signal with the original audio signal.

Claims (45)

1 . A method comprising:

detecting an original audio signal;

detecting a sound model wherein the sound model includes a sound parameter;

transforming the original audio signal based on the parameter whereby forming a transformed audio signal; and

comparing the transformed audio signal with the original audio signal.

2 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising storing the sound model within a profile.

3 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising playing back the transformed audio signal.

4 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the sound model represents characteristics of a voice.

5 . The method according to claim 4 wherein the voice belongs to a public figure.

6 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the sound parameter is one of a pitch, speed, formant, and inflection.

7 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the comparing further comprises detecting an error with the transformed audio signal.

8 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the audio signal has a duration of a period of time.

9 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the audio signal comprises a plurality of frames.

10 . A method comprising:

selecting a sound model;

displaying text associated with the sound model;

detecting an original audio signal in response to the text; and

transforming the original audio signal based on the sound model and forming a transformed audio signal.

11 . The method according to claim 10 further comprising comparing the transformed audio signal with a sound clip wherein the sound clip reflects the text.

12 . The method according to claim 11 further comprising scoring the transformed audio signal based on comparing the transformed audio signal with the sound clip.

13 . The method according to claim 11 wherein the sound clip originates from a voice of a public figure and wherein the sound model is based on the public figure.

14 . The method according to claim 10 wherein the sound model includes a sound parameter.

15 . The method according to claim 14 wherein the sound parameter is one of a pitch, speed, formant, and inflection.

16 . A method comprising:

detecting an audio signal from a source;

analyzing the audio signal for a short term parameter;

analyzing the audio signal for a long term parameter;

forming a sound model based on the short term parameter and the long term parameter; and

storing the sound model.

17 . The method according to claim 16 wherein the source represents a voice of a person.

18 . The method according to claim 16 wherein the source is pre-recorded media.

19 . The method according to claim 16 wherein the short term parameter includes one of pitch, formant, inflection, and speed.

20 . The method according to claim 16 wherein the long term parameter includes one of rhythm and spectral envelope.

21 . A system, comprising:

a sound processing module configured for processing incoming audio signals;

an audio profile module configured for storing a parameter associated with a sound model; and

a voice transformation module configures for transforming the incoming audio signals according to the sound model and forming transformed audio signals.

22 . The system according to claim 21 further comprising a storage module configured for storing the sound model.

23 . The system according to claim 21 further comprising a voice comparison module configured to compare the transformed audio signals with the incoming audio signals based on the sound model.

24 . The system according to claim 21 further comprising a voice comparison module configured to compare the transformed audio signals with a source audio signal corresponding with a source of the sound model.

25 . A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

detecting an original audio signal;

detecting a sound model wherein the sound model includes a sound parameter;

transforming the original audio signal based on the parameter whereby forming a transformed audio signal; and

comparing the transformed audio signal with the original audio signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 1, 2016
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 039239/0343 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2006
From: MAO, XIAO DONG
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 018588/0241 →