IP Library Patent Application 19132485
Patent Application
App. No. 19/132,485

LEARNING APPARATUS, FEATURE VALUE CONVERSION APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD AND PROGRAM

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19/132,485
Abstract

A learning device includes a teacher model unit that includes a first encoder and a first decoder including a first recurrent neural network, a student model unit that includes a second encoder and a second decoder including a second recurrent neural network, and a learning control unit that performs learning of the teacher model unit by using a sequence-to-sequence machine learning method and performs learning of the student model unit by using a knowledge distillation method from the teacher model unit. A feature conversion device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a student model unit, and a converter that converts an input feature sequence into a target feature sequence

Claims (29)

1 . A learning device comprising:

a teacher model that includes a first encoder and a first decoder including a first recurrent neural network;

a student model that includes a second encoder and a second decoder including a second recurrent neural network; and

a learning controller that performs learning of the teacher model by using a sequence-to-sequence machine learning method and performs learning of the student model by using a knowledge distillation method from the teacher model.

2 . The learning device according to claim 1 , wherein

the teacher model generates an attention matrix,

the second encoder generates an encoded input feature sequence based on a first speaker vector and an input feature sequence of the speaker of the first speaker vector,

a model parameter of the second decoder is initialized and fixed by a model parameter of the first decoder, and

the second decoder generates a second target feature sequence of a speaker of a second speaker vector based on the second speaker vector, a first target feature sequence of the speaker of the second speaker vector, the attention matrix, and the encoded input feature sequence.

3 . The learning device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second encoder generates an encoded target feature sequence based on a speaker vector and the target feature sequence of a speaker of the speaker vector,

a model parameter of the second decoder is initialized and fixed by a model parameter of the first decoder, and

the second decoder generates a second target feature sequence of the speaker of the speaker vector based on the speaker vector, a first target feature sequence of the speaker of the speaker vector, and the encoded target feature sequence.

4 . The learning device according to claim 1 , wherein

the teacher model generates an attention matrix,

the second encoder generates an encoded input feature sequence based on a first speaker vector and the input feature sequence of a speaker of the first speaker vector, and

the second decoder generates a second target feature sequence of a speaker of a second speaker vector based on the second speaker vector, a first target feature sequence of the speaker of the second speaker vector, the attention matrix, and the encoded input feature sequence.

5 . The learning device according to claim 1 , wherein

the teacher model generates a first attention matrix,

the second encoder generates an encoded input feature sequence based on a first speaker vector and the input feature sequence of a speaker of the first speaker vector,

the second decoder generates a second target feature sequence of a speaker of a second speaker vector and a second attention matrix based on the second speaker vector, a first target feature sequence of the speaker of the second speaker vector, and the encoded input feature sequence, and

the learning controller obtains a loss based on the first attention matrix and the second attention matrix.

6 . A feature conversion device comprising:

an acquirer that acquires a student model from a learning device including a teacher model that includes a first encoder and a first decoder including a first recurrent neural network, the student model that includes a second encoder and a second decoder including a second recurrent neural network, and a learning controller that performs learning of the teacher model by using a sequence-to-sequence machine learning method and performs learning of the student model by using a knowledge distillation method from the teacher model; and

a converter that converts an input feature sequence into a target feature sequence using the student model.

7 . A learning method performed by a learning device, the learning method comprising:

performing learning of a teacher model that includes a first encoder and a first decoder including a first recurrent neural network by using a sequence-to-sequence machine learning method; and

performing learning of a student model that includes a second encoder and a second decoder including a second recurrent neural network by using a knowledge distillation method from the teacher model.

8 . (canceled)

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2025
From: TANAKA, KO; KAMEOKA, HIROKAZU; KANEKO, TAKUHIRO; SEKI, SHOGO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
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