Patent ID: 11869529
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A model learning device comprising:
a training data store configured to store training data including a pair of a first feature value vector including first data associated with a speech rhythm of at least a phoneme extracted from a first speech signal resulting from a speech uttered by a speaker in a first group and second data associated with a speech rhythm extracted from a second speech signal resulting from a speech uttered by a speaker in a second group; and
a learner configured to learn, using the training data, a neural network that receives, as an input thereto, the first feature value vector extracted from the first speech signal, converts the speech rhythm of the first speech signal to the speech rhythm of the speaker in the second group, and outputs the speech rhythm of the speaker in the second group.