Patent ID: 6275806
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A method for ascertaining an emotion in a voice by utilizing statistics comprising the steps of:(a) providing a database having statistics including statistics of human associations of voice parameters with emotions;(b) receiving a voice signal;(c) extracting at least one feature of the voice signal;(d) comparing the extracted voice feature to the voice parameters in the database;(e) selecting an emotion from the database based on the comparison of the extracted voice feature to the voice parameters;(f) receiving an input from the user, wherein the input includes a user-determined emotion;(g) comparing the user-determined emotion with the emotion selected from the database;(h) outputting the selected emotion;(i) determining whether the user-determined emotion matches the emotion selected from the database; and(j) awarding a prize to the user if the user-determined emotion matches the selected emotion from the database.