Patent ID: 6865535

Claim:
A synchronization control apparatus for synchronizing the output of a voice signal and the operation of a movable portion, comprising: phoneme-information generating means for generating phoneme information formed of plurality of phonemes by using language information; calculation means for calculating a phoneme continuation duration according to the phoneme information generated by the phoneme-information generating means; computing means for computing the operation period of the movable portion, according to the phoneme information generated by the phoneme-information generating means; adjusting means for adjusting the phoneme continuation duration calculated by the calculation means and the operation period computed by the computing means; synthesized-voice-information generating means for generating synthesized-voice information according to the phoneme continuation duration adjusted by the adjusting means; synthesizing means for synthesizing the voice signal according to the synthesized-voice information generated by the synthesized-voice-information generating means; and operation control means for controlling the operation of the movable portion according to the operation period adjusted by the adjusting means; wherein the adjusting means compares a phoneme continuation duration and an operation period corresponding to each of the phonemes and performs adjustment by substituting whichever is the longer for the shorter.