Speech Emulator for Imitating Complex Speech Patterns

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional AI platforms and intelligent personal assistants lack the capability to effectively imitate complex and unique speech patterns, resulting in a lack of human or fictional personality, which limits user experience and accessibility.

Innovation Solution

A speech imitation system that includes a computing platform with a speech device and a speech emulator, capable of generating imitated speech with complex and unique patterns, using a speech pattern identifier and context behavior identifier to analyze and modify media content, and a machine learner to generate a trained speech model for mimicking specific speech patterns and behaviors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional AI platforms use a single personality with standard speech pattern, then the system is simple and easy to operate, but the speech imitation capability and user experience are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeech imitation capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments speech pattern identification into distinct components: speech pattern identifier, context behavior identifier, and machine learner. Each component handles a specific aspect of speech analysis, allowing the system to manage complexity through modular architecture while achieving versatile speech imitation capabilities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The speech emulator is designed as a universal system that can handle multiple speech patterns, contexts, and behaviors simultaneously. It serves multiple functions including pattern recognition, context analysis, and speech generation, enabling the system to adapt to various speech scenarios without requiring separate specialized systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Extent of automation

If actors manually control speech in real-time, then complex speech patterns can be achieved, but the system lacks automation and user accessibility

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomated speech generationVSAvoidspeech pattern accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs self-service mechanisms where the speech emulator automatically analyzes speech patterns, identifies contextual behaviors, and generates imitated speech without manual intervention. The machine learner autonomously trains on provided data and applies learned patterns, enabling fully automated speech generation while maintaining high accuracy through algorithmic precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical manual control system (actors physically controlling speech) with an automated computational system. The speech emulator uses algorithmic processing and machine learning to substitute human performance, achieving both automation and precision through digital signal processing and neural network-based pattern recognition

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS10600404B2Automatic speech imitation
Publication Date: 2020.03.24 INTEL CORP
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AI summary

Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and/or methods are disclosed for automatic speech imitation. An apparatus may include a machine learner to perform an analysis of tagged data that is to be generated based on a speech pattern and/or a speech context behavior in media content. The machine learner may further generate, based on the analysis, a trained speech model that is to be applied to the media content to transform speech data to mimic data. The apparatus may further include a data analyzer to perform an analysis of the speech pattern, the speech context behavior, and/or the tagged data. The data analyzer may further generate, based on the analysis, a programmed speech rule that is to be applied to transform the speech data to the mimic data.