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Unit Generation Based on Phrase Break Strength and Pruning for Corpus-Based Text-to-Speech

  • Kim, Sang-Hun;Lee, Young-Jik;Hirose, Keikichi
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.168-176
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    • 2001
  • This paper discusses two important issues of corpus-based synthesis: synthesis unit generation based on phrase break strength information and pruning redundant synthesis unit instances. First, the new sentence set for recording was designed to make an efficient synthesis database, reflecting the characteristics of the Korean language. To obtain prosodic context sensitive units, we graded major prosodic phrases into 5 distinctive levels according to pause length and then discriminated intra-word triphones using the levels. Using the synthesis unit with phrase break strength information, synthetic speech was generated and evaluated subjectively. Second, a new pruning method based on weighted vector quantization (WVQ) was proposed to eliminate redundant synthesis unit instances from the synthesis database. WVQ takes the relative importance of each instance into account when clustering similar instances using vector quantization (VQ) technique. The proposed method was compared with two conventional pruning methods through objective and subjective evaluations of synthetic speech quality: one to simply limit the maximum number of instances, and the other based on normal VQ-based clustering. For the same reduction rate of instance number, the proposed method showed the best performance. The synthetic speech with reduction rate 45% had almost no perceptible degradation as compared to the synthetic speech without instance reduction.

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Testion a Multivariate Process for Multiple Unit Roots (다변량 시계열 자료의 다중단위근 검정법)

  • Key Il Shin
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.103-112
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    • 1994
  • An asymptotic property of the estimated eigenvalues for multivariate AR(p) process which consists of vector of nonstationary process and vector of stationary process is developed. All components of the nonstationary process are assumed to reveal random walk behavior. The asymptotic property is helpful in understanding multiple unit roots. In this paper we show the stationay part in multivariate AR(p) process does not affect the limiting distribution of estimated eigenvalues associated with the nonstationary process. A test statistic based on the ordinary least squares estimator for testing a certain number of multiple unit roots is suggested.

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A Cointegration Test Based on Weighted Symmetric Estimator

  • Son Bu-Il;Shin Key-Il
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.797-805
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    • 2005
  • Multivariate unit root tests for the VAR(p) model have been commonly used in time series analysis. Several unit root tests were developed and recently Shin(2004) suggested a cointegration test based on weighted symmetric estimator. In this paper, we suggest a multivariate unit root test statistic based on the weighted symmetric estimator. Using a small simulation study, we compare the powers of the new test statistic with the statistics suggested in Shin(2004) and Fuller(1996).

Realization of An Outdoor Augmented Reality System using GPS Tracking Method (GPS 트래킹 방식을 이용한 옥외용 증강현실 시스템 구현)

  • Choi, Tae-Jong;Kim, Jung-Kuk;Huh, Woong;Jang, Byun-Tae
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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    • v.39 no.5
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    • pp.45-55
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, we describe an outdoor augmented reality system using GPS tracking for position and attitude information. The system consist of a remote mobile operation unit and a ground operation unit. The remote mobile operation unit includes a real-time image acquiring device, a GPS tracking device, and a wireless data transceiver; the ground operation unit includes a wireless transceiver, a virtual image generating device, and an image superimposing device. The GPS tracking device for measurement of position and attitude of the remote mobile operation unit was designed by TANS Vector and RT-20 for DGPS. The wireless data transceiver was for data transmission between the remote mobile operation unit and the ground operation unit. After the remote mobile operation unit was installed on a vehicle and a helicopter, the system was evaluated to verify its validity in actual applications. It was found that the implemented system could be used for obtaining real-time remote information such as construction simulation, tour guide, broadcasting, disaster observation, or military purpose.

A Study on the Interframe Image Coding Using Motion Compensated and Classified Vector Quantizer (Ⅱ : Hardware Implementation) (이동 보상과 분류 벡터 양자화기를 이용한 영상 부호화에 관한 연구 (Ⅱ: 하드웨어 실현))

  • Jeon, Joong-Nam;Shin, Tae-Min;Choi, Sung-Nam;Park, Kyu-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 1990
  • This paper describes a hardware implementation of the interframe monochrome video CODEC using a MC-CVQ(Motion Compensated and Classified Vector Quantization) algorithm. The specifications of this CODEC are (1) the resolution of image is $128{\times}128$ pixels, and (2) the transmission rates are about 10frames/sec at the 64Kbps channel. In order to design the CODEC under these conditions, it is implemented by a multiprocessor system composed of MC unit, CVQ nuit and decoder unit, which are controlled by microprogramming technique. And the 3~stage pipelined ALU(Arithmetic and Logic Unit) is adopted to calculate the minimum error distance in the MC unit and CVQ nuit. The realized system shows that the transmission rates are 6-15 frames/sec according to the relative motion of the video signal.

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The Vector Control with Compensating Unit Angle for the Robust Low Speed Control of Induction Motor (유도전동기의 강건한 저속 제어를 위한 단위각 보상 벡터 제어)

  • 원영진;박진홍
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics T
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    • v.35T no.1
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    • pp.90-98
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    • 1998
  • This paper is to describe the improved vector control which can control the induction motor robustly in low speed. When the induction motor is drived with low speed, below 10 percent of the rated speed, an algorithm which can compensate the error of unit vector angle generated by the harmonics is proposed. Another algorithm which can be tuned to the rotor time constant so that nay be robust to the rotor parameter change in low speed and transient state was proposed. The ripple of flux and torque was reduced by the proposed vector control and then the stable output characteristics was obtained in low speed. When the input and output is sinusoidal, the proposed vector control, the direct vector control and the indirect vector control were analyzed and compared in the low speed characteristics. And each control characteristics is compared and analyzed in state of containing harmonics. The estimation and tunning performance of rotor time constant is confirmed with simulation. The whole control system is implemented by real hardware and experimented to compare the proposed vector control with the direct vector control. As a result of the experiment with two control methods in low speed, the torque ripple of the proposed vector control is improved by 45 percent than the direct vector control. And it is confirmed that the flux current ripple is reduced in 0.2 p.u. and torque current ripple is reduced in 0.6 p.u. It is confirmed that the rotor time constant by the estimation and the tunning algorithm is tunned by the real rotor time constant. Finally, it was confirmed that the validity and robustness for the proposed vector control in low speed existed.

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