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Preliminary study on how to induce laughing by controlling acoustical parameters of speech signal

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26540138
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Kansei informatics
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

SAKAMOTO Shuichi  東北大学, 電気通信研究所, 准教授 (60332524)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SATO Hiroshi  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, ヒューマンライフテクノロジー研究部門, グループ長 (10260423)
OHTANI Tomoko  東京藝術大学, 芸術情報センター, 助教 (40422406)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords感性情報学 / 認知科学 / ユーザインタフェース / 情報システム
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Laugh is a very important cue to communicate with each other smoothly and friendly. In this study, we focused on the acoustical characteristics of speech signals and tried to investigate how to induce laughing by controlling the acoustical parameters of speech signals. We hypothesized that people laugh when they listen to speech which has different acoustical characteristics compared to those of normal speech. As stimulus, speech signals uttered by a male and a female speakers were used. The fundamental frequency and speech rate of the signals were controlled as parameters. The results of paired comparison tests indicated that laughing occurs when people hear speech with different acoustical characteristics from original. Moreover, speech with a high fundamental frequency and slow speed induced laughing much more effectively than other types of speech. Based on this knowledge, we can generate speech signals which induce various kinds of emotional response.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2015 2014

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 音声により提示される系列再生課題に話者映像が与える影響2015

    • Author(s)
      虎井駿,大谷智子,坂本修一,鈴木陽一
    • Journal Title

      日本音響学会講演論文集

      Volume: 2-Q-24 Pages: 531-532

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 話者映像が音声系列再生課題に与える影響2014

    • Author(s)
      虎井駿,大谷智子,坂本修一,鈴木陽一
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会技術研究報告

      Volume: HIP2014-76 Pages: 47-50

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 無関連な話者映像が音声系列再生課題に与える影響2014

    • Author(s)
      虎井駿,大谷智子,坂本修一,鈴木陽一
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会技術研究報告

      Volume: SP2014-86 Pages: 59-63

    • NAID

      40020257965

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of a movie of speaker's irrelevant speech utterance on recall tasks2015

    • Author(s)
      T. Ohtani, S. Torai, S. Sakamoto and Y. Suzuki
    • Organizer
      16th International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF)
    • Place of Presentation
      Pisa, Italy
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-13
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 音声により提示される系列再生課題に話者映像が与える影響2015

    • Author(s)
      虎井駿,大谷智子,坂本修一,鈴木陽一
    • Organizer
      日本音響学会2015年春季研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      中央大学(東京都文京区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-16 – 2015-03-18
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 話者映像が音声系列再生課題に与える影響2014

    • Author(s)
      虎井駿,大谷智子,坂本修一,鈴木陽一
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会ヒューマン情報処理研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      東北大学(宮城県仙台市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-01 – 2014-12-02
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 無関連な話者映像が聴覚短期記憶に与える影響2014

    • Author(s)
      虎井駿,大谷智子,坂本修一,鈴木陽一
    • Organizer
      多感覚研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      広島
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-12 – 2014-11-13
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 無関連な話者映像が音声系列再生課題に与える影響2014

    • Author(s)
      虎井駿,大谷智子,坂本修一,鈴木陽一
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会音声研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      白浜
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-23 – 2014-10-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2017-05-10  

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