2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
On The Use of Non-Verbal Speech Sounds in Human Communication
| Project/Area Number |
19300073
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sensitivity informatics/Soft computing
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| Research Institution | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
CAMPBELL Nick National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 情報科学研究科, 客員教授 (50395109)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SADANOBU Toshiyuki 神戸大学, 国際文化学部, 教授 (50235305)
KASHIOKA Hideki 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学, 情報科学研究科, 客員准教授 (10395022)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | ノンバーバル / 音声発話 / 情動情報 / センシング / 技術 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project focused on the relationships between "dialogue structure" and the processes of "active listening". The project did not result in specific new technology but gave us a better understanding of the nature of spoken language in a way that will allow us improve speech synthesis and recognition technology. Our research theme inspired the new European project on Social Signal Processing. Further- more, we collected a large multi-modal corpora cooperating with other universities in three countries, published the database on the website (http://www.speech-data.jp/nick/mmx/d64.html). We finally made a prototype of a robot "Herme" which employs image and speech processing modules developed in this study. The robot is currently in exhibition in Ireland where it is collecting a new corpus of interactive speech.
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