Masanobu Abe

According to our database, Masanobu Abe authored at least 74 papers between 1988 and 2023.

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2023

Speech-Emotion Control for Text-to-Speech in Spoken Dialogue Systems Using Voice Conversion and x-vector Embedding.

Shunichi Kohara, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara

Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, 2023

Speech Synthesis Using Ambiguous Inputs From Wearable Keyboards.

Matsuri Iwasaki, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, 2023

2022

Speech-Like Emotional Sound Generation Using WaveNet.

Kento Matsumoto, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

IEICE Trans. Inf. Syst., September, 2022

Prediction method of Soundscape Impressions using Environmental Sounds and Aerial Photographs.

Yusuke Ono, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

CoRR, 2022

Concept drift adaptation for audio scene classification using high-level features.

Ibnu Daqiqil Id, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, 2022

Incremental acoustic scene classification using rehearsal-based strategy.

Ibnu Daqiqil Id, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara

Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, 2022

2021

Model architectures to extrapolate emotional expressions in DNN-based text-to-speech.

Katsuki Inoue, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Nobukatsu Hojo, Yusuke Ijima

Speech Commun., 2021

Evaluation of concept drift adaptation for acoustic scene classifier based on Kernel Density Drift Detection and Combine Merge Gaussian Mixture Model.

Ibnu Daqiqil Id, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara

CoRR, 2021

Phonetic and Prosodic Information Estimation from Texts for Genuine Japanese End-to-End Text-to-Speech.

Naoto Kakegawa, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Yusuke Ijima

Proceedings of the Interspeech 2021, 22nd Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, Brno, Czechia, 30 August, 2021

2020

Concept Drift Adaptation for Acoustic Scene Classifier Based on Gaussian Mixture Model.

Ibnu Daqiqil Id, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Region 10 Conference, 2020

Controlling the Strength of Emotions in Speech-Like Emotional Sound Generated by WaveNet.

Kento Matsumoto, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the Interspeech 2020, 2020

Semi-Supervised Speaker Adaptation for End-to-End Speech Synthesis with Pretrained Models.

Katsuki Inoue, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Tomoki Hayashi, Ryuichi Yamamoto, Shinji Watanabe

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 2020

Module Comparison Of Transformer-Tts For Speaker Adaptation Based On Fine-Tuning.

Katsuki Inoue, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, 2020

2019

DNN-based Voice Conversion with Auxiliary Phonemic Information to Improve Intelligibility of Glossectomy Patients' Speech.

Hiroki Murakami, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, 2019

Speech-like Emotional Sound Generator by WaveNet.

Kento Matsumoto, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, 2019

2018

Naturalness Improvement Algorithm for Reconstructed Glossectomy Patient's Speech Using Spectral Differential Modification in Voice Conversion.

Hiroki Murakami, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Masaaki Sato, Shogo Minagi

Proceedings of the Interspeech 2018, 2018

2017

Speaker Dependent Approach for Enhancing a Glossectomy Patient's Speech via GMM-Based Voice Conversion.

Kei Tanaka, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Masaaki Sato, Shogo Minagi

Proceedings of the Interspeech 2017, 2017

Prediction of subjective assessments for a noise map using deep neural networks.

Shota Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara

Proceedings of the Adjunct Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 2017

New monitoring scheme for persons with dementia through monitoring-area adaptation according to stage of disease.

Shigeki Kamada, Yuji Matsuo, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on Recommendations for Location-based Services and Social Networks, 2017

An investigation to transplant emotional expressions in DNN-based TTS synthesis.

Katsuki Inoue, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Nobukatsu Hojo, Yusuke Ijima

Proceedings of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, 2017

Sound sensing using smartphones as a crowdsourcing approach.

Sunao Hara, Asako Hatakeyama, Shota Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, 2017

2016

Sound collection systems using a crowdsourcing approach to construct sound map based on subjective evaluation.

Sunao Hara, Shota Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops, 2016

LiBS: lifelog browsing system to support sharing of memories.

Atsuya Namba, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 2016

Safety vs. privacy: user preferences from the monitored and monitoring sides of a monitoring system.

Shigeki Kamada, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara

Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 2016

Enhancing a glossectomy patient's speech via GMM-based voice conversion.

Kei Tanaka, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Shogo Minagi

Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, 2016

2015

Sound collection and visualization system enabled participatory and opportunistic sensing approaches.

Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Noboru Sonehara

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops, 2015

Sub-band text-to-speech combining sample-based spectrum with statistically generated spectrum.

Tadashi Inai, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Yusuke Ijima, Noboru Miyazaki, Hideyuki Mizuno

Proceedings of the INTERSPEECH 2015, 2015

Extracting daily patterns of human activity using non-negative matrix factorization.

Masanobu Abe, Akihiko Hirayama, Sunao Hara

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, 2015

Algorithm to Estimate a Living Area Based on Connectivity of Places with Home.

Yuji Matsuo, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the HCI International 2015 - Posters' Extended Abstracts, 2015

Extraction of Key Segments from Day-Long Sound Data.

Akinori Kasai, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the HCI International 2015 - Posters' Extended Abstracts, 2015

A spoken dialog system with redundant response to prevent user misunderstanding.

Masaki Yamaoka, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, 2015

2014

New approach to emotional information exchange: Experience metaphor based on life logs.

Masanobu Abe, Daisuke Fujioka, Kazuto Hamano, Sunao Hara, Rika Mochizuki, Tomoki Watanabe

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops, 2014

A hybrid text-to-speech based on sub-band approach.

Takuma Inoue, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, 2014

2012

A Life Log Collecting System Supported by Smartphone to Model Higher-Level Human Behaviors.

Masanobu Abe, Daisuke Fujioka, Hisashi Handa

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Complex, 2012

2011

"Life Portal": An Information Access Scheme Based on Life Logs.

Shin'ichiro Eitoku, Manabu Motegi, Rika Mochizuki, Takashi Yagi, Shin-yo Muto, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the Human Interface and the Management of Information. Interacting with Information, 2011

"ClearPlate" for capturing printed information: a scanner and viewfinder in one optical unit.

Atsuhiko Maeda, Kenji Hara, Minoru Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011

2010

Twist&tap: text entry for TV remotes using easy-to-learn wrist motion and key operation.

Ryosuke Aoki, Atsuhiko Maeda, Tomoki Watanabe, Minoru Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe

IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron., 2010

A location predictor based on dependencies between multiple lifelog data.

Masaaki Nishino, Yukihiro Nakamura, Takashi Yagi, Shin-yo Muto, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 2010 International Workshop on Location Based Social Networks, 2010

2009

Preferred color reproduction based on personal histogram transformation.

Kenji Hara, Atsuhiko Maeda, Hirohito Inagaki, Minoru Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe

IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron., 2009

A life log collector integrated with a remote-controller for enabling user centric services.

Masanobu Abe, Yuji Morinishi, Atsuhiko Maeda, Masakatsu Aoki, Hirohito Inagaki

IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron., 2009

Arrow tag: a direction-key-based technique for rapidly selecting hyperlinks while gazing at a screen.

Atsuhiko Maeda, Hirohito Inagaki, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009

2008

Easy-setup eye movement recording system for human-computer interaction.

Manh Duong Phung, Quang Vinh Tran, Kenji Hara, Hirohito Inagaki, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Research, 2008

2003

Estimating Japanese word accent from syllable sequence using support vector machine.

Hideharu Nakajima, Masaaki Nagata, Hisako Asano, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, EUROSPEECH 2003, 2003

Say-as classification for alphabetic words in Japanese texts.

Hisako Asano, Masaaki Nagata, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, EUROSPEECH 2003, 2003

2001

A Japanese TTS system based on multiform units and a speech modification algorithm with harmonics reconstruction.

Satoshi Takano, Kimihito Tanaka, Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe, Shin'ya Nakajima

IEEE Trans. Speech Audio Process., 2001

A bilingual speech design tool: Sesign2001.

Masanobu Abe, Osamu Mizuno, Tsubasa Shinozaki, Hideyuki Mizuno, Shin'ya Nakajima

Proceedings of the 4th ITRW on Speech Synthesis, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, August 29, 2001

2000

A new Japanese TTS system based on speech-prosody database and speech modification.

Mitsuaki Isogai, Kimihito Tanaka, Satoshi Takano, Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe, Shin'ya Nakajima

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, 2000

Development of CAI System Employing Synthesized Speech and CG Animated Agent.

Tsubasa Shinozaki, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2000

A New Communication Paradigm: Action-to-Speech.

Masanobu Abe, Tsubasa Shinozaki

Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2000

1999

WebMessenger: a new framework to produce multimedia content by combining synthesized speech and moving pictures in the WWW environment.

Masanobu Abe, Hideyuki Mizuno, Tsubasa Shinozaki

Proceedings of the Third IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, 1999

A Japanese text-to-speech system based on multi-form units with consideration of frequency distribution in Japanese.

Kimihito Tanaka, Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe, Shin'ya Nakajima

Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, 1999

A new F0 modification algorithm by manipulating harmonics of magnitude spectrum.

Satoshi Takano, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, 1999

Development of speech design tool "SESIGN99" to enhance synthesized speech.

Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe, Shin'ya Nakajima

Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, 1999

1998

Report on the Third ESCA TTS Workshop evaluation procedure.

Jan P. H. van Santen, Louis C. W. Pols, Masanobu Abe, Dan Kahn, Eric Keller, Julie Vonwiller

Proceedings of the Third ESCA/COCOSDA Workshop on Speech Synthesis, 1998

The use of large text corpora for evaluating text-to-speech systems.

Louis C. W. Pols, Jan P. H. van Santen, Masanobu Abe, Dan Kahn, Eric Keller

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, 1998

Development of CAI system employing synthesized speech responses.

Tsubasa Shinozaki, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, Incorporating The 7th Australian International Speech Science and Technology Conference, Sydney Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia, 30th November, 1998

1997

A new framework to provide high-controllability speech signal and the development of a workbench for it.

Masanobu Abe, Hideyuki Mizuno, Satoshi Takahashi, Shin'ya Nakajima

Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, 1997

A new fundamental frequency modification algorithm with transformation of spectrum envelope according to F₀.

Kimihito Tanaka, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 1997

1996

Speech morphing by gradually changing spectrum parameter and fundamental frequency.

Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, 1996

1995

Voice conversion algorithm based on piecewise linear conversion rules of formant frequency and spectrum tilt.

Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe

Speech Commun., 1995

Analysis of prosodic characteristics in speech advisories and their application to speech output.

Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, 1995

1994

A strategy for changing speaking styles in text-to-speech systems.

Masanobu Abe, Hideyuki Mizuno

Proceedings of the Second ESCA/IEEE Workshop on Speech Synthesis, 1994

An algorithm to reconstruct wideband speech from narrowband speech based on codebook mapping.

Yuki Yoshida, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, 1994

Speaking style conversion by changing prosodic parameters and formant frequencies.

Masanobu Abe, Hideyuki Mizuno

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, 1994

Voice conversion based on piecewise linear conversion rules of formant frequency and spectrum tilt.

Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of ICASSP '94: IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 1994

1993

Statistical analysis of the acoustic and prosodic characteristics of different speaking styles.

Masanobu Abe, Hirokazu Sato

Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, 1993

Waveform-based speech synthesis approach with a formant frequency modification.

Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe, Tomohisa Hirokawa

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 1993

1992

Two-stage F₀ control model using syllable based F₀ units.

Masanobu Abe, Hirokazu Sato

Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 1992

1991

A segment-based approach to voice conversion.

Masanobu Abe

Proceedings of the 1991 International Conference on Acoustics, 1991

1990

A Speech Modification Method by Signal Reconstruction Using Short-Term Fourier Transform.

Masanobu Abe, Shin-Ichi Tamura, Hisao Kuwabara

Syst. Comput. Jpn., 1990

Statistical study on voice individuality conversion across different languages.

Masanobu Abe, Shigeki Sagayama

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, 1990

Cross-language voice conversion.

Masanobu Abe, Kiyohiro Shikano, Hisao Kuwabara

Proceedings of the 1990 International Conference on Acoustics, 1990

1989

A new speech modification method by signal reconstruction.

Masanobu Abe, Shin-Ichi Tamura, Hisao Kuwabara

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 1989

1988

Voice conversion through vector quantization.

Masanobu Abe, Satoshi Nakamura, Kiyohiro Shikano, Hisao Kuwabara

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 1988