Towards Speech Articulation Simulation with a Dynamic Coupled Face-Jaw-Tongue Model

Ian Stavness (1) , John Lloyd (1) , Yohan Payan (2) , Sidney Fels (1)

1 UBC - Human Communication Technologies Research Laboratory
2 TIMC-IMAG-GMCAO - Gestes Medico-chirurgicaux Assistés par Ordinateur

This paper introduces a biomechanics simulation toolkit ArtiSynth (www.artisynth.org) in order to simulate coupled hard and soft tissue structures. Here we present the first biomechanical model that dynamically couples the face and lips with a jaw-tongue-hyoid model.

Mots clés: biomechanical model; finite element method; tongue; jaw; face; speech production

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]

Ian Stavness, John Lloyd, Yohan Payan, Sidney Fels. Towards Speech Articulation Simulation with a Dynamic Coupled Face-Jaw-Tongue Model. ISSP'2011, Jun 2011, Canada. pp.1-4. ⟨hal-00606672⟩