Investigation of the Transverse Muscle in Production of Vowel /i/ Based on Four-Cube Tongue Model Using Finite Element Method

Many researchers point out contributions of the various combinations of the tongue muscles for vowel production. However, internal deformation of the tongue has not been considered because of the difficulty of observation. In this research, we used the finite 金沢工業大学情報フロンティア学部メディア情報学科1):〒921-8501 石川県野々市市扇が丘 7-1 北海道科学大学工学部情報工学科2):〒006-8585 札幌市手稲区前田 7 条 15 丁目 4-1 北海学園大学工学部電子情報工学科3):〒064-0926 札幌市中央区南 26 条西 11 丁目 1) Department of Media Informatics, College of Informatics and Human Communication, Kanazawa Institute of Technology: 7-1 Ohgigaoka, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8501, Japan 2) Department of Information and Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University of Science: 7-Jo 15-4-1 Maeda, Teine, Sapporo 006-8585, Japan 3) Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkai-Gakuen University: Nishi 11-chome, Minami 26-jo, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0926, Japan 2018 年 6 月 27 日受稿 2019 年 5 月 17 日受理