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Method and device for spectral expansion for an audio signal

US12424235B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 6, 2023
Grant dateSep 23, 2025
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Expiry dateJul 6, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L21/038
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and device for automatically increasing the spectral bandwidth of an audio signal including generating a “mapping” (or “prediction”) matrix based on the analysis of a reference wideband signal and a reference narrowband signal, the mapping matrix being a transformation matrix to predict high frequency energy from a low frequency energy envelope, generating an energy envelope analysis of an input narrowband audio signal, generating a resynthesized noise signal by processing a random noise signal with the mapping matrix and the envelope analysis, high-pass filtering the resynthesized noise signal, and summing the high-pass filtered resynthesized noise signal with the original an input narrowband audio signal. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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