Digital vocoder
US3975587A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 13, 1974 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L25/93
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This invention relates to a digital vocoder where speech is translated to a digital version thereof. An adaptive filter in the form of an N stage Itakura type cascade derives from the speech a prediction residual and N spectral parameter in the form of weighting coefficients of the filter. The pitch period, derived from the prediction residual, the voiced/unvoiced decision derived from the first of the weighting coefficients and the peak amplitude of a pitch pulse, and a digital signal representing filter gain, derived from the last of the weighting coefficients are multiplexed with each other and the N spectral parameters for transmission to a receiver. The receiver employs an excitation generator responsive to the pitch period, the gain signal and the voiced/unvoiced decision to produce an excitation signal to excite an N/2 cascade connected stage receive filter. Each stage of the receive filter operates on a time shared basis on an adjacent pair of the N spectral parameters. The receive adaptive filter operation is the inverse of the transmit adaptive filter so that after digital to analog conversion the original speech is substantially reproduced.
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