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Low bit rate transform coder, decoder, and encoder/decoder for high-quality audio

US5109417A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1989
Grant dateApr 28, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L19/035
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Quantizing noise is lessened in a speech signal system by using adaptive bit allocation for subband channels, wherein subband information of digital words is represented in block-floating-point form, and normalized mantiss as may allow dropping a sign bit.

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