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Apparatus and method for coding excitation parameters in a very low bit rate voice messaging system

US5666350A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1996
Grant dateSep 9, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J3/17
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus codes excitation parameters for very low bit rate voice messaging using a method that processes a voice message to generating speech parameters. The speech parameters are separated (316) to produce a first group of energy parameters and a second group of pitch and voicing parameters. Subsequently, the first group of energy parameters are encoded and compressed using a non-uniform root-mean-square scalar process (318) to create a first plurality of encoded data. Additionally, the second group of pitch and voicing parameters are compressed, encoded, and combined into a single parameter using a three slope vector encoding process (320) that creates a second plurality of encoded data. Finally, the first and second plurality of encoded data are multiplexed (322) to create a multiplexed signal for transmission, the multiplexed signal representing the voice message.

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