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Method device and system for an efficient noise injection process for low bitrate audio compression

US5692102A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1995
Grant dateNov 25, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L19/028
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a device, method and system of noise injection to maximize compressed audio quality while enabling bitrate scalability. It includes at least one of an encoder and a decoder. The encoder includes a zero detection unit, coupled to receive a frequency domain quantized signal, for determining a control signal that indicates whether noise injection is implemented and a normalization computation unit, coupled to receive at least unquantized signal values and the control signal, for determining a normalization term in accordance with the control signal. The decoder includes a zero detection unit, coupled to receive a frequency domain quantized signal, for determining a control signal that indicates when noise injection is active and a noise generation and normalization unit, coupled to receive a normalization term and the control signal, for generating, normalizing, and injecting a predetermined noise signal where indicated by the control signal.

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