Speech coding system and method including voicing cut off frequency analyzer
US6078880A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2025/937
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A speech coding system and associated method relies on a speech encoder (15) and a speech decoder (20). The speech encoder (15) includes a voicing cut off frequency analyzer (60). Voicing cut off frequency analyzer (60) includes voicing cut off frequency estimator (61) and voicing cut off frequency quantizer (62). Voicing cut off frequency estimator (61) estimates a voicing cut off frequency value for respective samples of an input speech waveform (1). To accomplish this, voicing cut off frequency estimator (61) utilizes a bandpass filter to estimate a frequency above which a sample of speech is voiced and below which the sample of speech is unvoiced. Voicing cut off frequency quantizer (62) quantizes the estimated voicing cut off frequency value and provides, for respective samples, a voicing cut off frequency index signal (6) which may be stored or transmitted. Voicing cut off frequency index signal (6) may comprise as few as 1 bit, and in a preferred embodiment, as few as 3 bits.
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