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Data framing for adaptive-block-length coding system

US6226608A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 1999
Grant dateMay 1, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L19/022
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An audio encoder applies an adaptive block-encoding process to segments of audio information to generate frames of encoded information that are aligned with a reference signal conveying the alignment of a sequence of video information frames. The audio information is analyzed to determine various characteristics of the audio signal such as the occurrence and location of a transient, and a control signal is generated that causes the adaptive block-encoding process to encode segments of varying length. A complementary decoder applies an adaptive block-decoding process to recover the segments of audio information from the frames of encoded information. In embodiments that apply time-domain aliasing cancellation (TDAC) transforms, window functions and transforms are applied according to one of a plurality of segment patterns that define window functions and transform parameters for each segment in a sequence of segments. The segments in each frame of a sequence of overlapping frames may be recovered without aliasing artifacts independently from the recovery of segments in other frames. Window functions are adapted to provide preferred frequency-domain responses and time-domain gain pro…

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