Speech encoder using warping in long term preprocessing
US6449590B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2019/0011
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multi-rate speech codec supports a plurality of encoding bit rate modes by adaptively selecting encoding bit rate modes to match communication channel restrictions. In higher bit rate encoding modes, an accurate representation of speech through CELP (code excited linear prediction) and other associated modeling parameters are generated for higher quality decoding and reproduction. To support lower bit rate encoding modes, a variety of techniques,are applied many of which involve the classification of the input signal. The speech encoder continuously warps a weighted speech signal in long term preprocessing. The continuous warping is applied to a linear pitch lag contour that enables fast searching through linear time weighting. Optimal searching is performed within a limited range that is defined at least in part on sharpness and speech classification. The speech encoder generates the linear pitch lag contour from previous and current pitch lag values. Such continuous warping may also be applied in an open loop approach to the residual signal.
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