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Digital signal coding and decoding based on subbands

US6501860B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 19, 1999
Grant dateDec 31, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/62
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention proposes a digital signal coding method including a step (E1) of analysing the digital signal (IM) into a plurality of frequency sub-bands, at least one first sub-band having a lower frequency and at least one second sub-band having a higher frequency, characterised in that it includes, for each second sub-band, the steps of:dividing (E4) the second sub-bands into blocks (Bp,n),selecting (E9) first blocks which are to be coded by setting to a predetermined value and second blocks which are to be coded by trellis coded quantization, according to a selection criterion,linking (E16) the second blocks selected at the previous step in order to form a series of blocks,coding (E17) the series of blocks by trellis coded quantization of a series of coefficients extracted from the second blocks of the second sub-band.

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