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Adaptive variable bit rate audio compression encoding

US7313520B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 2006
Grant dateDec 25, 2007
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L19/24
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An adaptive variable bit rate audio encoder and method that examines audio level information and detects various information in the audio data in a psychoacoustic model to create a quantization value and assign a mode tag to a single frame of audio. A bit rate is assigned according to one of three modes, a self-adaptive mode which is free-running and takes direction only from the characteristics of the incoming audio signal, a managed mode which is controlled by rules set from a statistical multiplexer, and a combination of self-adaptive and managed in which control rules from the statistical multiplexer act to maintain limits on the self-adaptive mode.

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