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Time warped modified transform coding of audio signals

US7720677B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 2006
Grant dateMay 18, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L19/0212
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A spectral representation of an audio signal having consecutive audio frames can be derived more efficiently, when a common time warp is estimated for any two neighboring frames, such that a following block transform can additionally use the warp information. Thus, window functions required for successful application of an overlap and add procedure during reconstruction can be derived and applied, the window functions already anticipating the re-sampling of the signal due to the time warping. Therefore, the increased efficiency of block-based transform coding of time-warped signals can be used without introducing audible discontinuities.

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