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Technique for encoding/decoding of codebook indices for quantized MDCT spectrum in scalable speech and audio codecs

US8515767B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 3, 2008
Grant dateAug 20, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 30, 2031

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

Abstract

Codebook indices for a scalable speech and audio codec may be efficiently encoded based on anticipated probability distributions for such codebook indices. A residual signal from a Code Excited Linear Prediction (CELP)-based encoding layer may be obtained, where the residual signal is a difference between an original audio signal and a reconstructed version of the original audio signal. The residual signal may be transformed at a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT)-type transform layer to obtain a corresponding transform spectrum. The transform spectrum is divided into a plurality of spectral bands, where each spectral band having a plurality of spectral lines. A plurality of different codebooks are then selected for encoding the spectral bands, where each codebook is associated with a codebook index. A plurality of codebook indices associated with the selected codebooks are then encoded together to obtain a descriptor code that more compactly represents the codebook indices.

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