Mixed lossless audio compression
US8630861B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2015/025
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mixed lossless audio compression has application to a unified lossy and lossless audio compression scheme that combines lossy and lossless audio compression within a same audio signal. The mixed lossless compression codes a transition frame between lossy and lossless coding frames to produce seamless transitions. The mixed lossless coding performs a lapped transform and inverse lapped transform to produce an appropriately windowed and folded pseudo-time domain frame, which can then be losslessly coded. The mixed lossless coding also can be applied for frames that exhibit poor lossy compression performance.
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