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Method and arrangement for estimating the quality degradation of a processed signal

US8949114B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 2009
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L25/69
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An objective quality assessment method for obtaining an improved estimate of a perceptual quality degradation of a processed signal, and an arrangement for executing such a method, is provided, which is executed on a processed signal and an associate reference signal. Both signals are split up into associated frame-pairs after which either all or selected frame-pairs are processed further, by creating a reference residual signal and a processed residual signal for each frame-pair, calculating separate ratios of p-norms on both residual signals, and by calculating and storing a per-frame quality estimate on the basis of the ratios of p-norms for each selected frame-pair. An objective per-signal quality estimate that is proportional to the perceptual quality degradation is then provided by aggregating the calculated per-frame-pair quality estimates.

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