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Split gain shape vector coding

US9853659B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Erik Norvell · Stockholm, SE
Volodya Grancharov · Solna, SE
Tomas Jansson Toftgård · Uppsala, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 7, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N19/61
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an encoder and a decoder and methods therein for supporting split gain shape vector encoding and decoding. The method performed by an encoder, where the encoding of each vector segment is subjected to a constraint related to a maximum number of bits, BMAX, allowed for encoding a vector segment. The method comprises, determining an initial number, Np_, of segments for a target vector x; and further determining an average number of bits per segment, BAVG, based on a vector bit budget and Np_. The method further comprises determining a final number of segments to be used, for the vector x, in the gain shape vector encoding, based on energies of the Np_segments and a difference between BMAX and BAVG. The performing of the method enables an efficient allocation of the bits of the bit budget over the target vector.

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