Method for determining for the compression of an HOA data frame representation a lowest integer number of bits required for representing non-differential gain values
US9922657B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L19/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When compressing an HOA data frame representation, a gain control (15, 151) is applied for each channel signal before it is perceptually encoded (16). The gain values are transferred in a differential manner as side information. However, for starting decoding of such streamed compressed HOA data frame representation absolute gain values are required, which should be coded with a minimum number of bits. For determining such lowest integer number (βe) of bits the HOA data frame representation (C(k)) is rendered in spatial domain to virtual loudspeaker signals lying on a unit sphere, followed by normalization of the HOA data frame representation (C(k)). Then the lowest integer number of bits is set to (AA).
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