Unified speech/audio codec (USAC) processing windows sequence based mode switching

• US 10,002,619 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2016
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Kwangwoon University Industry
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Kwangwoon University Industry
• Inventors: Beack, Seungkwon, Lee, Tae Jin, Kim, Min Je, Kang, Kyeongok, Jang, Dae Young, Seo, Jeongil, Hong, Jin Woo, Ahn, Chieteuk, Park, Ho Chong, Park, Young-cheol
• Primary Examiner(s): Azad, Abul
• Application Number:
  US15/200,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20160314798A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/022 Blocking, i.e. grouping of samples in time; Choice of analysis windows; Overlap factoring
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/06 Determination or coding of the spectral characteristics, e.g. of the short-term prediction coefficients
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/18 Vocoders using multiple modes
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/22 Mode decision, i.e. based on audio signal content versus external parameters

Abstract

A Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC) that may process a window sequence based on mode switching is provided. The USAC may perform encoding or decoding by overlapping between frames based on a folding point when mode switching occurs. The USAC may process different window sequences for each situation to perform encoding or decoding, and thereby may improve a coding efficiency.

Claims

1. An encoding method for Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC), comprising:

by one or more processor processing a computer executable instruction, when executed;

determines a first window for a previous frame,

determines a second window for a current frame,

modifies a left portion of the second window based on the first window, when a switching occurs between the previous frame and the current frame, and

encodes an input signal of the current frame using the modified second window,

wherein the left portion of the second window is a region for overlap-add operation with the first window based on a folding point located at a boundary between the previous frame and the current frame, and

wherein the processor modifies a shape of the left portion of the second window and modifies a size of the left portion of the second window, and the input signal is encoded by the processor by performing the overlap-add operation with respect to the second window including the left portion modified based on the first window.

2. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein the current frame is a Linear Prediction Domain (LPD) mode and the previous frame is the LPD mode.

3. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein the current frame is a Frequency Domain (FD) mode and the previous frame is a Linear Prediction Domain (LPD) mode.

4. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein the current frame is a Linear Prediction Domain (LPD) mode and the previous frame is a Frequency Domain (FD) mode.

5. An encoding method for Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC), comprising:

by one or more processor processing a computer executable instruction, when executed;

determines a first window for a next frame,

determines a second window for a current frame,

modifies a right portion of the second window for the current frame based on the first window, when a switching occurs between the current frame and the next frame, and

encodes an input signal of the current frame using the modified second window,

wherein the right portion of the second window is a region for overlap-add operation with the first window based on a folding point located at a boundary between the current frame and the next frame, and

wherein the processor modifies a shape of the right portion of the second window and modifies a size of the right portion of the second window, and the input signal is encoded by the processor by performing the overlap-add operation with respect to the second window including the right portion modified based on the first window.

6. The encoding method of claim 5, wherein the current frame is a Linear Prediction Domain (LPD) mode and the next frame is the LPD mode.

7. The encoding method of claim 5, wherein the current frame is a Frequency Domain (FD) mode and the next frame is a Linear Prediction Domain (LPD) mode.

8. The encoding method of claim 5, wherein the current frame is a Linear Prediction Domain (LPD) mode and the previous frame is a Frequency Domain (FD) mode.

9. A decoding method for Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC), comprising:

by one or more processor processing a computer executable instruction, when executed;

determines a first window for a previous frame,

determines a second window for a current frame,

modifies a left portion of the second window for the current frame based on the first window, and

decodes an input signal of the current frame using the modified second window,

wherein the left portion of the second window is a region for overlap-add operation with the first window based on a folding point located at a boundary between the previous frame and the current frame, and

wherein the processor modifies a shape of the left portion of the second based on the first window and modifies a size of the left portion of the second, and the input signal is decoded by the processor by performing the overlap-add operation with respect to the second window including the left portion modified based on the first window.

10. A decoding method for Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC), comprising:

by one or more processor processing a computer executable instruction, when executed;

determines a first window for a next frame,

determines a second window for a current frame,

modifies a right portion of the second window for the current frame based on the first window, and

decodes an input signal of the current frame using the modified second window,

wherein the right portion of the second window is a region for overlap-add operation with the first window based on a folding point located at a boundary between the current frame and the next frame, and

wherein the processor modifies a shape of the right portion of the second window and modifies a size of the right portion of the second window, and the input signal is decoded by the processor by performing the overlap-add operation with respect to the second window including the right portion modified based on the first window.