Encoding device and decoding device

• US 20030093271A1
• Filed: 11/13/2002
• Published: 05/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dolby International AB (Dolby Laboratories Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nishio, Kosuke, Norimatsu, Takeshi, Tanaka, Naoya, Tsushima, Mineo
• Granted Patent: US 7,139,702 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/230
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/0208 Subband vocoders
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/0212 using orthogonal transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/038 using band spreading techniques

Abstract

An encoding device (200) includes an MDCT unit (202) that transforms an input signal in a time domain into a frequency spectrum including a lower frequency spectrum, a BWE encoding unit (204) that generates extension data which specifies a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum, and an encoded data stream generating unit (205) that encodes to output the lower frequency spectrum obtained by the MDCT unit (202) and the extension data obtained by the BWE encoding unit (204). The BWE encoding unit (204) generates as the extension data (i) a first parameter which specifies a lower subband which is to be copied as the higher frequency spectrum from among a plurality of the lower subbands which form the lower frequency spectrum obtained by the MDCT unit (202) and (ii) a second parameter which specifies a gain of the lower subband after being copied.

Claims

1. An encoding device that encodes an input signal comprising:

a time-frequency transforming unit operable to transform an input signal in a time domain into a frequency spectrum including a lower frequency spectrum;

a band extending unit operable to generate extension data which specifies a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum; and

an encoding unit operable to encode the lower frequency spectrum and the extension data, and output the encoded lower frequency spectrum and extension data,

wherein the band extending unit generates a first parameter and a second parameter as the extension data, the first parameter specifying a partial spectrum which is to be copied as the higher frequency spectrum from among a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum, and the second parameter specifying a gain of the partial spectrum after being copied.

2. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein at least two spectrums among a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum have parts of frequency bands overlapped with each other.

3. The encoding device according to claim 2,

wherein a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum are obtained by dividing respectively the two frequency bands having an overlapped frequency band into a plurality of frequency bands.

4. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the higher frequency spectrum is formed by a plurality of partial spectrums, and

the band extending unit generates the first parameter and the second parameter for each of a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the higher frequency spectrum.

5. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the band extending unit further generates a third parameter as the extension data, the third parameter specifying a frequency position of a partial spectrum including the lowest frequency component from among a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum.

6. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the band extending unit further generates a fourth parameter as the extension data, the fourth parameter specifying a frequency position of a partial spectrum including the highest frequency component from among a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum.

7. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the band extending unit further generates a fifth parameter as the extension data, the fifth parameter specifying a filtering processing which is performed on the partial spectrum when being copied.

8. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the band extending unit further generates a sixth parameter as the extension data, the sixth parameter indicating whether the higher frequency spectrum is to be the partial spectrum which is to be copied whose phase is inverted or the partial spectrum which is to be copied whose phase is not inverted.

9. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the band extending unit further generates a seventh parameter as the extension data, the seventh parameter indicating whether the higher frequency spectrum is to be the partial spectrum which is to be copied and is inverted in a frequency domain or the partial spectrum which is to be copied and is not inverted in the frequency domain.

10. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the first parameter includes data indicating that any of a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum is not used as a spectrum to be copied.

11. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the second parameter is a coefficient by which a gain of the partial spectrum which is to be copied is multiplied.

12. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the second parameter is an absolute value of a gain of the partial spectrum after being copied.

13. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the band extending unit further generates a eighth parameter as the extension data, the eighth parameter specifying energy of a noise spectrum which is added to the higher frequency spectrum specified by the first parameter and the second parameter.

14. The encoding device according to claim 13,

wherein the eighth parameter is an energy ratio of the noise spectrum against the higher frequency spectrum.

15. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the encoding device repeats encoding the input signal for every fixed number of time frames, and

the band extending unit generates the second parameter which specifies a gain of the partial spectrum after being copied for a plurality of continuous time frames.

16. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the encoding device repeats encoding the input signal for every fixed number of time frames, and

the band extending unit further generates a ninth parameter as the extension data, the ninth parameter specifying a time frame in which a gain of the higher frequency spectrum is maximum from among a plurality of the continuous time frames, and generates the second parameter in a time frame other than the time frame in which the gain is maximum, as a value represented by a relative value to the maximum value.

17. The encoding device according to claim 1,

wherein the encoding unit encodes all or a part of the lower frequency spectrum and the extension data according to Huffman coding.

18. A decoding device that decodes an encoded signal,

wherein the encoded signal includes a lower frequency spectrum and extension data, the extension data including a first parameter and a second parameter which specify a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum,

the decoding device comprises:

a decoding unit operable to generate the lower frequency spectrum and the extension data by decoding the encoded signal;

a band extending unit operable to generate the higher frequency spectrum from the lower frequency spectrum and the first parameter and the second parameter; and

a frequency-time transforming unit operable to transform a frequency spectrum obtained by combining the generated higher frequency spectrum and the lower frequency spectrum into a signal in a time domain, and

the band extending unit copies a partial spectrum specified by the first parameter from among a plurality of partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum, determines a gain of the partial spectrum after being copied, according to the second parameter, and generates the obtained partial spectrum as the higher frequency spectrum.

19. The decoding device according to claim 18,

wherein the extension data includes a third parameter, and

the band extending unit performs a filtering processing specified by the third parameter on the partial spectrum which is to be copied, and generates the partial spectrum after being performed the filtering processing as the higher frequency spectrum.

20. The decoding device according to claim 18,

wherein the extension data includes a fourth parameter, and

the band extending unit generates as the higher frequency spectrum the partial spectrum which is to be copied whose phase is inverted or the partial spectrum itself which is to be copied, according to the fourth parameter.

21. The decoding device according to claim 18,

wherein the extension data includes a fifth parameter, and

the band extending unit generates as the higher frequency spectrum the partial spectrum which is to be copied and is inverted in a frequency domain or the partial spectrum itself which is to be copied, according to the fifth parameter.

22. The decoding device according to claim 18,

wherein the band extending unit adds a noise spectrum to the generated higher frequency spectrum, and

the frequency-time transforming unit transforms a frequency spectrum obtained by combining the higher frequency spectrum with the noise spectrum being added and the lower frequency spectrum into a signal in the time domain.

23. The decoding device according to claim 22,

wherein the extension data includes a sixth parameter, and

the band extending unit adds a noise spectrum having energy specified by the sixth parameter to the generated higher frequency spectrum.

24. The decoding device according to claim 23,

wherein the sixth parameter is an energy ratio of the noise spectrum against the higher frequency spectrum, and

the band extending unit adds a noise spectrum having energy obtained by multiplying energy of the generated higher frequency spectrum by the energy ratio indicated by the sixth parameter to said higher frequency spectrum.

25. The decoding device according to claim 22 further comprising a noise spectrum generating unit operable to generate a noise spectrum obtained by performing time-frequency transformation on a noise signal in the time domain,

wherein the band extending unit adds the noise spectrum generated by the noise spectrum generating unit to the higher frequency spectrum.

26. The decoding device according to claim 25,

wherein the noise spectrum generating unit has a memory table which memorizes data of the noise spectrum in advance, and generates the noise spectrum by reading out the data memorized in the memory table.

27. The decoding device according to claim 18,

wherein the band extending unit generates the higher frequency spectrum using a prepared noise spectrum when values of all the spectral data which form the generated higher frequency spectrum are 0 and a value of an absolute gain of the higher frequency spectrum determined by the second parameter is not 0.

28. The decoding device according to claim 18,

wherein the encoded signal includes the lower frequency spectrum obtained by encoding an input signal for every fixed number of time frames and the extension data,

the second parameter is a common parameter which specifies a gain of the partial spectrum after being copied for a plurality of continuous time frames, and

the band extending unit determines the gain of the partial spectrum after being copied for a plurality of continuous time frames, according to the second parameter.

29. The decoding device according to claim 18,

wherein the encoded signal includes the lower frequency spectrum obtained by encoding an input signal for every fixed number of time frames and the extension data,

the extension data includes a seventh parameter which specifies a time frame in which a gain of the higher frequency spectrum is maximum from among a plurality of the continuous time frames,

the second parameter in a time frame other than the time frame in which the gain is maximum is a value represented by a relative value to the maximum value, and

the band extending unit determines the gain of the higher frequency spectrum in the time frame other than the time frame indicated by the seventh parameter, from among a plurality of the continuous time frames, to be a gain obtained by multiplying the gain of the higher frequency spectrum in the time frame indicated by the seventh parameter by the relative value indicated by the second parameter.

30. The decoding device according to claim 18,

wherein the decoding unit generates the lower frequency spectrum and the extension data by decoding all or a part of the encoded signal according to Huffman decoding.

31. An encoding method for encoding an input signal comprising:

a time-frequency transforming step for transforming an input signal in a time domain into a frequency spectrum including a lower frequency spectrum;

a band extending step for generating extension data which specifies a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum; and

an encoding step for encoding the lower frequency spectrum and the extension data, and outputting the encoded lower frequency spectrum and extension data,

wherein in the band extending step, a first parameter and a second parameter are generated as the extension data, the first parameter specifying a partial spectrum which is to be copied as the higher frequency spectrum from among a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum, and the second parameter specifying a gain of the partial spectrum after being copied.

32. A decoding method for decoding an encoded signal,

wherein the encoded signal includes a lower frequency spectrum and extension data, the extension data including a first parameter and a second parameter which specify a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum,

the decoding method comprises:

a decoding step for generating the lower frequency spectrum and the extension data by decoding the encoded signal;

a band extending step for generating the higher frequency spectrum from the lower frequency spectrum and the first parameter and the second parameter; and

a frequency-time transforming step for transforming a frequency spectrum obtained by combining the generated higher frequency spectrum and the lower frequency spectrum into a signal in a time domain, and

in the band extending step, a partial spectrum specified by the first parameter from among a plurality of partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum is copied, a gain of the partial spectrum after being copied is determined with the second parameter, and the obtained partial spectrum is generated as the higher frequency spectrum.

33. A program for encoding an input signal comprising:

a time-frequency transforming step for transforming an input signal in a time domain into a frequency spectrum including a lower frequency spectrum;

a band extending step for generating extension data which specifies a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum; and

an encoding step for encoding the lower frequency spectrum and the extension data, and output the encoded lower frequency spectrum and extension data,

wherein in the band extending step, a first parameter and a second parameter are generated as the extension data, the first parameter specifying a partial spectrum which is to be copied as the higher frequency spectrum from among a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum, and the second parameter specifying a gain of the partial spectrum after being copied.

34. A program for decoding an encoded signal,

wherein the encoded signal includes a lower frequency spectrum and extension data, the extension data including a first parameter and a second parameter which specify a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum, the program comprises:

a decoding step for generating the lower frequency spectrum and the extension data by decoding the encoded signal;

a band extending step for generating the higher frequency spectrum from the lower frequency spectrum and the first parameter and the second parameter; and

a frequency-time transforming step for transforming a frequency spectrum obtained by combining the generated higher frequency spectrum and the lower frequency spectrum into a signal in a time domain, and

in the band extending step, a partial spectrum specified by the first parameter from among a plurality of partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum is copied, a gain of the partial spectrum after being copied is determined by the second parameter, and the obtained partial spectrum is generated as the higher frequency spectrum.

35. A computer readable recording medium on which an encoded signal is recorded,

wherein the encoded signal includes a lower frequency spectrum and extension data, the extension data including a first parameter and a second parameter which specify a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum,

the first parameter is a parameter which specifies a partial spectrum which is to be copied as the higher frequency spectrum from among a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum, and

the second parameter is a parameter which specifies a gain of the partial spectrum after being copied.

36. The recording medium according to claim 35,

wherein at least two spectrums among a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum have parts of frequency bands overlapped with each other.

37. The recording medium according to claim 35,

wherein the extension data includes a third parameter which specifies a frequency position of a partial spectrum including the lowest frequency component from among a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum.

38. The recording medium according to claim 35,

wherein the extension data includes a fourth parameter which specifies a frequency position of a partial spectrum including the highest frequency component from among a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum.

39. The recording medium according to claim 35,

wherein the extension data includes a fifth parameter which specifies a filtering processing which is performed on the partial spectrum when being copied.

40. The recording medium according to claim 35,

wherein the extension data includes a sixth parameter which indicates whether the higher frequency spectrum is to be the partial spectrum which is to be copied whose phase is inverted or the partial spectrum which is to be copied whose phase is not inverted.

41. The recording medium according to claim 35,

wherein the extension data includes a seventh parameter which indicates whether the higher frequency spectrum is to be the partial spectrum which is to be copied and is inverted in a frequency domain or the partial spectrum which is to be copied and is not inverted in the frequency domain.

42. The recording medium according to claim 35,

wherein the first parameter includes data indicating that any of a plurality of the partial spectrums which form the lower frequency spectrum is not used as a spectrum to be copied.

43. The recording medium according to claim 35,

wherein the extension data includes a eighth parameter which specifies energy of a noise spectrum which is added to the higher frequency spectrum specified by the first parameter and the second parameter.