Audio Encoding Device, Audio Decoding Device, and Method Thereof

• US 20070250310A1
• Filed: 06/16/2005
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: III Holdings 12, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Morii, Toshiyuki, Sato, Kaoru, Yamanashi, Tomofumi
• Granted Patent: US 7,840,402 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/219
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/12 the excitation function being a code excitation, e.g. in code excited linear prediction [CELP] vocoders
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/24 Variable rate codecs, e.g. for generating different qualities using a scalable representation such as hierarchical encoding or layered encoding

Abstract

There is disclosed an audio encoding device capable of realizing effective encoding while using audio encoding of the CELP method in an extended layer when hierarchically encoding an audio signal. In this device, a first encoding section (115) subjects an input signal (S11) to audio encoding processing of the CELP method and outputs the obtained first encoded information (S12) to a parameter decoding section (120). The parameter decoding section (120) acquires a first quantization LSP code (L1), a first adaptive excitation lag code (A1), and the like from the first encoded information (S12), obtains a first parameter group (S13) from these codes, and outputs it to a second encoding section (130). The second encoding section (130) subjects the input signal (S11) to a second encoding processing by using the first parameter group (S13) and obtains second encoded information (S14). A multiplexing section (154) multiplexes the first encoded information (S12) with the second encoded information (S14) and outputs them via a transmission path N to a decoding apparatus (150).

Claims

1. A speech encoding apparatus comprising:

a first encoding section that generates, from a speech signal, first encoded information by CELP scheme speech encoding;

a generating section that generates a parameter representing a feature of a generation model of the speech signal, which parameter is any of a quantized LSP (Line Spectral Pairs), an adaptive excitation lag, a fixed excitation vector, a quantized adaptive excitation gain, and a quantized fixed excitation gain from the first encoded information; and

a second encoding section that takes the speech signal as an input and encodes the inputted speech signal by CELP scheme speech encoding using the parameter, and generates second encoded information.

3. The speech encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second encoding section sets a search range of an adaptive excitation codebook based on an adaptive excitation lag generated by the generating section. voluntary amendments

4. The speech encoding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second encoding section encodes a difference between an adaptive excitation lag obtained by a search of the adaptive excitation codebook and the adaptive excitation lag generated by the generating section.

5. The speech encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second encoding section adds a fixed excitation vector generated by the generating section to a fixed excitation vector generated from a fixed excitation codebook and encodes a fixed excitation vector obtained by the addition.

6. The speech encoding apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the second encoding section performs the addition by weighting the fixed excitation vector generated by the generating section more than the fixed excitation vector generated from the fixed excitation codebook.

7. The speech encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second encoding section encodes a difference between an LSP obtained by a linear prediction analysis on the speech signal and a quantized LSP generated by the generating section. voluntary amendments

8. The speech encoding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a multiplexing section that multiplexes, according to mode information of the speech signal, one or both of the first and the second encoded information with the mode information, and outputs the multiplexed information.

2. (canceled)

9. A speech decoding apparatus communicating with a speech encoding apparatus that generates, from a speech signal, first encoded information by CELP scheme speech encoding, generates a parameter representing a feature of a generation model of the speech signal, which parameter is any of a quantized LSP (Line Spectral Pairs), an adaptive excitation lag, a fixed excitation vector, a quantized adaptive excitation gain, and a quantized fixed excitation gain from the first encoded information, and generates second encoded information by encoding the speech signal by CELP scheme speech encoding using the parameter, the speech decoding apparatus comprising:

a first decoding section that decodes the first encoded information; and

a second decoding section that decodes the second encoded information using the parameter generated in decoding processing of the first decoding section. voluntary amendments

10. The speech decoding apparatus according to claim 9 communicating with the speech encoding apparatus that further multiplexes, according to mode information of the speech signal, one or both of the first and the second encoded information with the mode information, the speech decoding apparatus further comprising:

an output section that outputs a signal decoded by either one of the first and second decoding sections according to the mode information.

11. A speech encoding method comprising:

a first encoding step of generating, from a speech signal, first encoded information by CELP scheme speech encoding;

a generating step of generating a parameter representing a feature of a generation model of the speech signal, which parameter is any of a quantized LSP (Line Spectral Paris), an adaptive excitation lag, a fixed excitation vector, a quantized adaptive excitation gain, and a quantized fixed excitation gain from the first encoded information; and

a second encoding step of encoding the speech signal by CELP scheme speech encoding using the parameter, and generating second encoded information. voluntary amendments

12. A speech decoding method communicating with a speech encoding apparatus that generates, from a speech signal, first encoded information by CELP speech encoding, generates a parameter representing a feature of a generation model of the speech signal, which parameter is any of a quantized LSP (Line Spectral Pairs) ,an adaptive excitation lag, a fixed excitation vector, a quantized adaptive excitation gain and a quantized fixed excitation gain from the first encoded information, and generates second encoded information by encoding the speech signal by CELP scheme speech encoding using the parameter, the speech decoding apparatus comprising:

a first decoding step of decoding the first encoded information; and

a second decoding step of decoding the second encoded information using the parameter generated in the first decoding step.