ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100169081A1
• Filed: 12/12/2007
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: III Holdings 12, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Oshikiri, Masahiro, Yamanashi, Tomofumi
• Granted Patent: US 8,352,258 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/203
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/0204 using subband decomposition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/0212 using orthogonal transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/038 Vector quantisation, e.g. TwinVQ audio
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/083 the excitation function being an excitation gain G10L25/90 takes precedence
• 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

An encoding device includes: a frequency region converter which converts an inputted audio signal into a frequency region; a band selector which selects a quantization object band from a plurality of sub bands obtained by dividing the frequency region; and a shape quantizer which quantizes the shape of the frequency region parameter of the quantization object band. When a prediction encoding presence/absence determiner determines that the number of common sub bands between the quantization object band and the quantization object band selected in the past is not smaller than a predetermined value, a gain quantizer performs prediction encoding on the gain of the frequency region parameter of the quantization object band. When the number of common sub bands is smaller than the predetermined value, the gain quantizer non-predictively encodes the gain of the frequency region parameter of the quantization object band.

Claims

1. An encoding apparatus, comprising:

a transformer that transforms an input signal to a frequency domain to obtain a frequency domain parameter;

a selector that selects a quantization target band from among a plurality of subbands obtained by dividing the frequency domain, and generates band information indicating the quantization target band;

a shape quantizer that quantizes a shape of the frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band; and

a gain quantizer that encodes a gain of a frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band to obtain gain encoded information.

2. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determiner that determines whether or not predictive encoding is to be performed based on a number of subbands common to the quantization target band and a quantization target band selected in the past,

wherein the gain quantizer encodes the gain of the frequency domain parameter in accordance with a determination result of the determiner.

3. The encoding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determiner determines that a predictive encoding is to be performed when a number of subbands common to the quantization target band and a quantization target band selected in the past is at least equal to a predetermined value, and determines that the predictive encoding is not to be performed when the number of common subbands is less than the predetermined value,

wherein the gain quantizer obtains gain encoded information by performing the predictive encoding on the gain of a frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band using past gain encoded information when the determiner determines that the predictive encoding is to be performed, and obtains gain encoded information by non-predictive encoding the gain of a frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band when the determiner determines that the predictive encoding is not to be performed.

4. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the gain quantizer obtains the gain encoded information by performing a vector quantization of the gain of the frequency domain parameter.

5. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the gain quantizer obtains the gain encoded information by performing a predictive quantizing of the gain using a gain of a frequency domain parameter in a past frame.

6. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selector selects a region for which energy is highest among regions composed of a plurality of subbands as a quantization target band.

7. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selector, when candidate bands exist for which a number of subbands common to a quantization target band selected in the past is at least equal to a predetermined value and energy is at least equal to a predetermined value, selects a band for which energy is highest among the candidate bands as the quantization target band, and when the candidate bands do not exist, selects a band for which energy is highest in all bands of the frequency domain as the quantization target band.

8. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selector selects a band closest to a quantization target band selected in the past among bands for which energy is at least equal to a predetermined value as the quantization target band.

9. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selector selects the quantization target band after multiplication by a weight that is larger the more toward a low-band side a subband is.

10. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selector selects a low-band-side fixed subband as the quantization target band.

11. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selector selects the quantization target band after multiplication by a weight that is larger the higher the frequency of selection in the past of a subband is.

12. The encoding apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an interpolator that performs interpolation on a gain of a frequency domain parameter in a subband not quantized in the past among subbands indicated by the band information using past gain encoded information, to obtain an interpolation value,

wherein the gain quantizer also uses the interpolation value when performing the predictive encoding.

13. The encoding apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a decider that decides a prediction coefficient such that a weight of a gain value of a past frame is larger the larger a subband common to a quantization target band of a past frame and a quantization target band of a current frame is,

wherein the gain quantizer uses the prediction coefficient when performing the predictive encoding.

14. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selector fixedly selects a predetermined subband as part of the quantization target band.

15. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selector selects the quantization target band after multiplication by a weight that is larger the more toward a high-band side a subband is in part of the quantization target band.

16. The encoding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the gain quantizer performs predictive encoding on a gain of a frequency domain parameter in part of the quantization target band, and performs non-predictive encoding on a gain of a frequency domain parameter in a remaining part.

17. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the gain quantizer performs a vector quantization of the gain of a nonconsecutive plurality of subbands.

18. A decoding apparatus, comprising:

a receiver that receives information indicating a quantization target band selected from among a plurality of subbands obtained by dividing a frequency domain of an input signal;

a shape dequantizer that decodes shape encoded information in which a shape of a frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band is quantized, to generate a decoded shape;

a gain dequantizer that decodes gain encoded information in which a gain of a frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band is quantized, to generate a decoded gain, and decodes a frequency parameter using the decoded shape and the decoded gain to generate a decoded frequency domain parameter; and

a time domain transformer that transforms the decoded frequency domain parameter to the time domain and obtains a time domain decoded signal.

19. The decoding apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising a determiner that determines whether or not a predictive decoding is to be performed based on a number of subbands common to the quantization target band and a quantization target band selected in the past,

wherein the gain dequantizer decodes the gain encoded information in accordance with a determination result of the determiner to generate decoded gain.

20. The decoding apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the determiner determines that the predictive decoding is to be performed when a number of subbands common to the quantization target band and a quantization target band selected in the past is at least equal to a predetermined value, and determines that the predictive decoding is not to be performed when the number of common subbands is less than the predetermined value,

wherein the gain dequantizer performs the predictive decoding of the gain of a frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band using a gain obtained in a past gain decoding when the determiner determines that the predictive decoding is to be performed, and performs a direct dequantization of gain encoded information in which gain of a frequency domain parameter is quantized in the quantization target band when the determiner determines that the predictive decoding is not to be performed.

21. An encoding method, comprising:

transforming an input signal to a frequency domain to obtain a frequency domain parameter;

selecting a quantization target band from among a plurality of subbands obtained by dividing the frequency domain, and generating band information indicating the quantization target band;

quantizing a shape of the frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band to obtain shape encoded information; and

encoding a gain of a frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band to obtain gain encoded information.

22. A decoding method, comprising:

receiving information indicating a quantization target band selected from among a plurality of subbands obtained by dividing a frequency domain of an input signal;

decoding shape encoded information in which the shape of a frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band is quantized, to generate a decoded shape;

decoding gain encoded information in which a gain of a frequency domain parameter in the quantization target band is quantized, to generate decoded gain, and decoding a frequency domain parameter using the decoded shape and the decoded gain to generate a decoded frequency domain parameter; and

transforming the decoded frequency domain parameter to a time domain to obtain a time domain decoded signal.