System and Method for Audio Coding and Decoding
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1. A method of generating an encoded audio signal, the method comprising:
- estimating a time-frequency energy of an input audio signal from a time-frequency filter bank;
computing a global variance of the time-frequency energy;
determining a post-processing method according to the global variance; and
transmitting an encoded representation of the input audio signal along with an indication of the determined post-processing method.
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of generating an encoded audio signal, the method includes estimating a time-frequency energy of an input audio signal from a time-frequency filter bank, computing a global variance of the time-frequency energy, determining a post-processing method according to the global variance, and transmitting an encoded representation of the input audio signal along with an indication of the determined post-processing method.
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1. A method of generating an encoded audio signal, the method comprising:
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estimating a time-frequency energy of an input audio signal from a time-frequency filter bank; computing a global variance of the time-frequency energy; determining a post-processing method according to the global variance; and transmitting an encoded representation of the input audio signal along with an indication of the determined post-processing method. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for generating an encoded audio signal, the method comprising:
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receiving a frame comprising a time-frequency (T/F) representation of an input audio signal, the T/F representation having time slots, each time slot having subbands; estimating energy in subbands of the time slots; estimating a time variance across a first plurality of time slots for each of a second plurality of subbands; estimating a frequency variance of the time variance across the second plurality of subbands; determining a class of audio signal by comparing the frequency variance with a threshold; and transmitting the encoded audio signal, the encoded audio signal comprising a coded representation of the input audio signal and a control code based on the class of audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for generating an encoded audio signal the system comprising:
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a detector configured to; receive a frame comprising a time-frequency (T/F) representation of an input audio signal, the T/F representation having time slots, wherein each time slot comprises subbands, estimate energy in subbands of the time slots, estimate a time variance across a first plurality of time slots for each of a second plurality of subbands, estimate a frequency variance of the time variance across the second plurality of subbands, and determine a class of audio signal by comparing the frequency variance with a threshold; and a transmitter configured to transmit the encoded audio signal, wherein the encoded audio signal comprises a coded representation of the input audio signal and a control code based on the class of audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A non-transitory computer readable medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a microprocessor to perform the following steps:
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receiving a frame comprising a time-frequency (T/F) representation of an input audio signal, the T/F representation having time slots, each time slot having subbands; estimating energy in subbands of the time slots; estimating a time variance across a first plurality of time slots for each of a second plurality of subbands; estimating a frequency variance of the time variance across the second plurality of subbands; determining a class of audio signal by comparing the frequency variance with a threshold; and transmitting an encoded audio signal, the encoded audio signal comprising a coded representation of the input audio signal and a control code based on the class of audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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