ENCODER, DECODER AND METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING DATA SEGMENTS REPRESENTING A TIME-DOMAIN DATA STREAM
First Claim
1. An apparatus for decoding data segments representing a time-domain data stream, a data segment being encoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain, a data segment being encoded in the frequency domain having successive blocks of data representing successive and overlapping blocks of time-domain data samples, the apparatus comprising:
- a time-domain decoder for decoding a data segment being encoded in the time domain;
a processor for processing the data segments being encoded in the frequency domain and output data of the time-domain decoder to obtain overlapping time-domain data blocks; and
an overlap/add-combiner for combining the overlapping time-domain data blocks to obtain the decoded data segments of the time-domain data stream.
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Abstract
An apparatus for decoding data segments representing a time-domain data stream, a data segment being encoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain, a data segment being encoded in the frequency domain having successive blocks of data representing successive and overlapping blocks of time-domain data samples. The apparatus includes a time-domain decoder for decoding a data segment being encoded in the time domain and a processor for processing the data segment being encoded in the frequency domain and output data of the time-domain decoder to obtain overlapping time-domain data blocks. The apparatus further includes an overlap/add-combiner for combining the overlapping time-domain data blocks to obtain a decoded data segment of the time-domain data stream.
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40 Claims
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1. An apparatus for decoding data segments representing a time-domain data stream, a data segment being encoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain, a data segment being encoded in the frequency domain having successive blocks of data representing successive and overlapping blocks of time-domain data samples, the apparatus comprising:
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a time-domain decoder for decoding a data segment being encoded in the time domain; a processor for processing the data segments being encoded in the frequency domain and output data of the time-domain decoder to obtain overlapping time-domain data blocks; and an overlap/add-combiner for combining the overlapping time-domain data blocks to obtain the decoded data segments of the time-domain data stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. Method for decoding data segments representing a time-domain data stream, a data segment being encoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain, a data segment being encoded in the frequency domain having successive blocks of data representing successive and overlapping blocks of time-domain data samples, comprising the steps of:
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decoding a data segment being encoded in the time domain; processing the data segment being encoded in the frequency domain and output data of the time-domain decoder to obtain overlapping time-domain data blocks; and
combining the overlapping time-domain data blocks to obtain the decoded data segments of the time-domain data stream. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. An apparatus for generating an encoded data stream based on a time-domain data stream, the time-domain data stream having samples of a signal, the apparatus comprising
a segment processor for providing data segments from the data stream, two consecutive data segments having a first or a second overlapping region, the second overlapping region being smaller than the first overlapping region; -
a time-domain encoder for encoding a windowed data segment in the time domain; a frequency-domain encoder for applying weights to samples of the time-domain data stream according to a first or second windowing function to obtain a windowed data segment, the first and second windowing functions being adapted to the first and second overlapping regions, the frequency-domain encoder being adapted for encoding a windowed data segment in the frequency domain; a time-domain data analyzer for determining a transition indication associated with a data segment; and a controller for controlling the apparatus such that for data segments having a first transition indication output data of the time-domain encoder is included in the encoded data stream and for data segments having a second transition indication, output data of the frequency-domain encoder is included in the encoded data stream. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. Method for generating an encoded data stream based on a time-domain data stream, the time-domain data stream having samples of a signal, comprising the steps of
providing data segments from the data stream, two consecutive data segments having a first or a second overlapping region, the second overlapping region being smaller than the first overlapping region; -
determining a transition indication associated with the data segments; encoding a data segment in the time domain, and/or applying weights to samples of the time-domain data stream according to a first or a second windowing function to obtain a windowed data segment, the first and second windowing functions being adapted to the first and second overlapping regions and encoding the windowed data segment in the frequency domain and; controlling such that for data segments having a first transition indication output data being encoded in the time-domain is included in the encoded data stream and for data segments having a second transition indication output data being encoded in the frequency domain is included in the encoded data stream. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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