Signal encoding apparatus, signal decoding apparatus, recording medium, and signal encoding method
First Claim
1. A signal encoding apparatus adapted for encoding an input signal,the apparatus comprising:
- transforming means for transforming the input signal into frequency components;
separating means for separating an output of the transforming means into a first signal consisting of tone characteristic components and a second signal consisting of other components;
first encoding means for normalizing and quantizing the first signal to encode the first signal; and
second encoding means for normalizing and quantizing the second signal to encode the second signal,wherein normalization coefficients for normalizing the first signal are set to an interval finer than that of normalization coefficients for normalizing the second signal.
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Abstract
In the signal encoding apparatus and the signal encoding method of this invention, normalization coefficients for normalizing a first signal are set to an interval finer than that of normalization coefficients for normalizing a second signal. Namely, accuracy of normalization coefficients at the time of normalizing tone characteristic components is caused to be higher than accuracy of normalization coefficients at the time of normalizing noise characteristic components. Thus, this invention can carry out efficient encoding. In other words, this invention can improve accuracy of encoding of tone characteristic components while suppressing the number of bits necessary for encoding of noise components. As a whole, more efficient encoding can be carried out. Moreover, in the recording medium of this invention, since signals efficiently encoded by the signal encoding apparatus or the signal encoding method of this invention are recorded, recording capacity is effectively utilized. In addition, in the signal decoding apparatus, since signals encoded by the signal encoding apparatus or the signal encoding method of this invention are decoded, signal error in decoding can be reduced.
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22 Claims
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1. A signal encoding apparatus adapted for encoding an input signal,
the apparatus comprising: -
transforming means for transforming the input signal into frequency components; separating means for separating an output of the transforming means into a first signal consisting of tone characteristic components and a second signal consisting of other components; first encoding means for normalizing and quantizing the first signal to encode the first signal; and second encoding means for normalizing and quantizing the second signal to encode the second signal, wherein normalization coefficients for normalizing the first signal are set to an interval finer than that of normalization coefficients for normalizing the second signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A recording medium adapted so that encoded signals are recorded therein,
wherein a first signal corresponding to tone characteristic components which have been normalized and quantized and a second signal corresponding to components except for the tone characteristic components, which have been normalized and quantized, are recorded, and wherein normalization coefficients for normalization of the first signal are set to an interval finer than that of normalization coefficients of the second signal.
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9. A signal decoding apparatus adapted for decoding an encoded signal,
the apparatus comprising: -
first decoding means for decoding a first signal corresponding to tone characteristic components which have been encoded through normalization and quantization; second decoding means for decoding a second signal corresponding to components except for the tone characteristic components, which have been encoded through normalization and quantization; and synthetic inverse transforming means for synthesizing an output of the first decoding means and an output of the second decoding means to carry out inverse transform processing thereof to implement inverse transform processing thereto, or for respectively inverse-transforming those outputs to synthesize them, wherein the first decoding means carries out release of normalization at an interval finer than that of the second decoding means. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A signal encoding method for encoding an input signal, the method comprising the steps of:
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transforming the input signal into frequency components; separating the transformed signal into a first signal consisting of tone characteristic components and a second signal consisting of other components; normalizing and quantizing the first signal to encode the first signal; and normalizing and quantizing the second signal to encode the second signal, wherein normalization coefficients for normalizing the first signal are set to an interval finer than that of normalization coefficients for normalizing the second signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A signal encoding apparatus adapted for encoding an input signal,
the apparatus comprising: -
transforming means for transforming the input signal into frequency components; separating means for separating an output of the transforming means into a first signal consisting of tone characteristic components and a second signal consisting of other components; first encoding means for normalizing and quantizing the first signal to encode the first signal; and second encoding means for normalizing and quantizing the second signal to encode the second signal, wherein normalization coefficients for normalizing the first signal are set to an interval finer than that of normalization coefficients for normalizing the second signal, and wherein normalization coefficients for normalizing the first signal in the first encoding means are set to a value such that even if a quantized value of a signal component having a maximum energy of respective tone characteristic components, is omitted, no error takes place at the time of decoding.
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18. A signal decoding apparatus adapted for decoding an encoded signal,
the apparatus comprising: -
first decoding means for decoding a first signal corresponding to tone characteristic components which have been encoded through normalization and quantization; second decoding means for decoding a second signal corresponding to components except for the tone characteristic components, which have been encoded through normalization and quantization; and synthetic inverse transforming means for synthesizing an output of the first decoding means and an output of the second decoding means to carry out inverse transform processing thereof to implement inverse transform processing thereto, or for respectively inverse-transforming those outputs to synthesize them, wherein the first decoding means carries out release of normalization at an interval finer than that of the second decoding means, and wherein normalization coefficients included in the first signal are set to a value such that even if a quantized value of a signal component having a maximum energy of respective tone characteristic components is omitted, no error takes place at the time of decoding.
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19. A signal decoding method for decoding an encoded signal, the method comprising the steps of:
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decoding a first signal corresponding to tone characteristic components which have been encoded through normalization and quantization; decoding a second signal corresponding to components except for the tone characteristic components, which have been encoded through normalization and quantization; and synthesizing the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal to carry out inverse transform processing thereof to implement inverse transform processing thereto, or for respectively inverse-transforming the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal to synthesize them, wherein the decoding of the first signal is carried out with a release of normalization at an interval finer than that of the decoding of the second signal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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