Codebook tables for multi-rate encoding and decoding with pre-gain and delayed-gain quantization tables

• US 6,757,649 B1
• Filed: 04/08/2003
• Issued: 06/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: DigiMedia Tech, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Mindspeed Technologies Inc. (MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gao, Yang, Benyassine, Adil, Thyssen, Jes, Shlomot, Eyal, Su, Huan-Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorvil, Richemond
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOLAN, DANIEL A
• Application Number:
  US10/409,404
• Time in Patent Office: 448 Days
• Field of Search: 704/219, 704/220, 704/262, 704/222
• US Class Current: 704/222
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/00 Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis in musical instruments G10H
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/167 Audio streaming, i.e. formatting and decoding of an encoded audio signal representation into a data stream for transmission or storage purposes
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/00 Gain control in amplifiers or frequency changers

Abstract

A speech compression system capable of encoding a speech signal into a bitstream for subsequent decoding to generate synthesized speech is disclosed. The speech compression system optimizes the bandwidth consumed by the bitstream by balancing the desired average bit rate with the perceptual quality of the reconstructed speech. The speech compression system comprises a full-rate codec, a half-rate codec, a quarter-rate codec and an eighth-rate codec. The codecs are selectively activated based on a rate selection. In addition, the full and half-rate codecs are selectively activated based on a type classification. Each codec is selectively activated to encode and decode the speech signals at different bit rates emphasizing different aspects of the speech signal to enhance overall quality of the synthesized speech.

Claims

1. A speech processing system for encoding a fixed codebook gain and an adaptive codebook gain for a frame of a speech signal, the speech processing system comprising:

an encoding system operable to selectively designate a rate selection and a type classification of the frame;

the encoding system operable with a 2D gain quantization table to encode the fixed codebook gain and the adaptive codebook gain when the type classification is a first type;

the encoding system operable with a pre-gain quantization table to encode the adaptive codebook gain when the type classification is a second type, the pre-gain quantization table selectable as a function of the rate selection; and

the encoding system operable with a delayed gain quantization table to encode the fixed codebook gain when the type classification is the second type, the delayed gain quantization table selectable as a function of the rate selection;

where the pre-gain quantization table comprises a first predetermined vector represented as {0.60699869, 0.59090763, 0.64920781, 0.64610492} and a second predetermined vector represented as {0.68101613, 0.65403889, 0.64210982, 0.63130892} when the rate selection is a full rate.

2. The speech processing system of claim 1, where the rate selection comprises selection between a full rate and a half rate.

3. The speech processing system of claim 1, where the encoder is operable to encode the adaptive codebook gain once for each frame when the type classification is the second type.

4. The speech processing system of claim 1, where the pre-gain quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 4 elements each when the rate selection is a full rate.

5. The speech processing system of claim 1, where the pre-gain quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 3 elements each when the rate selection is a half rate.

6. The speech processing system of claim 1, where the encoding system is operable to encode the fixed codebook gain once for each frame of the speech signal when the type classification is the second type.

7. The speech processing system of claim 1, where the encoding system is operable to encode with the pre-gain quantization table prior to encoding with the delayed gain quantization table.

8. The speech processing system of claim 1, where the delayed quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 4 elements each when the rate selection is a full rate.

9. The speech processing system of claim 1, where the delayed quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 3 elements each when the rate selection is a half rate.

10. The speech processing system of claim 1, where the delayed gain quantization table comprises a first predetermined vector represented as {0.18423671, 0.06523999, 0.13390472} and a second predetermined vector represented as {0.27552690, 0.09702324, 0.05427950} when the rate selection is a half rate.

11. A speech processing system for encoding a fixed codebook gain and an adaptive codebook gain for a frame of a speech signal, the speech processing system comprising:

an encoding system operable to selectively designate a rate selection and a type classification of the frame;

the encoding system operable with a 2D gain quantization table to encode the fixed codebook gain and the adaptive codebook gain when the type classification is a first type;

the encoding system operable with a pre-gain quantization table to encode the adaptive codebook gain when the type classification is a second type, the pre-gain quantization table selectable as a function of the rate selection; and

the encoding system operable with a delayed gain quantization table to encode the fixed codebook gain when the type classification is the second type, the delayed gain quantization table selectable as a function of the rate selection;

where the pre-gain quantization table comprises a first predetermined vector represented as {1.16184904, 1.16859789, 1.13656320} and a second predetermined vector represented as {1.14613289, 1.06371877, 0.91852525} when the rate selection is a half rate.

12. The speech processing system of claim 11, where the rate selection comprises selection between a full rate and a half rate.

13. The speech processing system of claim 11, where the encoder is operable to encode the adaptive codebook gain once for each frame when the type classification is the second type.

14. The speech processing system of claim 11, where the pre-gain quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 4 elements each when the rate selection is a full rate.

15. The speech processing system of claim 11, where the pre-gain quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 3 elements each when the rate selection is a half rate.

16. The speech processing system of claim 11, where the encoding system is operable to encode the fixed codebook gain once for each frame of the speech signal when the type classification is the second type.

17. The speech processing system of claim 11, where the encoding system is operable to encode with the pre-gain quantization table prior to encoding with the delayed gain quantization table.

18. The speech processing system of claim 11, where the delayed quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 4 elements each when the rate selection is a full rate.

19. The speech processing system of claim 11, where the delayed quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 3 elements each when the rate selection is a half rate.

20. The speech processing system of claim 11, where the delayed gain quantization table comprises a first predetermined vector represented as {0.18423671, 0.06523999, 0.13390472} and a second predetermined vector represented as {0.27552690, 0.09702324, 0.05427950} when the rate selection is a half rate.

21. A speech processing system for encoding a fixed codebook gain and an adaptive codebook gain for a frame of a speech signal, the speech processing system comprising:

an encoding system operable to selectively designate a rate selection and a type classification of the frame;

the encoding system operable with a 2D gain quantization table to encode the fixed codebook gain and the adaptive codebook gain when the type classification is a first type;

the encoding system operable with a pre-gain quantization table to encode the adaptive codebook gain when the type classification is a second type, the pre-gain quantization table selectable as a function of the rate selection; and

the encoding system operable with a delayed gain quantization table to encode the fixed codebook gain when the type classification is the second type, the delayed gain quantization table selectable as a function of the rate selection;

where the delayed gain quantization table comprises a first predetermined vector represented as {0.18423671, 0.06523999, 0.13390472} and a second predetermined vector represented as {0.27552690, 0.09702324, 0.05427950} when the rate selection is a half rate.

22. The speech processing system of claim 21, where the rate selection comprises selection between a full rate and a half rate.

23. The speech processing system of claim 21, where the encoder is operable to encode the adaptive codebook gain once for each frame when the type classification is the second type.

24. The speech processing system of claim 21, where the pre-gain quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 4 elements each when the rate selection is a full rate.

25. The speech processing system of claim 21, where the pre-gain quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 3 elements each when the rate selection is a half rate.

26. The speech processing system of claim 21, where the encoding system is operable to encode the fixed codebook gain once for each frame of the speech signal when the type classification is the second type.

27. The speech processing system of claim 21, where the encoding system is operable to encode with the pre-gain quantization table prior to encoding with the delayed gain quantization table.

28. The speech processing system of claim 21, where the delayed quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 4 elements each when the rate selection is a full rate.

29. The speech processing system of claim 21, where the delayed quantization table comprises a plurality of predetermined vectors of 3 elements each when the rate selection is a half rate.