Apparatus for coding of variable bitrate wideband speech and audio signals, and a method thereof

• US 7,634,402 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2004
• Issued: 12/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Mi-Suk, Kim, Hong-Kook, Kim, Do-Young, Choi, Seungho
• Primary Examiner(s): Hudspeth; David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jackson; Jakieda R
• Application Number:
  US10/967,045
• Publication Number:
  US 20050108009A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,888 Days
• Field of Search: 704/229
• US Class Current: 704/229
• 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 apparatus for coding of variable bitrate wideband speech and audio is described. The apparatus utilizes: a) a speech and audio divider for dividing signals inputted to a CODEC into speech or audio signals; b) a narrowband coder for performing narrowband coding, in the case the divided input signals are speech signals; c) a bitrate modifier for modifying a bitrate for coding of low frequency band and a bitrate for coding of a high frequency band, in the case the divided input signals are audio signals; and d) a wideband coder for performing coding by the modified bitrate in the bitrate modifier.

Claims

1. An apparatus for coding of variable bitrate wideband speech and audio, comprising:

a) a speech and audio divider for dividing signals inputted to a CODEC into speech or audio signals;

b) a narrowband coder for performing narrowband coding when the divided input signals are speech signals;

c) a bitrate modifier for decreasing a bitrate for coding of a low frequency band and increasing a bitrate for coding of a high frequency band by the amount decreased in the low frequency band when the divided input signals are audio signals; and

d) a wideband coder for performing coding by the modified bitrate in the bitrate modifier.

2. The apparatus for coding of variable bitrate wideband speech and audio of claim 1, wherein the bitrate modifier modifies a bitrate of a low frequency band and a bitrate of a high frequency with respect to the input audio signals of a low bitrate.

3. The apparatus for coding of variable bitrate wideband speech and audio of claim 1, wherein the wideband coder takes some bits for coding assigned to the low frequency band and assigns them to a high frequency band for coding.

4. A method for coding of variable bitrate wideband speech and audio comprising:

i) determining input signals inputted to a CODEC and dividing the input signals into speech or audio signals;

ii) assigning bits to a low frequency band and performing coding in the case the divided input signals are speech signals;

iii) modifying a bitrate by decreasing a bitrate for coding of a low frequency band and increasing a bitrate for coding of a high frequency band by the amount decreased in the low frequency band when the divided input signals are audio signals; and

iv) assigning bits to the low frequency band and the high frequency band by the modified bitrate and performing coding.

5. The method for coding of variable bitrate wideband speech and audio of claim 4, wherein the coding in ii) is speech oriented narrowband coding.

6. The method for coding of variable bitrate wideband speech and audio of claim 4, wherein the coding in iv) is audio oriented wideband coding.

7. The method for coding of variable bitrate wideband speech and audio of claim 6, wherein the wideband coding takes some bits assigned to the low frequency band and assigns them bits to the high frequency band for coding.

8. A recording medium for storing a program readable by a computer, the program performing coding of variable bitrate wideband speech and audio, the program comprising:

i) determining input signals inputted to a CODEC and dividing the input signals into speech or audio signals;

ii) assigning bits to a low frequency band and performing coding when the divided input signals are speech signals;

iii) modifying a bitrate by decreasing a bitrate for coding of a low frequency band and increasing a bitrate for coding of a high frequency band by the amount decreased in the low frequency band when the divided input signals are audio signals; and

iv) assigning bits to the low frequency band and the high frequency band by the modified bitrate and performing coding.