Signal decoding apparatus and signal decoding method

• US 7,636,055 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2008
• Issued: 12/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: III Holdings 12, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Morii, Toshiyuki, Sato, Kaoru, Yamanashi, Tomofumi
• Primary Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, HOWARD L
• Application Number:
  US12/170,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20080297380A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• Field of Search: 341/50, 341/51, 700/94, 704/201, 704/219
• US Class Current: 341/50
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/005 Correction of errors induced by the transmission channel, if related to the coding algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/1833 by adding special lists or symbols to the coded information G11B20/1806, G11B20/1866 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/24 for reducing noise control of amplification in general, e.g. dependent upon noise level H03G

Abstract

A signal decoding apparatus preventing substantial noise from being produced when transmission error occurs during decoding of scalable-coded information. In this signal decoding apparatus, a coded information operation section (601) performs error detection for base layer coded information, first enhancement layer coded information and second enhancement layer coded information using transmission error detection bits. A decoding operation control section (602) performs ON/OFF control of control switches (606, 607) in accordance with pattern information indicating error detection results and bit rate patterns, and controls the sampling frequencies of sampling frequency adjustment sections (608, 609). A base layer decoding section (603), first enhancement layer decoding section (604) and second enhancement layer decoding section (605) perform decoding of coded information or frame loss compensation processing, depending on error detection results and bit rates. Sampling frequency adjustment sections (608, 609) adjust the sampling frequency of the decoded signal.

Claims

1. A signal decoding apparatus that decodes coded information formed with n layers, n being an integer of two or greater, the signal decoding apparatus comprising:

a coded information operation section that performs error detection for the coded information per layer;

a decoding section that, when no error is detected in m layers, m being an integer of one or greater and n or less, decodes coded information of the m layers, per layer, and generates m decoded signals, and that, when a frame is lost in an i-th layer, i being an integer of two or greater and n or less, decodes coded information of a first to (i−

1)-th layers, per layer, and generates (i−

1) decoded signals;

a sampling frequency adjustment section that adjusts sampling frequencies of all decoded signals generated, to sampling frequencies in accordance with transmission mode employed upon transmission; and

an addition section that adds all the decoded signals with adjusted sampling frequencies.

2. The signal decoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the coded information comprises a coded speech signal; and

the decoding section decodes the coded information using a coded excited linear prediction type decoding method and generates a decoded signal.

3. A computer readable recording medium that records a program for a computer to execute, wherein the program comprises:

a coded information operation step of performing error detection of coded information formed with n layers, n being an integer of two or greater, per layer;

a decoding step of, when no error is detected in m layers, m being an integer of one or greater and n or less, decoding coded information of the m layers, per layer, and generating m decoded signals, and, when a frame is lost in an i-th layer, i being an integer of two or greater and n or less, decoding coded information of a first to (i−

1)-th layers, per layer, and generating (i−

1) decoded signals;

a sampling frequency adjustment step of adjusting sampling frequencies of all decoded signals generated, to sampling frequencies in accordance with transmission mode employed upon transmission; and

an adding step of adding all the decoded signals with adjusted sampling frequencies.

4. A signal decoding method of decoding coded information formed with n layers, n being an integer of two or greater, the signal decoding apparatus comprising:

a coded information operation step of performing error detection for the coded information per layer;

a decoding step of, when no error is detected in m layers, m being an integer of one or greater and n or less, decoding coded information of the m layers, per layer, and generating m decoded signals, and, when a frame is lost in an i-th layer, i being an integer of two or greater and n or less, decoding coded information of a first to (i−

1)-th layers and generating (i−

1) decoded signals;

a sampling frequency adjustment step of adjusting sampling frequencies of all decoded signals generated, to sampling frequencies in accordance with transmission mode employed upon transmission; and

an adding step of adding all the decoded signals with adjusted sampling frequencies.