Audio coding system using temporal shape of a decoded signal to adapt synthesized spectral components

• US 8,032,387 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2009
• Issued: 10/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation (Dolby Laboratories Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation (Dolby Laboratories Incorporated)
• Inventors: Truman, Michael Mead, Vinton, Mark Stuart, Davidson, Grant Allen, Fellers, Matthew Conrad
• Primary Examiner(s): Smits; Talivaldis Ivars
• Application Number:
  US12/365,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20090138267A1
• Time in Patent Office: 972 Days
• Field of Search: 704/500, 704/501
• US Class Current: 704/501
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/035 Scalar quantisation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/038 using band spreading techniques

Abstract

A receiver in an audio coding system receives a signal conveying frequency subband signals representing an audio signal. The subband signals are examined to assess one or more characteristics of the audio signal including temporal shape. Spectral components are synthesized having the one or more assessed characteristics, integrated with the subband signals and passed through a synthesis filterbank to generate an output signal.

Claims

1. A method for processing encoded audio information, wherein the method comprises:

receiving the encoded audio information and obtaining therefrom a set of subband signals representing some but not all spectral components of an audio signal;

obtaining control information from the encoded information and adapting a filter in response to the control information;

examining the set of subband signals to obtain an estimated temporal shape;

generating synthesized signal components and modifying the synthesized signal components in response to the estimated temporal shape by applying the filter to at least some of the generated synthesized signal components;

combining the modified synthesized signal components with respective components of a plurality of subband signals representing spectral components of the audio signal to obtain a set of modified subband signals; and

generating the audio information by applying a synthesis filterbank to the set of modified subband signals.

2. An apparatus for processing encoded audio information, wherein the apparatus comprises:

an input terminal that receives the encoded audio information;

memory; and

processing circuitry coupled to the input terminal and the memory;

wherein the processing circuitry is adapted to;

receive the encoded audio information and obtain therefrom a set of subband signals representing some but not all spectral components of an audio signal;

obtain control information from the encoded information and adapt a filter in response to the control information;

examine the set of subband signals to obtain an estimated temporal shape;

generate synthesized signal components and modify the synthesized signal components in response to the estimated temporal shape by applying the filter to at least some of the generated synthesized signal components;

combine the modified synthesized signal components with respective components of a plurality of subband signals representing spectral components of the audio signal to obtain a set of modified subband signals; and

generate the audio information by applying a synthesis filterbank to the set of modified subband signals.

3. A non-transitory storage medium that is readable by a device and that records a program of instructions executable by the device to perform a method for processing encoded audio information, wherein the method comprises:

receiving the encoded audio information and obtaining therefrom a set of subband signals representing some but not all spectral components of an audio signal;

obtaining control information from the encoded information and adapting a filter in response to the control information;

examining the set of subband signals to obtain an estimated temporal shape;

generating synthesized signal components and modifying the synthesized signal components in response to the estimated temporal shape by applying the filter to at least some of the generated synthesized signal components;

combining the modified synthesized signal components with respective components of a plurality of subband signals representing spectral components of the audio signal to obtain a set of modified subband signals; and

generating the audio information by applying a synthesis filterbank to the set of modified subband signals.