Devices for encoding and decoding a watermarked signal

• US 9,767,822 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2011
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Villette, Stephane Pierre, Sinder, Daniel J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sharma, Neeraj
• Application Number:
  US13/276,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20120203555A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,163 Days
• Field of Search: 704500, 704201, 704270, 704205, 704219, 704223, 704229, 704211, 700 94, 713176, 381119, 381100, 382100, 235382
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/008 Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/018 Audio watermarking, i.e. embedding inaudible data in the audio signal
• 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: G10L 21/038 using band spreading techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/18 the extracted parameters being spectral information of each sub-band

Abstract

An electronic device configured for encoding a watermarked signal is described. The electronic device includes modeler circuitry. The modeler circuitry determines parameters based on a first signal and a first-pass coded signal. The electronic device also includes coder circuitry coupled to the modeler circuitry. The coder circuitry performs a first-pass coding on a second signal to obtain the first-pass coded signal and performs a second-pass coding based on the parameters to obtain a watermarked signal.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

modeler circuitry, wherein the modeler circuitry is configured to determine parameters based on a first signal and a first-pass coded signal; and

coder circuitry coupled to the modeler circuitry, wherein the coder circuitry is configured to perform a first-pass coding on a second signal to obtain the first-pass coded signal and to perform a second-pass coding of the second signal based on the parameters to obtain a watermarked signal, wherein the first-pass coding is a first code-excited linear prediction (CELP) coding based on a fixed codebook, wherein the first-pass coding is conducted with no watermark, and the second-pass coding is a second CELP coding based on the fixed codebook with watermarking, and wherein the first signal and the second signal are digital audio signals.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first-pass coded signal is a first-pass coded excitation.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a transmitter configured to send the watermarked signal.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second-pass coding is based on a set of linear predictive coding coefficients obtained from the first-pass coding.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first signal is a higher frequency component signal and the second signal is a lower frequency component signal.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the coder circuitry comprises an adaptive multi-rate narrowband (AMR-NB) coder.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the coder circuitry is configured to perform the second-pass coding using a second long term prediction (LTP) operation after a first LTP operation of the first-pass coding.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an analysis filter bank configured to divide a signal into the first signal and the second signal.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the modeler circuitry is configured to determine the parameters based on high band coding.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the watermarked signal is decodable to recover a version of the second signal without information from the first signal.

11. An electronic device, comprising:

modeler circuitry configured to produce a decoded first signal based on a decoded second signal and a watermarked bitstream, wherein the watermarked bitstream comprises second-pass coding, wherein the second-pass coding is a second code-excited linear prediction (CELP) coding based on a fixed codebook with watermarking subsequent to a first-pass coding that comprises a first CELP coding based on the fixed codebook, wherein the first-pass coding is conducted with no watermark; and

decoder circuitry coupled to the modeler circuitry, wherein the decoder circuitry is configured to provide the decoded second signal based on the watermarked bitstream, and wherein the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal are digital audio signals.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising combining circuitry configured to combine the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the combining circuitry comprises a synthesis filter bank.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the decoded first signal comprises a higher frequency component signal and the decoded second signal comprises a lower frequency component signal.

15. A method for encoding a watermarked signal on an electronic device, comprising:

obtaining a first signal and a second signal;

performing a first-pass coding on the second signal to obtain a first-pass coded signal, wherein the first-pass coding is a first code-excited linear prediction (CELP) coding based on a fixed codebook, wherein the first-pass coding is conducted with no watermark;

determining parameters based on the first signal and the first-pass coded signal; and

performing a second-pass coding of the second signal based on the parameters to obtain a watermarked signal, wherein the second-pass coding is a second CELP coding based on the fixed codebook with watermarking, and wherein the first signal and the second signal are digital audio signals.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first-pass coded signal is a first-pass coded excitation.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising sending the watermarked signal.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the second-pass coding uses a set of linear predictive coding coefficients obtained from the first-pass coding.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the first signal is a higher frequency component signal and the second signal is a lower frequency component signal.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the first-pass coding is performed using an adaptive multi-rate narrowband (AMR-NB) coder.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the second-pass coding is performed using a second long term prediction (LTP) operation after a first LTP operation of the first-pass coding.

22. The method of claim 15, further comprising dividing a signal into the first signal and the second signal.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein the parameters are determined based on high band coding.

24. The method of claim 15, wherein the watermarked signal is decodable to recover a version of the second signal without information from the first signal.

25. A method for decoding a watermarked signal on an electronic device, comprising:

decoding a watermarked bitstream to obtain a decoded second signal; and

decoding the watermarked bitstream based on the decoded second signal to obtain a decoded first signal, wherein the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal are digital audio signals, and wherein the watermarked bitstream comprises second-pass coding, wherein the second-pass coding is a second code-excited linear prediction (CELP) coding based on a fixed codebook with watermarking subsequent to a first-pass coding that comprises a first CELP coding based on the fixed codebook, wherein the first-pass coding is conducted with no watermark.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising combining the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal are combined using a synthesis filter bank.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the decoded first signal comprises a higher frequency component signal and the decoded second signal comprises a lower frequency component signal.

29. A computer-program product for encoding a watermarked signal, comprising a non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having instructions thereon, the instructions comprising:

code for causing an electronic device to obtain a first signal and a second signal;

code for causing the electronic device to perform a first-pass coding on the second signal to obtain a first-pass coded signal, wherein the first-pass coding is a first code-excited linear prediction (CELP) coding based on a fixed codebook, wherein the first-pass coding is conducted with no watermark;

code for causing the electronic device to determine parameters based on the first signal and the first-pass coded signal; and

code for causing the electronic device to perform a second-pass coding of the second signal based on the parameters to obtain a watermarked signal, wherein the second-pass coding is a second CELP coding based on the fixed codebook with watermarking, and wherein the first signal and the second signal are digital audio signals.

30. The computer-program product of claim 29, wherein the first-pass coded signal is a first-pass coded excitation.

31. The computer-program product of claim 29, wherein the second-pass coding uses a set of linear predictive coding coefficients obtained from the first-pass coding.

32. The computer-program product of claim 29, wherein the first signal is a higher frequency component signal and the second signal is a lower frequency component signal.

33. The computer-program product of claim 29, wherein the second-pass coding is performed using a second long term prediction (LTP) operation after a first LTP operation of the first-pass coding.

34. A computer-program product for decoding a watermarked signal, comprising a non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having instructions thereon, the instructions comprising:

code for causing an electronic device to decode a watermarked bitstream to obtain a decoded second signal; and

code for causing the electronic device to decode the watermarked bitstream based on the decoded second signal to obtain a decoded first signal, wherein the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal are digital audio signals, and wherein the watermarked bitstream comprises second-pass coding, wherein the second-pass coding is a second code-excited linear prediction (CELP) coding based on a fixed codebook with watermarking subsequent to a first-pass coding that comprises a first CELP coding based on the fixed codebook, wherein the first-pass coding is conducted with no watermark.

35. The computer-program product of claim 34, the instructions further comprising code for causing the electronic device to combine the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal.

36. The computer-program product of claim 34, wherein the decoded first signal comprises a higher frequency component signal and the decoded second signal comprises a lower frequency component signal.

37. An apparatus for encoding a watermarked signal, comprising:

means for obtaining a first signal and a second signal;

means for performing a first-pass coding on the second signal to obtain a first-pass coded signal, wherein the first-pass coding is a first code-excited linear prediction (CELP) coding based on a fixed codebook, wherein the first-pass coding is conducted with no watermark;

means for determining parameters based on the first signal and the first-pass coded signal; and

means for performing a second-pass coding of the second signal based on the parameters to obtain a watermarked signal, wherein the second-pass coding is a second CELP coding based on the fixed codebook with watermarking, and wherein the first signal and the second signal are digital audio signals.

38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the first-pass coded signal is a first-pass coded excitation.

39. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the second-pass coding uses a set of linear predictive coding coefficients obtained from the first-pass coding.

40. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the first signal is a higher frequency component signal and the second signal is a lower frequency component signal.

41. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the second-pass coding is performed using a second long term prediction (LTP) operation after a first LTP operation of the first-pass coding.

42. An apparatus for decoding a watermarked signal, comprising:

a second means for decoding a watermarked bitstream to obtain a decoded second signal; and

a first means for decoding the watermarked bitstream based on the decoded second signal to obtain a decoded first signal, wherein the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal are digital audio signals, and wherein the watermarked bitstream comprises second-pass coding, wherein the second-pass coding is a second code-excited linear prediction (CELP) coding based on a fixed codebook with watermarking subsequent to a first-pass coding that comprises a first CELP coding based on the fixed codebook, wherein the first-pass coding is conducted with no watermark.

43. The apparatus of claim 42, further comprising means for combining the decoded first signal and the decoded second signal.

44. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein the decoded first signal comprises a higher frequency component signal and the decoded second signal comprises a lower frequency component signal.