Method and device for decoding signal

• US 9,830,914 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2017
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liu, Zexin, Qi, Fengyan, Miao, Lei
• Primary Examiner(s): YEN, ERIC L
• Application Number:
  US15/451,866
• Publication Number:
  US 20170178633A1
• Time in Patent Office: 266 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/002 Dynamic bit allocation for perceptual audio coders G10L19/032
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/005 Correction of errors induced by the transmission channel, if related to the coding algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/0204 using subband decomposition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/028 Noise substitution, i.e. substituting non-tonal spectral components by noisy source comfort noise for discontinuous speech transmission G10L19/012

Abstract

A method and device for decoding a signal. The method for decoding a signal includes: obtaining spectral coefficients of sub-bands from a received bitstream by means of decoding; classifying sub-bands in which the spectral coefficients are located into a sub-band with saturated bit allocation and a sub-band with unsaturated bit allocation; performing noise filling on a spectral coefficient that has not been obtained by means of decoding and is in the sub-band with unsaturated bit allocation, so as to restore the spectral coefficient that has not been obtained by means of decoding; and obtaining a frequency domain signal according to the spectral coefficients obtained by means of decoding and the restored spectral coefficient. Therefore, a sub-band with unsaturated bit allocation in a frequency domain signal may be obtained by classification, thereby improving signal decoding quality.

Claims

1. A method for decoding an audio signal, comprising:

decoding a received bitstream to obtain at least a portion of spectral coefficients of a current frame of the audio signal;

classifying a sub-band of the current frame as a bit allocation un-saturated sub-band, wherein at least one spectral coefficient of the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band has been obtained by decoding the received bitstream and at least one spectral coefficient of the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band has not been obtained by decoding the received bitstream;

reconstructing the at least one spectral coefficient of the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band that has not been obtained by decoding the bitstream by performing noise filling; and

obtaining a frequency domain signal according to the obtained at least the portion of spectral coefficients of the current frame of the audio signal and the reconstructed at least one spectral coefficient of the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the classifying the sub-band of the current frame as the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band comprises:

calculating an average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the sub-band;

comparing the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the sub-band with a classification threshold; and

classifying the sub-band as the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band when the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the sub-band is less than the classification threshold.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the sub-band is a ratio of a quantity of bits allocated for the sub-band to bandwidth of the sub-band.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the bandwidth of the sub-band is represented by a quantity of spectral coefficients in the sub-band.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprising:

classifying another sub-band of the current frame as a bit allocation saturated sub-band, wherein no spectral coefficient in the bit allocation saturated sub-band needs to be reconstructed.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the classifying another sub-band of the current frame as the bit allocation saturated sub-band comprises:

calculating an average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the another sub-band;

comparing the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the another sub-band with the classification threshold; and

classifying the another sub-band as the bit allocation saturated sub-band when the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the another sub-band is not less than the classification threshold.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the another sub-band is a ratio of a quantity of bits allocated for the another sub-band to bandwidth of the another sub-band.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the bandwidth of the another sub-band is represented by a quantity of spectral coefficients in the another sub-band.

9. The method according claim 2, wherein the classification threshold is greater than 0.

10. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprising:

classifying another sub-band of the current frame as a bit allocation un-saturated sub-band, wherein each spectral coefficient of the another sub-band has not been obtained by decoding the received bitstream.

11. A decoder for decoding an audio signal, comprising:

a non-transitory memory for storing computer-executable instructions; and

a processor operatively coupled to the non-transitory memory, the processor being configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to;

decode a received bitstream to obtain at least a portion of spectral coefficients of a current frame of the audio signal;

classify a sub-band of the current frame as a bit allocation un-saturated sub-band, wherein at least one spectral coefficient of the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band has been obtained by decoding the received bitstream and at least one spectral coefficient of the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band has not been obtained by decoding the received bitstream;

reconstruct the at least one spectral coefficient of the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band that has not been obtained by decoding the bitstream by performing noise filling; and

obtain a frequency domain signal according to the obtained at least the portion of spectral coefficients of the current frame of the audio signal and the reconstructed at least one spectral coefficient of the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band.

12. The decoder according to claim 11, wherein when classify the sub-band of the current frame as the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band, the processor being configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

calculate an average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the sub-band;

compare the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the sub-band with a classification threshold; and

classify the sub-band as the bit allocation un-saturated sub-band when the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the sub-band is less than the classification threshold.

13. The decoder according to claim 12, wherein the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the sub-band is a ratio of a quantity of bits allocated for the sub-band to bandwidth of the sub-band.

14. The decoder according to claim 13, wherein the bandwidth of the sub-band is represented by a quantity of spectral coefficients in the sub-band.

15. The decoder according to claim 12, wherein the processor being further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

classify another sub-band of the current frame as a bit allocation saturated sub-band, wherein no spectral coefficient in the bit allocation saturated sub-band needs to be reconstructed.

16. The decoder according to claim 15, wherein when classifying another sub-band of the current frame as the bit allocation saturated sub-band, the processor being configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

calculate an average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the another sub-band;

compare the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the another sub-band with the classification threshold; and

classify the another sub-band as the bit allocation saturated sub-band when the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the another sub-band is not less than the classification threshold.

17. The decoder according to claim 16, wherein the average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the another sub-band is a ratio of a quantity of bits allocated for the another sub-band to bandwidth of the another sub-band.

18. The decoder according to claim 17, wherein the bandwidth of the another sub-band is represented by a quantity of spectral coefficients in the another sub-band.

19. The decoder according claim 12, wherein the classification threshold is greater than 0.

20. The decoder according to claim 12, wherein the processor being further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

classify another sub-band of the current frame as a bit allocation un-saturated sub-band, wherein each spectral coefficient of the another sub-band has not been obtained by decoding the received bitstream.