IP Library Granted Patent US 6,988,067
Granted Patent B2
US 6,988,067 · App. 10/033,649 · Granted Jan 17, 2006

LSF quantizer for wideband speech coder

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Patent No.
US 6,988,067
App. No.
10/033,649
Granted
Jan 17, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The LSF quantizer for a wideband speech coder comprises a subtracter for receiving an input LSF coefficient vector and removing a DC component from it; a memory-based vector quantizer and a memoryless vector quantizer for respectively receiving the DC-component-removed LSF coefficient vector and independently quantizing the same; a switch for receiving quantized vectors respectively quantized by the memory-based vector quantizer and the memoryless vector quantizer, selecting a quantized vector that has less quantized error that is a difference between the received quantized vector and the input LSF coefficent vector from among the received quantized vectors, and outputting the same; and an adder for adding the quantized vector selected by the switch to the DC component of the LSF coefficient vector.

Claims (16)

1. An LSF (Line Spectral Frequency) quantizer for a wideband speech coder, comprising:

a subtracter for receiving an input LSF coefficient vector and removing a DC component from it;

a memory-based vector quantizer and a memoryless vector quantizer for respectively receiving the DC component removed LSF coefficient vector and independently quantizing the same;

a switch for receiving quantized vectors respectively quantized by the memory-based vector quantizer and the memoryless vector quantizer, selecting a quantized vector that has less quantized error that is a difference between the received quantized vector and the input LSF coefficent vector from among the received quantized vectors, and outputting the same; and

an adder for adding the quantized vector selected by the switch to the DC component of the LSF coefficient vector.

2. The LSF quantizer for a wideband speech coder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the memory-based vector quantizer and the memoryless vector quantizer are respectively a memory-based split vector quantizer and a memoryless split vector quantizer.

3. The LSF quantizer for a wideband speech coder as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the memory-based vector quantizer predicts the input LSF coefficient vector using a primary auto-regressive (AR) predictor, and pyramid-vector-quantizes a prediction error vector that is a difference between the predicted vector and the input LSF coefficient vector.

4. The LSF quantizer for a wideband speech coder as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the memoryless split vector quantizer pyramid-vector-quantizes the input LSF coefficient vector in a full vector format.

5. The LSF quantizer for a wideband speech coder as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the switch determines quantized errors using an Euclidean distance.

6. An LSF (Line Spectral Frequency) quantization method for a wideband speech coder, comprising:

(a) removing a DC component from an LSF coefficient vector;

(b) predicting the DC-component-removed LSF coefficient vector using a primary auto-regressive (AR) predictor, and pyramid-vector-quantizing a prediction error vector that is a difference between the predicted vector and the input LSF coefficient vector;

(c) pyramid-vector-quantizing the DC-component-removed LSF coefficient vector in a full vector format;

(d) receiving the quantized vectors respectively quantized in (b) and (c), selecting a quantized vector that has less quantized error that is a difference between the received quantized vector and the input LSF coefficent vector from among the received quantized vectors, and outputting the same; and

(e) adding the quantized vector selected in (d) to the DC component of the LSF coefficient vector.

7. The LSF quantization method for a wideband speech coder as claimed in claim 6 , wherein in (d), the quantized error is determined using a Euclidean distance.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2018
From: UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A.
To: UNILOC 2017 LLC
Reel/Frame 046532/0088 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2018
From: PENDRAGON ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LLC
To: UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2012
From: IPG ELECTRONICS 502 LIMITED; ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
To: PENDRAGON ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LLC
Reel/Frame 028611/0643 →