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US 8,249,882 · App. 11/902,732 · Granted Aug 21, 2012

Decoding apparatus and decoding method

Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,249,882
App. No.
11/902,732
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A decoding apparatus that decodes a first encoded data that is encoded into a first time range from a low-frequency component of an audio signal, and a second encoded data that is used when creating a high-frequency component of the audio signal from the low-frequency component and encoded into a second time range, into the audio signal. In the decoding apparatus, a high-frequency component compensating unit that compensates the high-frequency component created from the second encoded data based on the first time range. A decoding unit that decodes into the audio signal by synthesizing the high-frequency component compensated by the high-frequency component compensating unit, and the low-frequency component decoded from the first encoded data.

Claims (23)

1. A decoding apparatus that decodes an audio signal by decoding a first encoded data that is encoded into a first time range from a low-frequency component of the audio signal, and by decoding a second encoded data that is encoded into a second time range from a high-frequency component of the audio signal, the second encoded data is used when creating a high-frequency component of the audio signal from the low-frequency component, the decoding apparatus comprising:

a high-frequency compensating device that changes the second time range to a third time range corresponding to the first time range, and compensates the high-frequency component created from the second encoded data based on the first time range such that an electric power of the high-frequency component in the third time range after compensation becomes sum of an electric power of the high-frequency component in the third time range before compensation and an electric power of the high-frequency component in a time range obtained by subtracting the third time range from the second time range before compensation; and

a decoding device that decodes the audio signal by synthesizing the high-frequency component compensated by the high-frequency compensating device, and the low-frequency component decoded from the first encoded data.

2. The decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an attack-sound determining device that determines whether the audio signal includes attack sound that is a component of the audio signal that changes by equal to or more than a threshold within a certain time range, wherein the high-frequency compensating device compensates the high-frequency component if the audio signal includes the attack sound.

3. The decoding apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the attack-sound determining device determines whether the audio signal includes the attack sound based on a decoded result of the first encoded data.

4. The decoding apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the first encoded data include attack-sound presence data that indicate whether the attack sound is included in the audio signal, and

the attack-sound determining device determines whether the audio signal includes the attack sound based on the attack-sound presence data.

5. The decoding apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a low-frequency storing device that stores data of the low-frequency component in a certain period, wherein the attack-sound determining device determines whether the audio signal includes the attack sound based on the low-frequency component decoded from the first encoded data and the low-frequency component stored in the low-frequency storing device.

6. The decoding apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the attack-sound determining device determines whether the audio signal includes the attack sound by further using the high-frequency component.

7. A decoding method for decoding an audio signal by decoding a first encoded data that is encoded into a first time range from a low-frequency component of the audio signal, and by decoding a second encoded data that is encoded into a second time range from a high-frequency component of the audio signal, the second encoded data is used when creating a high-frequency component of the audio signal from the low-frequency component, the decoding method comprising:

changing the second time range to a third time range corresponding to the first time range;

high-frequency compensating, using a high-frequency compensating device, the high-frequency component created from the second encoded data based on the first time range such that an electric power of the high-frequency component in the third time range after compensation becomes sum of an electric power of the high-frequency component in the third time range before compensation and an electric power of the high-frequency component in a time range obtained by subtracting the third time range from the second time range before compensation; and

decoding the audio signal by synthesizing the high-frequency component compensated at the high-frequency compensating, and the low-frequency component decoded from the first encoded data.

8. The decoding method according to claim 7 , further comprising attack-sound determining whether the audio signal includes attack sound that is a component of the audio signal that changes by equal to or more than a threshold within a certain time range, wherein the high-frequency compensating includes compensating the high-frequency component if the audio signal includes the attack sound.

9. The decoding method according to claim 8 , wherein the attack-sound determining includes determining whether the audio signal includes the attack sound based on a decoded result of the first encoded data.

10. The decoding method according to claim 8 , wherein

the first encoded data include attack-sound presence data that indicate whether the attack sound is included in the audio signal, and

the attack-sound determining includes determining whether the audio signal includes the attack sound based on the attack-sound presence data.

11. The decoding method according to claim 8 , further comprising storing data of the low-frequency component in a certain period, wherein the attack-sound determining includes determining whether the audio signal includes the attack sound based on the low-frequency component decoded from the first encoded data and the low-frequency component stored at the storing.

12. The decoding method according to claim 8 , wherein the attack-sound determining includes determining whether the audio signal includes the attack sound by further using the high-frequency component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2007
From: MAKIUCHI, TAKASHI; SUZUKI, MASANAO; TSUCHINAGA, YOSHITERU; SHIRAKAWA, MIYUKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 019947/0383 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-317646 · Nov 24, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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