IP Library Granted Patent US 8,150,684
Granted Patent B2
US 8,150,684 · App. 11/994,140 · Granted Apr 3, 2012

Scalable decoder preventing signal degradation and lost data interpolation method

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Patent No.
US 8,150,684
App. No.
11/994,140
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scalable decoder capable of preventing degradation of the quality of the decoded signal in a disappeared data interpolation in band scalable coding. A core layer decoding section ( 101 ) acquires a core layer decoded signal and narrow band spectrum information by decoding. A narrow band spectrum slope computing section ( 103 ) computes the slope of an attenuation line of a narrow band spectrum from the narrow band spectrum information. An extended layer disappearance detection section ( 104 ) detects whether extended layer coded data has disappeared or not. An extended layer decoding section ( 105 ) normally decodes the extended layer coded data. If the extended layer disappears, a parameter required for decoding is interpolated and synthesizes an interpolation decoded signal by the interpolated parameter. The gain of the interpolated data is controlled according to the results of the computation, by the narrow band spectrum slope computing section ( 103 ).

Claims (19)

1. A scalable speech decoding apparatus, comprising:

a narrowband speech decoder that decodes encoded speech data of a narrowband speech signal;

a wideband speech decoder that decodes encoded speech data of a wideband speech signal, and, when there is no encoded speech data of the wideband speech signal, generates alternative interpolation speech data;

a calculator that calculates a slope of an attenuation line of a spectrum of the narrowband speech signal in the frequency domain based on the encoded speech data of the narrowband speech signal; and

a controller that controls a gain of the generated alternative interpolation speech data according to the calculated slope.

2. The scalable speech decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls an attenuating rate of the gain according to the calculated slope.

3. The scalable speech decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller increases an attenuating rate of the gain when the slope increases.

4. The scalable speech decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the encoded speech data of the narrowband speech signal includes spectrum information of the narrowband speech signal.

5. The scalable speech decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the calculator acquires the spectrum of the narrowband speech signal by decoding the encoded speech data of the narrowband speech signal and calculates the calculated slope of the attenuation from the spectrum.

6. A communication terminal apparatus comprising the scalable speech decoding apparatus according to claim 1 .

7. A base station apparatus comprising the scalable speech decoding apparatus according to claim 1 .

8. A lost speech data interpolation method comprising:

decoding encoded speech data of a narrowband speech signal;

decoding encoded speech data of a wideband speech signal;

generating alternative interpolation speech data when there is no encoded speech data of the wideband speech signal;

calculating a slope of an attenuation line of a spectrum of the narrowband speech signal in the frequency domain based on the encoded speech data of the narrowband speech signal; and

controlling a gain of the generated alternative interpolation speech data according to the calculated slope.

9. The lost speech data interpolation method according to claim 8 , wherein the encoded speech data of the narrowband speech signal includes spectrum information of the narrowband speech signal.

10. The lost speech data interpolation method according to claim 8 , wherein the calculating acquires the spectrum of the narrowband speech signal by decoding the encoded speech data of the narrowband speech signal and calculates the calculated slope of the attenuation from the spectrum.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2017
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: III HOLDINGS 12, LLC
Reel/Frame 042386/0188 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 13, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021832/0197 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2008
From: KAWASHIMA, TAKUYA; EHARA, HIROYUKI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020818/0756 →