IP Library Granted Patent US 8,655,663
Granted Patent B2
US 8,655,663 · App. 12/681,550 · Granted Feb 18, 2014

Audio signal interpolation device and audio signal interpolation method

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Patent No.
US 8,655,663
App. No.
12/681,550
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio signal interpolation device is presented, including an input unit for receiving an input audio signal, a phase splitting unit for splitting the input audio signal, a high range interpolation unit for interpolating a high range component into the signal, a phase combining unit for combining an in-phase component signal with a differential phase component, a high-pass filter for high-pass filtering the audio signal from by the phase combining unit, a delay unit for producing a delayed audio signal, and an addition processing unit for adding the delayed audio signal to the audio signal output from the high-pass filter.

Claims (43)

1. An audio signal interpolation device, comprising:

an input unit for receiving an input audio signal in which a high range component has been cut off;

a phase splitting unit for splitting the input audio signal into an in-phase component signal and a differential phase component signal;

a high range interpolation unit for interpolating a high range component into the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal from the phase splitting unit;

a phase combining unit for combining the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal into which the high range component has been interpolated by the high range interpolation unit;

a high-pass filter for high-pass filtering the audio signal combined by the phase combining unit, and outputting the audio signal formed of the high range component;

a delay unit for producing a delayed audio signal by delaying the input audio signal by a time period corresponding to a phase delay generated by an interpolation processing; and

an addition processing unit for adding the delayed audio signal to the audio signal output from the high-pass filter.

2. The audio signal interpolation device according to claim 1 , wherein the high range interpolation unit comprises:

a cut-off frequency detection unit for detecting a cut-off frequency of the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal;

an envelope generation unit for generating envelope information on the cut-off frequency of the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal, which is detected by the cut-off frequency detection unit; and

an interpolation unit for interpolating a component in a range higher than the cut-off frequency of the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component based on the envelope information created by the envelope generation unit.

3. The audio signal interpolation device according to claim 2 , wherein the interpolation unit interpolates a band equal to or lower than a Nyquist frequency of the input audio signal that has been sampled.

4. The audio signal interpolation device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the high range interpolation unit further comprises:

an input unit for receiving an input audio signal in which the high range component has been cut off;

a phase splitting unit for splitting the input audio signal input into an in-phase component signal and a differential phase component signal;

a high range interpolation unit for interpolating a high range component into the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal from the phase splitting unit;

a phase combining unit for combining the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal into which the high range component has been interpolated by the high range interpolation unit;

a high-pass filter for high-pass filtering the audio signal combined by the phase combining unit and outputting the audio signal formed of the high range component;

a delay unit for producing a delayed audio signal by delaying the input audio by a time period corresponding to a phase delay generated by an interpolation processing;

an addition processing unit for adding the delayed audio signal to the audio signal output from the high-pass filter; and

the display control unit for generating display data based on frequency data and level data that are acquired from in-phase component signals and differential phase component signals obtained before and after being subjected to interpolation.

5. An audio signal interpolation method, comprising the steps of:

receiving an input audio signal in which a high range component has been cut off;

splitting the input audio signal into an in-phase component signal and a differential phase component signal;

interpolating a high range component into the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal;

combining the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal into which the high range component has been interpolated;

performing high-pass filtering on the combined audio signal and outputting the audio signal formed of the high range component;

delaying the input audio signal by a time period corresponding to a phase delay generated by an interpolation processing; and

adding the delayed audio signal and the audio signal subjected to the high-pass filtering.

6. The audio signal interpolation method according to claim 5 , wherein the step of interpolating the high range component comprises the steps of:

detecting a cut-off frequency of the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal;

generating envelope information on the detected cut-off frequency of the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal; and

interpolating a component in a range higher than the cut-off frequency of the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component based on the created envelope information.

7. The audio signal interpolation method according to claim 6 , wherein the step of interpolating comprises interpolating a band equal to or lower than a Nyquist frequency of the input audio signal that has been sampled.

8. The audio signal interpolation method according to claim 5 , wherein:

the step of interpolating the high range component further comprises the steps of:

detecting a cut-off frequency of each of the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal;

generating envelope information on the detected cut-off frequency of the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component signal;

interpolating a component in a range higher than the cut-off frequency of the in-phase component signal and the differential phase component based on the created envelope information; and

generating display data for displaying spectra of audio signals obtained before and after interpolation in different modes;

wherein the step of generating the display data further comprises generating the display data based on frequency data and level data that are acquired from in-phase component signals and differential phase component signals obtained before and after being subjected to interpolation.

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