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US 10,586,547 · App. 15/784,802 · Granted Mar 10, 2020

Classification between time-domain coding and frequency domain coding

Inventor: Yang Gao (Mission Viejo, CA)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
G10L19/125G10L19/002G10L19/22G10L2019/0002G10L2019/0011G10L2019/0016
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Patent No.
US 10,586,547
App. No.
15/784,802
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for processing speech signals prior to encoding a digital signal comprising audio data includes selecting frequency domain coding or time domain coding based on a coding bit rate to be used for coding the digital signal and a short pitch lag detection of the digital signal.

Claims (28)

1. A method performed by an encoder for processing speech signals prior to encoding a digital signal comprising audio data, comprising:

receiving the digital signal that is to be encoded; and

selecting time domain coding based on

a coding bit rate to be used for coding the digital signal is less than a first bit rate limit; and

detecting that the digital signal comprises a short pitch signal for which the pitch lag is shorter than a pitch lag limit, wherein the pitch lag limit is a minimum allowable pitch for a Code Excited Linear Prediction Technique (CELP) algorithm for coding the digital signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the minimum allowable pitch is 34 when a sampling rate is 12.8 kHz.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first bit rate limit is 24.4 kbps.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting frequency domain coding for coding the digital signal based on:

coding bit rate is greater than the first bit rate limit.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the digital signal comprises a short pitch signal comprises:

detecting the digital signal comprises the short pitch signal based on a parameter for detecting lack of very low frequency energy or a parameter for spectral sharpness.

6. An encoder for processing speech signals prior to encoding a digital signal comprising audio data, the encoder comprising:

a memory storing computer instructions;

a processor coupled to retrieve and execute the computer instructions to prompt the processor to perform the steps of:

receiving the digital signal that is to be encoded;

selecting time domain coding based on

a coding bit rate to be used for coding the digital signal is less than a first bit rate limit; and

detecting that the digital signal comprises a short pitch signal for which the pitch lag is shorter than a pitch lag limit, wherein the pitch lag limit is a minimum allowable pitch for a Code Excited Linear Prediction Technique (CELP) algorithm for coding the digital signal.

7. The encoder of claim 6 , wherein the minimum allowable pitch is 34 when a sampling rate is 12.8 kHz.

8. The encoder of claim 6 , wherein the first bit rate limit is 24.4 kbps.

9. The encoder of claim 6 , the processor are further configured to perform the steps of:

selecting frequency domain coding for coding the digital signal based on:

detecting the digital signal comprises the short pitch signal,

coding bit rate is intermediate between the first bit rate limit and a second bit rate limit, and

a voicing periodicity is low.

10. The encoder of claim 6 , wherein, detecting the digital signal comprises a short pitch signal comprises:

detecting the digital signal comprises the short pitch signal based on a parameter for detecting lack of very low frequency energy or a parameter for spectral sharpness.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 22, 2025
From: DOLBY LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL SERVICES (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
To: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
Reel/Frame 074019/0868 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 7, 2025
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: DOLBY LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL SERVICES (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072400/0611 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15592573 · May 11, 2017
Continuation 14511943 · Oct 10, 2014
Provisional Application 62029437 · Jul 26, 2014
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