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US 10,403,293 · App. 15/810,732 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Apparatus for encoding and decoding of integrated speech and audio

Inventors: Tae Jin Lee (Daejeon, KR); Seung-Kwon Baek (Chungcheongbuk-do, KR); Min Je Kim (Daejeon, KR); Dae Young Jang (Daejeon, KR); Jeongil Seo (Daejeon, KR); Kyeongok Kang (Daejeon, KR); Jin-Woo Hong (Daejeon, KR); Hochong Park (Seoul, KR); Young-Cheol Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE; KWANGWOON UNIVERITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
G10L19/008G10L19/02G10L19/04G10L19/12G10L19/20G10L19/00
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Patent No.
US 10,403,293
App. No.
15/810,732
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.

Claims (45)

1. An encoding method of an input signal performed by at least one processor, the encoding method comprising:

analyzing a frame of the input signal to determine whether the frame is a speech frame or an audio frame;

encoding a core band of the input signal by:

encoding the core band of the input signal in a speech encoder when the frame is the speech frame, and

encoding the core band of the input signal in an audio encoder when the frame is the audio frame; and

generating information for generating a high frequency band;

generating a bitstream including the encoded core band of the input signal and the generated information,

wherein the core band is a low frequency band which is not expanded in a frequency band of the input signal,

wherein a high frequency band is generated from the core band based on a frequency band expander in a decoding process, and

wherein the input signal is processed by using information for compensating a change of a frame unit between the speech frame and the audio frame when a switching occurs between the speech frame and the audio frame in a decoding process about the input signal.

2. The encoding method of claim 1 , further comprising:

converting a sampling rate of the input signal to a sampling rate for the encoding the core band of the input signal.

3. The encoding method of claim 2 , wherein the converting comprises:

converting the sampling rate of the input signal to a sampling rate required for encoding the core band of the input signal.

4. The encoding method of claim 2 , wherein the converting comprises:

down-sampling the sampling rate of the input signal by one half (½).

5. The encoding method of claim 2 , wherein the converting comprises:

down-sampling the sampling rate of the input signal by one quarter (¼).

6. The encoding method of claim 1 , wherein the information for compensating at least one change between the speech frame and the audio frame includes an encoded portion of the speech frame of the input signal for decoding the audio frame of the input signal.

7. A decoding method for an encoded input signal performed by at least one processor, the decoding method comprising:

determining whether a frame of an input signal is a speech frame or an audio frame;

decoding a core band of the input signal by:

decoding the core band of the input signal in a speech decoder when the frame is the speech frame, and

decoding the core band of the input signal in an audio decoder when the frame is the audio frame,

processing the input signal using information for compensating a change of a frame unit between the speech frame and the audio frame, when a switching occurs between the speech frame and the audio frame in the input signal;

expanding a frequency band of the input signal by generating a high frequency band from the core band of the input signal; and

generating a stereo signal from the input signal haying the expanded frequency band

wherein the core band is a low frequency band which is not expanded in a frequency band of the input signal.

8. The encoding method of claim 7 , wherein the information for compensating at least one change between the speech frame and the audio frame includes an encoded portion of the speech frame of the input signal for decoding the audio frame of the input signal.

9. The decoding method of claim 7 , wherein

the expanding the frequency band of the input signal by generating the high frequency band from the core band of the input signal is based a SBR (Spectral Band Replication),

a sampling rate for the SBR is n times a sampling rate for the decoding the core band.

10. The decoding method of claim 9 , wherein the sampling rate for the SBR is twice the sampling rate for the decoding the core band.

11. The decoding method of claim 9 , wherein sampling rate for the SBR is fourfold the sampling rate for the decoding the core band.

12. A decoding method for an encoded input signal performed by at least one processor, comprising:

determining whether a frame of an input signal is a speech frame or an audio frame;

decoding a core band of the input signal by:

decoding the core band of the input signal in a speech decoder when the frame is the speech frame, and

decoding the core band of the input signal in an audio decoder when the frame is the audio frame; and

expanding a frequency band of the input signal by generating a high frequency band from the core band of the input signal based a SBR (Spectral Band Replication); and

generating a stereo signal from the decoded input signal haying the expanded frequency band,

wherein the core band is a low frequency band which is not expanded in a frequency band of the input signal,

wherein a sampling rate for the SBR is n times a sampling rate for the decoding the core band.

13. The decoding method of claim 12 , wherein the sampling rate for the SBR is twice the sampling rate for the decoding the core band.

14. The decoding method of claim 12 , wherein the sampling rate for the SBR is fourfold the sampling rate for the decoding the core band.

Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2008-0068369 · Jul 14, 2008 · national
KR 10-2008-0134297 · Dec 26, 2008 · national
KR 10-2009-0061608 · Jul 7, 2009 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14534781 · Nov 6, 2014
Continuation 13003979
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