IP Library Granted Patent US 10,515,647
Granted Patent B2
US 10,515,647 · App. 16/032,921 · Granted Dec 24, 2019

Audio processing for voice encoding and decoding

Inventors: Lars Villemoes (Jarfalla, SE); Janusz Klejsa (Bromma, SE); Per Hedelin (Gothenburg, SE)
Assignee: Dolby International AB
G10L19/032G10L19/02G10L19/06
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Patent No.
US 10,515,647
App. No.
16/032,921
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, and storage media for audio processing adapted to voice encoding/decoding are disclosed. In some implementations, a system is adapted to determine prediction coefficients based on coefficient data included within a bitstream to determine quantized prediction coefficients, the coefficient data including one or more model parameters indicating at least one attribute of a signal model. The system inversely quantizes the quantized prediction coefficients to determine dequantized prediction coefficients. The system then determines multiple spectral energy values for multiple corresponding frequency bands based on the dequantized prediction coefficients.

Claims (26)

1. A method of decoding an encoded audio signal in a bitstream, the method comprising:

determining prediction coefficients based on coefficient data comprised within the bitstream to determine quantized prediction coefficients, the coefficient data including one or more model parameters indicating a fundamental frequency of a multi-sinusoidal signal model, the fundamental frequency corresponding to a delay in time domain;

inversely quantizing the quantized prediction coefficients to determine dequantized prediction coefficients;

determining a plurality of spectral energy values for a corresponding plurality of frequency bands based on the dequantized prediction coefficients;

determining a plurality of sequential blocks of reconstructed transform coefficients based on data derived from the bitstream; and

determining a current block of estimated flattened transform coefficients based on one or more previous blocks of reconstructed transform coefficients and based on one or more predictor parameters derived from the bitstream.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a reconstructed speech segment based on the plurality of sequential blocks of reconstructed transform coefficients, using an inverse transform unit; wherein a block of reconstructed transform coefficients comprises a plurality of reconstructed transform coefficients for a corresponding plurality of frequency bins; wherein the inverse transform unit is configured to process long blocks comprising a first number of reconstructed transform coefficients and short blocks comprising a second number of reconstructed transform coefficients; wherein the first number is greater than the second number; wherein the blocks of the plurality of sequential blocks are short blocks.

3. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions adapted for execution on the one or more processors, the execution causing the one or more processors to perform operations of decoding an encoded audio signal in a bitstream, the operations comprising:

determining prediction coefficients based on coefficient data comprised within the bitstream to determine quantized prediction coefficients, the coefficient data including one or more model parameters indicating a fundamental frequency of a multi-sinusoidal signal model, the fundamental frequency corresponding to a delay in time domain;

inversely quantizing the quantized prediction coefficients to determine dequantized prediction coefficients;

determining a plurality of spectral energy values for a corresponding plurality of frequency bands based on the dequantized prediction coefficients;

determining a plurality of sequential blocks of reconstructed transform coefficients based on data derived from the bitstream; and

determining a current block of estimated flattened transform coefficients based on one or more previous blocks of reconstructed transform coefficients and based on one or more predictor parameters derived from the bitstream.

4. The system of claim 3 , the operations comprising:

determining a reconstructed speech segment based on the plurality of sequential blocks of reconstructed transform coefficients, using an inverse transform unit; wherein a block of reconstructed transform coefficients comprises a plurality of reconstructed transform coefficients for a corresponding plurality of frequency bins; wherein the inverse transform unit is configured to process long blocks comprising a first number of reconstructed transform coefficients and short blocks comprising a second number of reconstructed transform coefficients; wherein the first number is greater than the second number; wherein the blocks of the plurality of sequential blocks are short blocks.

5. A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions adapted for execution on one or more processors, the execution causing the one or more processors to perform operations of decoding an encoded audio signal in a bitstream, the operations comprising:

determining prediction coefficients based on coefficient data comprised within the bitstream to determine quantized prediction coefficients, the coefficient data including one or more model parameters indicating a fundamental frequency of a multi-sinusoidal signal model, the fundamental frequency corresponding to a delay in time domain;

inversely quantizing the quantized prediction coefficients to determine dequantized prediction coefficients; and

determining a plurality of spectral energy values for a corresponding plurality of frequency bands based on the dequantized prediction coefficients;

determining a plurality of sequential blocks of reconstructed transform coefficients based on data derived from the bitstream; and

determining a current block of estimated flattened transform coefficients based on one or more previous blocks of reconstructed transform coefficients and based on one or more predictor parameters derived from the bitstream.

6. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 5 , the operations comprising:

determining a reconstructed speech segment based on the plurality of sequential blocks of reconstructed transform coefficients, using an inverse transform unit; wherein a block of reconstructed transform coefficients comprises a plurality of reconstructed transform coefficients for a corresponding plurality of frequency bins; wherein the inverse transform unit is configured to process long blocks comprising a first number of reconstructed transform coefficients and short blocks comprising a second number of reconstructed transform coefficients; wherein the first number is greater than the second number; wherein the blocks of the plurality of sequential blocks are short blocks.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2018
From: VILLEMOES, LARS; KLEJSA, JANUSZ; HEDELIN, PER
To: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
Reel/Frame 046503/0461 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14781219
Provisional Application 61808675 · Apr 5, 2013
Provisional Application 61875553 · Sep 9, 2013
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