IP Library Granted Patent US 10,580,423
Granted Patent B2
US 10,580,423 · App. 16/201,647 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Method and apparatus for processing temporal envelope of audio signal, and encoder

Inventors: Zexin Liu (Beijing, CN); Lei Miao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
G10L19/022G10L19/032G10L19/12G10L19/135G10L19/20G10L21/038G10L25/45
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Patent No.
US 10,580,423
App. No.
16/201,647
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for processing a temporal envelope of an audio signal, and an encoder, where when multiple temporal envelopes are solved, continuity of signal energy can be well maintained, and in addition, complexity of calculating a temporal envelope is reduced. The method includes obtaining a high-band signal of the current frame audio signal according to the received current frame audio signal, dividing the high-band signal of the current frame signal into M subframes according to a predetermined temporal envelope quantity M, where M is an integer greater than or equal to two, calculating a temporal envelope of each of the subframes, performing windowing on the first subframe of the M subframes and the last subframe of the M subframes using an asymmetric window function, and performing windowing on a subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes.

Claims (41)

1. A method for processing an audio signal, comprising:

obtaining a high-band signal of a current frame of the audio signal and a low-band signal of the current frame of the audio signal;

encoding the low-band signal of the current frame to obtain a low-band excitation signal;

performing linear prediction on the high-band signal of the current frame to obtain a linear prediction coefficient;

quantizing the linear prediction coefficient to obtain a quantized linear prediction coefficient;

obtaining a predicted high-band signal according to the low-band excitation signal and the quantized linear prediction coefficient;

dividing the predicted high-band signal into M subframes, wherein the M is an integer greater than two;

performing windowing on a first subframe of the M subframes and a last subframe of the M subframes using a first asymmetric window function; and

performing the windowing on a subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the windowing on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes comprises performing the windowing on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes using a symmetric window function.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the windowing on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes comprises performing the windowing on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes using a second asymmetric window function.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M is four.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a window length of the first asymmetric window function is same as a window length of a window function used in the windowing performed on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes.

6. An apparatus for processing an audio signal, comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

a processor in communication with the memory, the instructions causing the processor to be configured to:

obtain a high-band signal of a current frame of the audio signal and a low-band signal of the current frame of the audio signal;

encode the low-band signal of the current frame to obtain a low-band excitation signal;

perform linear prediction on the high-band signal of the current frame to obtain a linear prediction coefficient;

quantize the linear prediction coefficient to obtain a quantized linear prediction coefficient;

obtain a predicted high-band signal according to the low-band excitation signal and the quantized linear prediction coefficient;

divide the predicted high-band signal into M subframes, wherein the M is an integer greater than two;

perform windowing on a first subframe of the M subframes and a last subframe of the M subframes using a first asymmetric window function; and

perform the windowing on a subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to perform the windowing on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes using a symmetric window function.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to perform the windowing on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes using a second asymmetric window function.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a window length of the first asymmetric window function is same as a window length of a window function used in the windowing performed on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the M is four.

11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program code thereon for processing an audio signal, the program code comprising instructions for executing a method that comprises:

obtaining a high-band signal of a current frame of the audio signal and a low-band signal of the current frame of the audio signal;

encoding the low-band signal of the current frame to obtain a low-band excitation signal;

performing linear prediction on the high-band signal of the current frame to obtain a linear prediction coefficient;

quantizing the linear prediction coefficient to obtain a quantized linear prediction coefficient;

obtaining a predicted high-band signal according to the low-band excitation signal and the quantized linear prediction coefficient;

dividing the predicted high-band signal into M subframes, wherein the M is an integer greater than two;

performing windowing on a first subframe of the M subframes and a last subframe of the M subframes using a first asymmetric window function; and

performing the windowing on a subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein performing the windowing on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes comprises performing the windowing on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes using a symmetric window function.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein performing the windowing on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes comprises performing the windowing on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes using a second asymmetric window function.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the M is four.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein a window length of the first asymmetric window function is same as a window length of a window function used in the windowing performed on the subframe except the first subframe and the last subframe of the M subframes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2023
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: TOP QUALITY TELEPHONY, LLC
Reel/Frame 064757/0541 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2018
From: LIU, ZEXIN; MIAO, LEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047595/0259 →
Priority Claims (1)
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