IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,501,788
Granted Patent B2
US 11,501,788 · App. 17/351,559 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation device, periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation method, periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation program and recording medium

Inventors: Takehiro Moriya (Atsugi, JP); Yutaka Kamamoto (Atsugi, JP); Noboru Harada (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
G10L19/06G10L19/12G10L19/02G10L19/0212
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,501,788
App. No.
17/351,559
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An envelope sequence is provided that can improve approximation accuracy near peaks caused by the pitch period of an audio signal. A periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation device according to the present invention takes, as an input audio signal, a time-domain audio digital signal in each frame, which is a predetermined time segment, and generates a periodic combined envelope sequence as an envelope sequence. The periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation device according to the present invention comprises at least a spectral-envelope-sequence calculating part and a periodic-combined-envelope generating part. The spectral-envelope-sequence calculating part calculates a spectral envelope sequence of the input audio signal on the basis of time-domain linear prediction of the input audio signal. The periodic-combined-envelope generating part transforms an amplitude spectral envelope sequence to a periodic combined envelope sequence on the basis of a periodic component of the input audio signal in the frequency domain.

Claims (298)

1. A decoder comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

execute a spectral-envelope-sequence calculating processing which takes a linear predictive coefficient code C L being received from an encoder and obtained from a time-domain input audio signal at the encoder and calculates a spectral envelope sequence on the basis of decoded linear predictive coefficients from the code C L ;

execute a periodic-envelope-sequence generating processing which takes an interval code C T being received from the encoder and derived from the input audio signal and obtains a periodic envelope sequence P[ 1 ], . . . , P[N] as

P

⁡

[

n

]

=

{

h

·

exp

⁡

(

-

(

n

-

(

floor

⁡

(

(

U

×

T

′

)

/

2

L

)

)

)

2

2

⁢

P

⁢

D

2

)

}

,

or

P

⁡

[

n

]

=

{

h

·

exp

⁡

(

-

(

n

-

(

Round

⁡

(

U

×

T

)

)

)

2

2

⁢

P

⁢

D

2

)

}

where

,

⁢

h

=

2.8

·

(

1.125

-

exp

⁡

(

-

0.07

·

T

′

/

2

L

)

)

,

⁢

P

⁢

D

=

0.5

·

(

2.6

-

exp

⁡

(

-

0.05

·

T

′

/

2

L

)

)

for an integer n in the range of

( U×T ′)/2 L −v≤n ≤( U×T ′)/2 L +v

where N and U are positive integers, T is an interval between occurrences of a periodic component in a frequency-domain coefficient string on the basis of decoded interval from the code C T , L is a number of decimals of the interval T, v is an integer greater than or equal to 1, floor(*) is a function that drops a fractional part of a value and returns an integer value, Round(*) is a function that rounds off a value to the nearest integer and returns an integer value, and T′=T×2 L ;

execute a periodic-combined-envelope generating processing which obtains the periodic combined envelope sequence W M [ 1 ], . . . , W M [N] as

W

M

⁡

[

n

]

=

W

⁡

[

n

]

.

(

1

+

δ

·

P

⁡

[

n

]

)

,

where W[ 1 ], . . . , W[N] is a spectral envelope sequence and δ is a value that determines the mixture ratio between a spectral envelope W[n] and a periodic envelope P[n];

execute a variable-length-coding-parameter calculating processing which calculates a variable-length coding parameter r n dependent on an amplitude value from the periodic combined envelope sequence; and

execute a variable-length decoding processing which uses the variable-length coding parameter r n to perform decoding.

2. A decoding method executing:

a spectral-envelope-sequence calculating step for taking a linear predictive coefficient code C L being received from an encoder and obtained from a time-domain input audio signal at the encoder and calculating a spectral envelope sequence on the basis of decoded linear predictive coefficients from the code C L ;

a periodic-envelope-sequence generating step of taking an interval code C T being received from the encoder and derived from the input audio signal and obtaining a periodic envelope sequence P[ 1 ], . . . , P[N] as

P

⁡

[

n

]

=

{

h

·

exp

⁡

(

-

(

n

-

(

floor

⁡

(

(

U

×

T

′

)

/

2

L

)

)

)

2

2

⁢

P

⁢

D

2

)

}

,

or

P

⁡

[

n

]

=

{

h

·

exp

⁡

(

-

(

n

-

(

Round

⁡

(

U

×

T

)

)

)

2

2

⁢

P

⁢

D

2

)

}

where

,

⁢

h

=

2.8

·

(

1.125

-

exp

⁡

(

-

0.07

·

T

′

/

2

L

)

)

,

⁢

P

⁢

D

=

0.5

·

(

2.6

-

exp

⁡

(

-

0.05

·

T

′

/

2

L

)

)

for an integer n in the range of

( U×T ′)/2 L −v≤n ≤( U×T ′)/2 L +v

where N and U are positive integers, T is an interval between occurrences of a periodic component in a frequency-domain coefficient string on the basis of decoded interval from the code C T , L is a number of decimals of the interval T, v is an integer greater than or equal to 1, floor(*) is a function that drops a fractional part of a value and returns an integer value, Round(*) is a function that rounds off a value to the nearest integer and returns an integer value, and T′=T×2 L ;

a periodic-combined-envelope generating step of obtaining the periodic combined envelope sequence W M [ 1 ], . . . , W M [N] as

W M [ n ]= W [ n ]·(1+δ· P [ n ]),

where W[ 1 ], . . . , W[N] is a spectral envelope sequence and δ is a value that determines the mixture ratio between a spectral envelope W[n] and a periodic envelope P[n];

a variable-length-coding-parameter calculating step of calculating a variable-length coding parameter r n dependent on an amplitude value from the periodic combined envelope sequence; and

a variable-length decoding step of using the variable-length coding parameter r n to perform decoding.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which the decoding program for causing a computer to function as the decoder according to claim 1 is recorded.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-094880 · May 1, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
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