Stereo sound decoding apparatus, stereo sound encoding apparatus and lost-frame compensating method
A stereo sound decoding apparatus wherein lost-frame compensation performance has been improved to enhance the quality of decoded sounds. In this stereo sound decoding apparatus, a sound decoding part uses encoded monophonic signal data and encoded side signal data, which are received from a sound encoding apparatus, to generate monophonic decoded signals and stereo decoded signals; a compensation signal switching determining part that compares an inter-channel correlation and an intra-channel correlation, which have been calculated by use of the monophonic decoded signals of a previous frame and the stereo decoded signals of the previous frame, with respective comparison thresholds; a compensation signal switching part that selects, based on a result of the comparison in the compensation signal switching determining part, as compensation signals either inter-channel compensation signals generated by an inter-channel compensating part or intra-channel compensation signals generated by an intra-channel compensating part; and an output signal switching part that outputs either the stereo decoded signals or the compensation signals according to whether the encoded side signal data of the current frame has been lost.
1. A stereo speech decoding apparatus, comprising:
a monaural decoding section that decodes monaural encoded data to generate a monaural decoded signal, the monaural encoded data encoding in a speech encoding apparatus a monaural signal acquired using an addition of a first channel signal and second channel signal;
a stereo decoding section that decodes side signal encoded data to generate a side decoded signal, and generates a stereo decoded signal comprised of a first channel decoded signal and second channel decoded signal using the monaural decoded signal and the side decoded signal, the side signal encoded data encoding in the speech encoding apparatus a side signal acquired using a difference between the first channel signal and the second channel signal;
a comparison section that compares a comparison threshold with an inter-channel correlation and intra-channel correlation calculated using a monaural decoded signal of a past frame and a stereo decoded signal of the past frame;
an inter-channel concealment section that performs an inter-channel concealment using the monaural decoded signal of a current frame and the stereo decoded signal of the past frame, and generates an inter-channel concealed signal;
an intra-channel concealment section that performs an intra-channel concealment using the monaural decoded signal of the current frame and the stereo decoded signal of the past frame, and generates an intra-channel concealed signal;
a concealed signal selecting section that selects one of the inter-channel concealed signal and the intra-channel concealed signal, as a concealed signal, based on a comparison result in the comparison section; and
an output signal switching section that outputs the stereo decoded signal when the side signal encoded data of the current frame is not lost, and outputs the concealed signal when the side signal encoded data of the current frame is lost.
2. The stereo speech decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the comparison section comprises:
an inter-channel correlation calculating section that calculates an average value of a cross-correlation between the monaural decoded signal of the past frame and the first channel decoded signal of the past frame and a cross-correlation between the monaural decoded signal of the past frame and the second channel decoded signal of the past frame, as the inter-channel correlation; and
an intra-channel correlation calculating section that calculates an average value of an autocorrelation of the first channel decoded signal of the past frame and an autocorrelation of the second channel decoded signal of the past frame, as the intra-channel correlation; and
the concealed signal selecting section selects the intra-channel concealed signal in a case where the inter-channel correlation is lower than a first comparison threshold and the intra-channel correlation is higher than a second comparison threshold, or selects the inter-channel concealed signal in other cases.
3. The stereo speech decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the intra-channel concealment section comprises:
an autocorrelation calculating section that calculates autocorrelations of the first channel decoded signal and the second channel decoded signal of the past frame;
a dedicated intra-channel concealment section that generates a dedicated intra-channel concealed signal by performing an intra-channel concealment using a signal of a higher autocorrelation between the first channel decoded signal of the past frame and the second channel decoded signal of the past frame; and
an other channel concealed signal calculating section that calculates a concealed signal of the current frame for a signal of a lower autocorrelation between the first channel decoded signal of the past frame and the second channel decoded signal of the past frame, using the monaural decoded signal of the current frame.
4. The stereo speech decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the intra-channel concealment section comprises:
a dedicated intra-channel concealment section that generates a first intra-channel concealed signal and second intra-channel concealed signal by performing an intra-channel concealment using the stereo decoded signal of the past frame;
a monaural concealed signal generating section that generates the monaural signal as a monaural concealed signal, using the first intra-channel concealed signal and the second intra-channel concealed signal;
a similarity calculating section that calculates a similarity between the monaural concealed signal and the monaural decoded signal of the current frame; and
a second selecting section that selects a stereo signal comprised of the first intra-channel concealed signal and the second intra-channel concealed signal as the intra-channel concealed signal when the similarity is equal to or higher than a third threshold, or selects a stereo signal acquired by duplicating the monaural decoded signal of the current frame as the intra-channel concealed signal when the similarity is lower than the third threshold.
5. A lost frame concealment method, comprising:
decoding monaural encoded data to generate a monaural decoded signal, the monaural encoded data encoding in a speech encoding apparatus a monaural signal acquired using an addition of a first channel signal and second channel signal;
decoding side signal encoded data to generate a side decoded signal, and generating a stereo decoded signal comprised of a first channel decoded signal and second channel decoded signal using the monaural decoded signal and the side decoded signal, the side signal encoded data encoding in the speech encoding apparatus a side signal acquired using a difference between the first channel signal and the second channel signal;
comparing a comparison threshold with an inter-channel correlation and intra-channel correlation calculated using the monaural decoded signal of a past frame and the stereo decoded signal of the past frame;
performing an inter-channel concealment using a monaural decoded signal of a current frame and a stereo decoded signal of the past frame, and generating an inter-channel concealed signal;
performing an intra-channel concealment using the monaural decoded signal of the current frame and the stereo decoded signal of the past frame, and generating an intra-channel concealed signal;
selecting one of the inter-channel concealed signal and the intra-channel concealed signal, as a concealed signal, based on a comparison result in the comparison step; and
outputting the stereo decoded signal when the side signal encoded data of the current frame is not lost, and outputting the concealed signal when the side signal encoded data of the current frame is lost.