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Granted Patent B2
US 9,177,569 · App. 13/684,879 · Granted Nov 3, 2015

Apparatus, medium and method to encode and decode high frequency signal

Inventors: Ki-hyun Choo (Seoul, KR); Eun-mi Oh (Seongnam-si, KR); Ho-sang Sung (Yongin-si, KR); Jung-hoe Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Mi-young Kim (Hwaswong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G10L21/038G10L19/0204G10L19/028
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Patent No.
US 9,177,569
App. No.
13/684,879
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus to encoding or decoding an audio signal is provided. In the method and apparatus, a noise-floor level to use in encoding or decoding a high frequency signal is updated according to the degree of a voiced or unvoiced sound included in the signal.

Claims (13)

1. A high band signal decoding apparatus comprising:

a high band signal generating unit to generate a high band signal by using a decoded low band signal;

a noise generation unit to generate a noise signal based on an extent of voicing in the decoded low band signal; and

a noise addition unit to add the noise signal to the high band signal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the noise generation unit generates the noise signal based on a difference between tonalities of the decoded low band signal and an original high band signal.

3. A high band decoding method comprising:

generating a high band signal by using a decoded low band signal;

generating a noise signal based on an extent of voicing in the decoded low band signal; and

adding the noise signal to the high band signal.

4. A high band decoding method comprising:

generating a high band signal by using a decoded low band signal in a linear prediction domain;

generating a noise signal based on an extent of voicing in the decoded low band signal; and

adding the noise signal to the high band signal.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2007-0109823 · Oct 30, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12256704 · Oct 23, 2008
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