Coding device, decoding device, and method and program thereof
View Patent ↗A technology of accurately coding and decoding coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients even for a frame in which the spectrum variation is great while suppressing an increase in the code amount as a whole is provided. A coding device includes: a first coding unit that obtains a first code by coding coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients of more than one order; and a second coding unit that obtains a second code by coding at least quantization errors of the first coding unit if (A-1) an index Q commensurate with how high the peak-to-valley height of a spectral envelope is, the spectral envelope corresponding to the coefficients which are convertible into the linear prediction coefficients of more than one order, is larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold value Th1 and/or (B-1) an index Q′ commensurate with how short the peak-to-valley height of the spectral envelope is, is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value Th1′.
1. A coding device comprising:
circuitry configured to:
execute first coding processing in which the circuitry obtains a first code by coding coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients of more than one order; and
execute second coding processing in which the circuitry obtains a second code by coding at least quantization errors of the first coding processing if (A-1) an index Q commensurate with how high a peak-to-valley height of a spectral envelope is, the spectral envelope corresponding to the coefficients which are convertible into the linear prediction coefficients of more than one order, is larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold value Th1 and/or (B-1) an index Q′ commensurate with how short the peak-to-valley height of the spectral envelope is, is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value Th1′, wherein
the quantization errors are quantization errors of low orders of the more than one order.
2. The coding device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
calculate the index Q and/or the index Q′ by using quantization values of coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients of all orders or low orders corresponding to the first code and, if (A-4) the index Q is larger than or equal to the predetermined threshold value Th1 and/or (B-4) the index Q′ is smaller than or equal to the predetermined threshold value Th1′, set a positive integer as a bit number of the second code; otherwise (C-4), set 0 as the bit number of the second code, and the second coding processing is executed only when the set bit number of the second code is a positive integer.
3. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for making a computer function as the coding device according to claim 1 or 2 .
4. A coding method, implemented by a coding device that includes circuitry, comprising:
a first coding step in which the circuitry obtains a first code by coding coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients of more than one order; and
a second coding step in which the circuitry obtains a second code by coding at least quantization errors of the first coding step if (A-1) an index Q commensurate with how high a peak-to-valley height of a spectral envelope is, the spectral envelope corresponding to the coefficients which are convertible into the linear prediction coefficients of more than one order, is larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold value Th1 and/or (B-1) an index Q′ commensurate with how short the peak-to-valley height of the spectral envelope is, is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value Th1′, wherein
the quantization errors are quantization errors of low orders of the more than one order.
5. The coding method according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an index calculation step in which the circuitry calculates the index Q and/or the index Q′ by using quantization values of coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients of all orders or low orders corresponding to the first code and, if (A-4) the index Q is larger than or equal to the predetermined threshold value Th1 and/or (B-4) the index Q′ is smaller than or equal to the predetermined threshold value Th1′, sets a positive integer as a bit number of the second code; otherwise (C-4), sets 0 as the bit number of the second code, wherein
the second coding step is executed only when the set bit number of the second code is a positive integer.