IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,811,020
Granted Patent B2
US 10,811,020 · App. 15/779,740 · Granted Oct 20, 2020

Voice signal decoding device and voice signal decoding method

Inventors: Hiroyuki Ehara (Kanagawa, JP); Takuya Kawashima (Ishikawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G10L19/028G10L19/22
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,811,020
App. No.
15/779,740
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voice signal decoding device includes a first decoder, a second decoder, a signal switch, and a noise adder. The first decoder decodes first encoded data encoded by a first encoding method. The second decoder decodes second encoded data encoded by a second encoding method. The second encoded data has a narrower band than a band of the first encoded data. The signal switch switches an output signal of the first decoder and an output signal of the second decoder. The noise adder adds a noise signal to a high-frequency band in the output signal of the second decoder when the signal switch switches an output signal from the output signal of the first decoder to the output signal of the second decoder. The high-frequency band is a band where a signal component is lacking as compared with the output signal of the first decoder.

Claims (19)

1. A voice signal decoding device, comprising:

a first decoder configured to decode first encoded data encoded by a first encoding method;

a second decoder configured to decode second encoded data encoded by a second encoding method, the second encoded data having a narrower band than a band of the first encoded data;

a signal switch configured to switch a first decoded signal obtained in the decoding the first encoded data and a second decoded signal obtained in the decoding the second encoded data; and

a noise adder configured to add a noise signal to a high-frequency band in an output signal of the second decoder, the high-frequency band being a band where a signal component is lacking as compared with an output signal of the first decoder,

wherein when the signal switch switches an output signal from the output signal of the first decoder to the output signal of the second decoder, the noise adder adds the noise signal to the high-frequency band in the output signal of the second decoder for a plurality of frames from a start time of switching, and

for one frame from the start time of the switching, the signal switch lowers the output signal of the first decoder gradually and raises the output signal of the second decoder gradually.

2. The voice signal decoding device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an energy calculator configured to calculate an average value of energies of the output signal of the first decoder over a plurality of frames,

wherein the noise adder adds the noise signal having an energy based on the average value calculated by the energy calculator.

3. The voice signal decoding device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a phase corrector configured to perform phase correction by shifting a phase of at least one of the output signal of the first decoder and the output signal of the second decoder so that a phase difference between the output signal of the first decoder and the output signal of the second decoder is canceled out.

4. A voice signal decoding method, comprising:

decoding first encoded data encoded by a first encoding method;

decoding second encoded data encoded by a second encoding method, the second encoded data having a narrower band than a band of the first encoded data;

switching a first decoded signal obtained in the decoding the first encoded data and a second decoded signal obtained in the decoding the second encoded data; and

adding a noise signal to a high-frequency band in the second decoded signal, the high-frequency band being a band where a signal component is lacking as compared with the first decoded signal,

wherein when switching an output signal from the first decoded signal to the second decoded signal, the noise signal to the high-frequency band in the second decoded signal is added for a plurality of frames from a start time of switching, and

for one frame from the start time of the switching, the first decoded signal is lowered gradually and the second decoded signal is raised gradually.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2018
From: EHARA, HIROYUKI; KAWASHIMA, TAKUYA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046731/0788 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-235970 · Dec 2, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200152214A1 · May 14, 2020