IP Library Granted Patent US 7,636,055
Granted Patent B2
US 7,636,055 · App. 12/170,232 · Granted Dec 22, 2009

Signal decoding apparatus and signal decoding method

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Patent No.
US 7,636,055
App. No.
12/170,232
Granted
Dec 22, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal decoding apparatus preventing substantial noise from being produced when transmission error occurs during decoding of scalable-coded information. In this signal decoding apparatus, a coded information operation section ( 601 ) performs error detection for base layer coded information, first enhancement layer coded information and second enhancement layer coded information using transmission error detection bits. A decoding operation control section ( 602 ) performs ON/OFF control of control switches ( 606, 607 ) in accordance with pattern information indicating error detection results and bit rate patterns, and controls the sampling frequencies of sampling frequency adjustment sections ( 608, 609 ). A base layer decoding section ( 603 ), first enhancement layer decoding section ( 604 ) and second enhancement layer decoding section ( 605 ) perform decoding of coded information or frame loss compensation processing, depending on error detection results and bit rates. Sampling frequency adjustment sections ( 608, 609 ) adjust the sampling frequency of the decoded signal.

Claims (18)

1. A signal decoding apparatus that decodes coded information formed with n layers, n being an integer of two or greater, the signal decoding apparatus comprising:

a coded information operation section that performs error detection for the coded information per layer;

a decoding section that, when no error is detected in m layers, m being an integer of one or greater and n or less, decodes coded information of the m layers, per layer, and generates m decoded signals, and that, when a frame is lost in an i-th layer, i being an integer of two or greater and n or less, decodes coded information of a first to (i−1)-th layers, per layer, and generates (i−1) decoded signals;

a sampling frequency adjustment section that adjusts sampling frequencies of all decoded signals generated, to sampling frequencies in accordance with transmission mode employed upon transmission; and

an addition section that adds all the decoded signals with adjusted sampling frequencies.

2. The signal decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the coded information comprises a coded speech signal; and

the decoding section decodes the coded information using a coded excited linear prediction type decoding method and generates a decoded signal.

3. A computer readable recording medium that records a program for a computer to execute, wherein the program comprises:

a coded information operation step of performing error detection of coded information formed with n layers, n being an integer of two or greater, per layer;

a decoding step of, when no error is detected in m layers, m being an integer of one or greater and n or less, decoding coded information of the m layers, per layer, and generating m decoded signals, and, when a frame is lost in an i-th layer, i being an integer of two or greater and n or less, decoding coded information of a first to (i−1)-th layers, per layer, and generating (i−1) decoded signals;

a sampling frequency adjustment step of adjusting sampling frequencies of all decoded signals generated, to sampling frequencies in accordance with transmission mode employed upon transmission; and

an adding step of adding all the decoded signals with adjusted sampling frequencies.

4. A signal decoding method of decoding coded information formed with n layers, n being an integer of two or greater, the signal decoding apparatus comprising:

a coded information operation step of performing error detection for the coded information per layer;

a decoding step of, when no error is detected in m layers, m being an integer of one or greater and n or less, decoding coded information of the m layers, per layer, and generating m decoded signals, and, when a frame is lost in an i-th layer, i being an integer of two or greater and n or less, decoding coded information of a first to (i−1)-th layers and generating (i−1) decoded signals;

a sampling frequency adjustment step of adjusting sampling frequencies of all decoded signals generated, to sampling frequencies in accordance with transmission mode employed upon transmission; and

an adding step of adding all the decoded signals with adjusted sampling frequencies.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2017
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: III HOLDINGS 12, LLC
Reel/Frame 042386/0779 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →