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| 8190440 | Sub-band codec with native voice activity detection A system and method for providing an augmented version of a Low-Complexity Sub-band Coder (LC-SBC) is described herein. In accordance with the method, a series of input audio samples representative of the frame are received. A series of sub-band samples is generated... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185403 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal are provided. The present invention includes receiving an audio signal including a downmix signal and a spatial information signal, if a header is included in the spatial information signal, extracting... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180648 | Method and system for dual mode subband acoustic echo canceller with integrated noise suppression Certain aspects of a method and system for a dual mode subband acoustic echo canceller with integrated noise suppression may include splitting an input signal into a lowband component and a highband component. The subbands of each of the lowband component and the hi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175888 | Enhanced layered gain factor balancing within a multiple-channel audio coding system During operation a multiple channel audio input signal is received and coded to generate a coded audio signal. A balance factor having balance factor components each associated with an audio signal of the multiple channel audio signal is generated. A gain value to b... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170882 | Multichannel audio coding Multiple channels of audio are combined either to a monophonic composite signal or to multiple channels of audio along with related auxiliary information from which multiple channels of audio are reconstructed, including improved downmixing of multiple audio channel... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170884 | Use of voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) in consumer applications Systems provide an audio/visual output to each of a plurality of listeners in a manner that permits individualized audio adjustment, wherein audio comprises a first signal that is substantially voice and a second signal that is substantially other than voice. The sy... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170883 | Method and apparatus for embedding spatial information and reproducing embedded signal for an audio signal An apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which compatibility with a player of a general mono or stereo audio signal can be provided in coding an audio signal and by which spatial information for a multi-channel audi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165889 | Slot position coding of TTT syntax of spatial audio coding application Spatial information associated with an audio signal is encoded into a bitstream, which can be transmitted to a decoder or recorded to a storage media. The bitstream can include different syntax related to time, frequency and spatial domains. In some embodiments, the... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160889 | System for providing an acoustic signal with extended bandwidth A bandwidth extension system extends the bandwidth of an acoustic signal. By shifting a portion of the signal by a frequency value, the system generates an upper bandwidth extension signal. An extended bandwidth acoustic signal may be generated from the acoustic sig... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160890 | Audio signal coding method and decoding method It possible not only to reduce a delay, but also to enhance the coding efficiency and reduce audio artifact upon coding. An audio signal coding method for coding an audio signal to be coded, the method comprising: judging for each of frames whether or not cod... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160887 | Adaptive interpolation in upsampled audio signal based on frequency of polarity reversals Digital audio sample data are adaptively processed for interpolation based on whether the frequency at which the digital audio signal samples reverse polarity is at least equal to a predetermined threshold, the threshold being determined by their sampling frequency.... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160888 | Generation of multi-channel audio signals A decoder (115) generates a multi channel audio signal, such as a surround sound signal, from a received first signal. The multi-channel signal comprises a second set of audio channels and the first signal comprises a first set of audio channels. The decoder ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150701 | Method and apparatus for embedding spatial information and reproducing embedded signal for an audio signal An apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which compatibility with a player of a general mono or stereo audio signal can be provided in coding an audio signal and by which spatial information for a multi-channel audi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145498 | Device and method for generating a coded multi-channel signal and device and method for decoding a coded multi-channel signal In a multi-channel encoder generating several different parameter sets for reconstructing a multi-channel output signal using at least one transmission channel, the data stream is written such that the two parameter sets are decodable independently of each other. Th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140343 | Method, device and system for signal encoding and decoding A method, device and system for signal encoding and decoding, the method comprising: encoding a core layer signal to obtain a core layer signal code; selecting an enhancement sample point that requires enhancement layer signal encoding according to the core layer si... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140342 | Selective scaling mask computation based on peak detection A set of peaks in a reconstructed audio vector Ŝ of a received audio signal is detected and a scaling mask ψ(Ŝ) based on the detected set of peaks is generated. A gain vector g* is generated based on at least the scaling mask and an index j representative of the ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8121847 | Communication terminal with a parameterised bandwidth expansion, and method for the bandwidth expansion thereof The disclosure relates to a communication terminal having a bandwidth expansion device for expanding the bandwidth of a narrowband voice signal, on a low-frequency and/or high-frequency side, by synthesizing at least one frequency band on the basis of the narrowband... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121848 | Bases dictionary for low complexity matching pursuits data coding and decoding Embodiments related to utilizing substantially optimal entries for a relatively low complexity dictionary for matching pursuits coding is disclosed. In various embodiments, methods are invoked for determining a substantially optimal entry from a bases dictionary com... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121849 | Content filtering for a digital audio signal According to some embodiments, content filtering is provided for a digital audio signal. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117038 | Universal container for audio data Storing audio data encoded in any of a plurality of different audio encoding formats is enabled by parametrically defining the underlying format in which the audio data is encoded, in audio format and packet table chunks. A flag can be used to manage storage of the ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112285 | Method and system for improving real-time data communications A system and method for improving real-time data communications by accounting for sampling rate mismatches between a transmitter and a receiver. Based on an analysis of the average number of packets received at a receiver over a period of time, a buffer monitor coop... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112284 | Methods and apparatus for improving high frequency reconstruction of audio and speech signals The present invention proposes a new method and a new apparatus for enhancement of audio source coding systems utilizing high frequency reconstruction (HFR). It utilizes a detection mechanism on the encoder side to assess what parts of the spectrum will not be corre... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108222 | Encoding device and decoding device An encoding device (200) includes an MDCT unit (202) that transforms an input signal in a time domain into a frequency spectrum including a lower frequency spectrum, a BWE encoding unit (204) that generates extension data which specifies a highe... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108219 | Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding audio signal In one embodiment, at least one channel in a frame of the audio signal is subdivided into a plurality of blocks such that at least two of the blocks having different lengths, and information indicating the subdivision of the channel into the blocks is generated.... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108220 | Techniques for accommodating primary content (pure voice) audio and secondary content remaining audio capability in the digital audio production process The invention enables the inclusion of voice and remaining audio information at different parts of the audio production process. In particular, the invention embodies special techniques for VRA-capable digital mastering, accommodation of PCPV/PCA and/or SCRA signals... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108221 | Mixed lossless audio compression A mixed lossless audio compression has application to a unified lossy and lossless audio compression scheme that combines lossy and lossless audio compression within a same audio signal. The mixed lossless compression codes a transition frame between lossy and lossl... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103515 | Signal classification processing method, classification processing device, and encoding system A signal classification processing method, a classification processing device, and an encoding system are provided. The signal classification processing method includes: obtaining a high band input signal; determining a signal type of the obtained high band input si... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103512 | Method and system for aligning windows to extract peak feature from a voice signal Disclosed is a method capable of adaptively aligning windows to extract features according to the types and characteristics of voice signals. To this end, window lengths based on the window update points in a corresponding order are determined by employing the conce... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103514 | Slot position coding of OTT syntax of spatial audio coding application Spatial information associated with an audio signal is encoded into a bitstream, which can be transmitted to a decoder or recorded to a storage media. The bitstream can include different syntax related to time, frequency and spatial domains. In some embodiments, the... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103513 | Slot position coding of syntax of spatial audio application Spatial information associated with an audio signal is encoded into a bitstream, which can be transmitted to a decoder or recorded to a storage media. The bitstream can include different syntax related to time, frequency and spatial domains. In some embodiments, the... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099292 | Multi-channel audio encoding and decoding An audio encoder and decoder use architectures and techniques that improve the efficiency of multi-channel audio coding and decoding. The described strategies include various techniques and tools, which can be used in combination or independently. For example, an au... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099291 | Signal decoding apparatus A signal decoding apparatus that can suppress any large unusual sounds to provide decoded signals of improved audibility even when the number of hierarchical layers to be used in the decoding process varies due to a packet loss or the like in communication utilizing... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095374 | Method and apparatus for improving the quality of speech signals An embodiment of the present invention is a method and apparatus for extending bandwidth of a speech communication beyond a band-limited region to which the speech communication may be otherwise constrained. Such embodiments may be used to provide higher fidelity sp... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090587 | Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding multi-channel audio signal Methods of encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal are provided. The method of decoding a multi-channel audio signal includes an unpacking unit which extracts a quantized CLD between a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090586 | Method and apparatus for embedding spatial information and reproducing embedded signal for an audio signal An apparatus encodes or decodes an audio signal using a method by which compatibility with a player of a general mono or stereo audio signal can be provided in coding an audio signal and by which spatial information for a multi-channel audio signal can be stored or ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090588 | System and method for providing AMR-WB DTX synchronization A system and method for providing improved adaptive multi-rate wideband (AMR-WB) discontinuous transmission (DTX) synchronization. According to various embodiments, an indication on the start of the inactive speech period is signalled to the decoder via a voice acti... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090585 | Audio decoding device An audio decoding device comprises an audio decoding section for decoding first stream data and second stream data to generate two pieces of audio data and a data processing parameter, an external setting section in which a parameter corresponding to the data proces... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082157 | Apparatus for encoding and decoding audio signal and method thereof A method and/or apparatus for encoding and/or decoding an audio signal is disclosed, in which a downmix gain is applied to a downmix signal in an encoding apparatus which, in turn, transmits, to a decoding apparatus, a bit stream containing information as to the app... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082156 | Audio encoding device, audio encoding method, and audio encoding program for encoding a wide-band audio signal By using a high-range sub-band signal, a correction coefficient corresponding to importance of auditory sense is calculated to correct a noise level and generate additional signal information, thereby accurately reflecting the noise level of the sub-band important i... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082158 | Time slot position coding of multiple frame types Spatial information associated with an audio signal is encoded into a bitstream, which can be transmitted to a decoder or recorded to a storage media. The bitstream can include different syntax related to time, frequency and spatial domains. In some embodiments, the... | 12/20/2011 |
