Abstract:
An apparatus (60) for use in decoding of an audio signal that has been encoded with separate gain and shape representations comprises means (62) for estimating an accuracy measure (A(b)) of the shape representation ( N ( b )), for a frequency band (b), the frequency band (b) comprising plurality of coefficients, wherein the shape has been encoded using a pulse vector coding scheme where pulses may be added on top of each other to form pulses of different height, and the accuracy measure (A(b)) is based on a number of pulses (R(b)) and a height of a maximum pulse (p max (b)), and to determine a gain correction (g c (b)), wherein the gain correction (g c (b)) is determined based on the estimated accuracy measure (A(b)). It also comprises means (64) for adjusting the gain representation ( E ( b )) based on the determined gain correction.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the technical field of audio encoding and/or decoding technologies, and thus concerns an overall encoding procedure and associated decoding procedure. The encoding procedure involves at least two signal encoding processes (S1-S3) operating on signal representations of a set of audio input channels, as well as residual encoding (S7-S8). It also involves a dedicated process (S4-S6) to estimate and encode energies of the audio input channels. Each encoding process is associated with a corresponding decoding process. In the overall decoding procedure the decoded signals from each encoding process are preferably combined such that the output channels are close to the input channels in terms of energy and/or quality. Normally, the combination step also adapts to the possible loss of one or more signal representation in part or in whole, such that the energy and quality is optimized with the signals at hand in the decoder. In this way, the overall quality of the output channels is improved.
Abstract:
An audio decoder (200) configured to generate a high band extension of an audio signal from an envelope and an excitation. The audio decoder includes a control arrangement (41, 42, 44) configured to jointly control envelope shape and excitation noisiness with a common control parameter (f).