Abstract:
A transient detector (100) analyzes (110) a given frame n of the input audio signal to determine, based on audio signal characteristics of the given frame n, a transient hangover indicator for a following frame n+1, and signals (120) the determined transient hangover indicator to an associated audio encoder (10) to enable proper encoding of the following frame n+1.
Abstract:
A method for audio coding and decoding comprises primary encoding of a present audio signal sample into an encoded representation (T(n)), and non-causal encoding of a first previous audio signal sample into an encoded enhancement representation (ET(n−N+)). The method further comprises providing of the encoded representations to an end user. At the end user, the method comprises primary decoding of the encoded representation (T*(n)) into a present received audio signal sample, and non-causal decoding of the encoded enhancement representation (ET*(n−N+)) into an enhancement first previous received audio signal sample. The method further comprises improving of a first previous received audio signal sample, corresponding to the first previous audio signal sample, based on the enhancement first previous received audio signal sample. Devices and systems for audio coding and decoding are also presented.
Abstract:
A vector quantizer includes a lattice quantizer (10) approximating a vector x by a lattice vector belonging to a lattice ? 0 . A lattice vector decomposer (14) connected to the lattice quantizer successively decomposes the lattice vector into a sequence of quotient vectors y, and a sequence of remainder vectors r i on successive lattices ? I-1 by lattice division with a corresponding predetermined sequence of integers p
Abstract:
The invention provides an efficient technique for encoding a multi-channel audio signal. The invention relies on the principle of encoding (Sl) a signal representation of one or more of the multiple channels in a first encoding process, and encoding another signal representation of one or more channels in a second, filter-based encoding process. A basic idea according to the invention is to select (S2), for the second encoding process, a combination of i) frame division configuration of an overall encoding frame into a set of sub-frames, and ii) filter length for each sub-frame, according to a predetermined criterion. The second signal representation is then encoded (S3) in each sub-frame of the overall encoding frame according to the selected combination. The possibility to select frame division configuration and at the same time adjust the filter length for each sub-frame provides added degrees of freedom, and generally results in improved performance.
Abstract:
The invention provides a highly efficient technique for encoding a multi-channel audio signal. The invention relies on the basic principle of encoding a first signal representation of one or more of the multiple channels in a first encoder and encoding a second signal representation of one or more of the multiple channels in a second, multi-stage, encoder. This procedure is significantly enhanced by providing a controller for adaptively allocating a number of encoding bits among the different encoding stages of the second, multi-stage, encoder in dependence on multi-channel audio signal characteristics.