Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent rate determination algorithm errors from causing audible artifacts such as screeches or beeps, in a system and method for detection of rate determination algorithm errors in variable rate communications system receivers. SOLUTION: The disclosed system and method detects frames with incorrectly determined data rates and performs frame erasure processing and/or memory state clean up to prevent propagation of distortion across multiple frames. Frames with incorrectly determined data rates are detected by checking illegal rate transitions, reserved bits, validating unused filter type bit combinations and analyzing relationships between fixed code-book gains and linear prediction coefficient gains. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance coding efficiency by reducing illegal or other undesirable packet generation while encoding a signal. SOLUTION: A probability of generating illegal or other undesirable packets while encoding a signal is reduced by first analyzing a history of the frequency of codebook values selected while quantizing speech parameters. Codebook entries are then reordered by a codebook reordering section so that the index/indices that create illegal or the undesirable packets contain the least frequently used entry/entries. Reordering multiple codebooks for various parameters further reduces the probability, that an illegal or the undesirable packet will be created during signal encoding. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for converting wideband speech signals to narrowband speech signals without losing acoustic quality. SOLUTION: Wideband speech signals must be converted to narrowband speech signals if a transmission medium or a destination terminal is constructed with narrowband constraints. A typical wideband-to-narrowband conversion method is elimination of frequencies above 3400 Hz using a low pass filter and a down sampler. However, this method produces a muffled speech sound since the resulting narrowband signal includes a flat frequency response. Methods and apparatus are presented herein to enhance the acoustic quality of a wideband-to-narrowband converted signal. A bandwidth switching filter is used to emphasize a mid-range frequency portion of the wideband signal so that the resulting narrowband signal includes a non-flat frequency spectrum. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
Un aparato para generar (500) una trama de salida de cifrador de habla, comprendiendo dicho aparato: medios para extraer componentes de retardo de tono, componentes de amplitud, componentes de fase y componentes de información espectral de línea a partir de una pluralidad de tramas de habla sonora; medios para obtener vectores de error objetivo, según un esquema de cuantificación predictiva, para las componentes de retardo de tono, componentes de amplitud, componentes de fase y componentes de información espectral lineal; medios para cuantificar el vector de error objetivo de las componentes de retardo de tono, el vector de error objetivo de las componentes de amplitud, el vector de error objetivo de las componentes de fase, y el vector de error objetivo de las componentes de información espectral de línea; medios para combinar los vectores de error objetivo cuantificados de las componentes de retardo de tono, componentes de amplitud, componentes de fase, y componentes de información espectral de línea para formar la trama de salida de cifrador de habla.
Abstract:
13. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that upon execution in a processor cause the processor to perform the methods as recited in any of claims 5 to 8.
Abstract:
A system and method for detection of rate determination algorithm errors in variable rate communications system receivers. The disclosed embodiments prevent rate determination algorithm errors from causing audible artifacts such as screeches or beeps. The disclosed system and method detects frames with incorrectly determined data rates and performs frame erasure processing and/or memory state clean up to prevent propagation of distortion across multiple frames. Frames with incorrectly determined data rates are detected by checking illegal rate transitions, reserved bits, validating unused filter type bit combinations and analyzing relationships between fixed code-book gains and linear prediction coefficient gains.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for enhancing coding efficiency by reducing illegal or other undesirable packet generation while encoding a signal, The probability of generating illegal or other undesirable packets while encoding a signal is reduced by first analyzing a history of the frequency of codebook values selected while quantizing speech parameters. Codebook entries are then positioned so that the index/indices that create illegal or other undesirable packets contain the least frequently used entry/entries. Positioning multiple codebooks for various parameters further reduces the probability, that an illegal or other undesirable packet will be created during signal encoding. The method and apparatus may be applied to reduce the probability of generating illegal null traffic channel data packets while encoding eight rate speech.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for interleaving line spectral information quantization methods in a speech coder includes quantizing line spectral information with two vector quantization techniques, the first technique being a non-moving-average prediction-based technique, and the second technique being a moving-average prediction-based technique. A line spectral information vector is vector quantized with the first technique. Equivalent moving average codevectors for the first technique are computed. A memory of a moving average codebook of codevectors is updated with the equivalent moving average codevectors for a predefined number of frames that were previously processed by the speech coder. A target quantization vector for the second technique is calculated based on the updated moving average codebook memory. The target quantization vector is vector quantized with the second technique to generate a quantized target codevector. The memory of the moving average codebook is updated with the quantized target codevector. Quantized line spectral information vectors are derived from the quantized target codevector.
Abstract:
A system and method for detection of rate determination algorithm errors in variable rate communications system receivers. The disclosed embodiments prevent rate determination algorithm errors from causing audible artifacts such as screeches or beeps. The disclosed system and method detects frames with incorrectly determined data rates and performs frame erasure processing and/or memory state clean up to prevent propagation of distortion across multiple frames. Frames with incorrectly determined data rates are detected by checking illegal rate transitions, reserved bits, validating unused filter type bit combinations and analyzing relationships between fixed code-book gains and linear prediction coefficient gains.