Digital encoder with dynamic quantization bit allocation

Details Digital encoder with dynamic quantization bit allocation Digital encoder with dynamic quantization bit allocation

1994-07-08

1997-09-02

MacDonald, Allen R.

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

For storage or transmission

704204, G10L 302, G10L 900

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056640560

ABSTRACT:
An encoder apparatus and method for compressing a digital input signal derived from an analog signal to reduce the number of bits required to represent the analog signal with low quantizing noise. In the encoder, a digital input signal derived from the analog signal is divided into frequency ranges. The digital signal in each of the frequency ranges is divided in time into blocks, the time duration of which may be adaptively varied. The blocks are orthogonally transformed into spectral coefficients, which are grouped into critical bands. The total number of bits available for quantizing the spectral coefficients is allocated among the critical bands. In a first embodiment and a second embodiment, fixed bits are allocated among the critical bands according to a selected one of a plurality of predetermined bit allocation patterns and variable bits are allocated among the critical bands according to the energy in the critical bands. In the first embodiment, the apportionment between fixed bits and variable bits is fixed. In a second embodiment, the apportionment between fixed bits and variable bits is varied according to the smoothness of the spectrum of the input signal. Both embodiments give low quantizing noise levels with both broad spectrum signals and highly tonal signals.

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