Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Audio signal bandwidth compression or expansion
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-12
2011-11-15
Wozniak, James S. (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Audio signal bandwidth compression or expansion
C704S200000, C704S200100, C704S501000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08060375
ABSTRACT:
An improved audio coding technique encodes audio having a low frequency transient signal, using a long block, but with a set of adapted masking thresholds. Upon identifying an audio window that contains a low frequency transient signal, masking thresholds for the long block may be calculated as usual. A set of masking thresholds calculated for the 8 short blocks corresponding to the long block are calculated. The masking thresholds for low frequency critical bands are adapted based on the thresholds calculated for the short blocks, and the resulting adapted masking thresholds are used to encode the long block of audio data. The result is encoded audio with rich harmonic content and negligible coder noise resulting from the low frequency transient signal.
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Baumgarte Frank
Kuo Shyh-Shiaw
Apple Inc.
He Jialong
Hickman Palermo & Truong & Becker LLP
Stone Adam C.
Wozniak James S.
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