Efficiency improvements in scalable audio coding

Details Efficiency improvements in scalable audio coding Efficiency improvements in scalable audio coding

2007-10-02

2007-10-02

{hacek over (S)}mits, Talivaldis Ivars (Department: 2626)

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

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C704S230000, C704S500000

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10388379

ABSTRACT:
An audio encoding method of coding audio signals into a layered data stream having a first layer and a second layer is presented. The second layer serves as an enhancement of the first layer. The method involves forming an original digital audio signal, encoding the original signal to obtain a first layer signal, producing a residual signal to reflect a difference between the original signal and the first layer signal, selecting either the original signal or the residual signal for encoding, and producing a second layer signal by encoding the selected signal. Moreover, the residual signal is evaluated and, in case the result of the evaluation meets given criteria, a predetermined low-entropy signal is selected to be encoded as the second layer signal, instead of the original signal or the residual signal.

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