Patent
1994-10-19
1997-04-15
MacDonald, Allen R.
G10L 302
Patent
active
056218559
ABSTRACT:
Subband coding a digital signal having a first and a second signal component in a stereo intensity mode. The digital signal is subband coded to produce a first subband signal having a first q-sample signal block in response to the first signal component, and a second subband signal having a second q-sample signal block in response to the second signal component, the first and the second subband signals being in the same subband, and the first and second signal blocks being time-equivalent. The first and second signal blocks are processed to obtain a minimum distance value representative of a distance between a line and a plurality of points if (a) the points correspond to the respective pairs of time-equivalent samples in the first and second signal blocks, and are plotted in a coordinate system, and (b) the line is plotted such that it traverses the origin and the points at a minimum distance from the points in the coordinate system. When the minimum distance value is less than or equal to a threshold distance value, a composite signal block composed of q samples obtained by adding the respective pairs of time-equivalent samples in the first and second signal blocks together after multiplying each of the samples of the first signal block by cos(.alpha.) and each of the samples of the second signal block by -sin(.alpha.), where .alpha. is related to the angle formed between the line and a first axis of the coordinate system, are quantized.
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Van De Kerkhof Leon M.
Van Der Waal Robbert G.
Veldhuis Raymond N. J.
MacDonald Allen R.
Onka Thomas J.
U.S. Philips Corporation
Weiss Richard A.
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