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Method and apparatus to determine encoding mode of audio signal and method and apparatus to encode and/or decode audio signal using the encoding mode determination method and apparatus

Granted 29 Apr 2014 · 16 office actions

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Abstract

A method and apparatus to determine an encoding mode of an audio signal, and a method and apparatus to encode an audio signal according to the encoding mode. In the encoding mode determination method, a mode determination threshold for the current frame that is subject to encoding mode determination is adaptively adjusted according to a long-term feature of the audio signal for a frame (the current frame) that is subject to encoding mode determination, thereby improving the hit rate of encoding mode determination and signal classification, suppressing frequent oscillation of an encoding mode in frame units, improving noise tolerance, and improving smoothness of a reconstructed audio signal.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
Section G — Physics
  • G10L19/18
  • G10L19/22
  • G10L19/00
  • G10L21/00
  • G10L19/005
  • G10L19/02
USPC · US Patent Classification
704/500

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