摘要:
In order to convert a first and second block of discrete values into a transformed representation, the first block is transformed (102) according to a first transformation rule, after which it is rounded (104). The rounded transformed values are subsequently summed up (106) with the second block of original discrete values in order to then process (108) the summation result according to a second transformation rule. The initial values of the transformation are, in turn, rounded (110) using the second transformation rule, and are subsequently subtracted (112) from the original discrete values of the first block of discrete values in order to obtain a block of integer initial values of the transformed representation. By using this multi-dimensional lifting schema, a lossless integer transformation is achieved that, by employing the same transcription rules, can, however, be undone with inverted signs during the summation or subtraction so that an inverse integer transformation can also be achieved. In comparison to dividing a transformation in rotations, a distinctly reduced computational complexity is achieved and an accumulation of approximation errors is avoided.
摘要:
In order to analyse an information signal consisting of the superposition of partial signals, a partial signal being emitted by an individual source, first and foremost an information signal is divided into several component signals. Afterwards, one or several characteristics identified in such a way that they provide information on the content of the component signal are calculated (16) for each component signal. The component signals are assigned to at least two subspaces on the basis of the characteristics calculated for the component signals. An efficient and meaningful, with respect to an existing audio scene, division into subspaces is obtained by extracting characteristics at the level of component signals.
摘要:
In a method for assessing the quality of an audio test signal derived from an audio reference signal by coding and decoding, the audio test signal is compared with the audio reference signal, as it were, behind the cochlea of the human ear. All masking effects as well as the transmission function of the ear are equally applied to the audio reference signal and the audio test signal. To this end, the audio test signal is broken down according to its spectral composition by means of a first bank of filters consisting of filters overlapping in frequency and defining spectral regions, said filters having differing filtering functions each determined on the basis of the excitation curve of the human ear with respect to the respective filter center frequency. The audio reference signal is also broken down according to its spectral composition into partial audio reference signals by means of a second bank of filters coinciding with the first bank of filters. Subsequently, a level difference by spectral regions is formed between the partial audio test signals and the partial audio reference signals belonging to the same spectral regions. To assess the quality of the audio test signal, a detection probability is determined, by spectral regions, on the basis of the respective level difference so as to detect a coding error of the audio test signal in the spectral region concerned.