摘要:
An excitation codebook 351 includes a plurality of codevectors each generated with pulse positions and amplitudes obtained by training such as to reduce the distance between the codevector and training speech data. The excitation codebook 351 further includes a plurality of sparse codevectors each generated with the pulse number, pulse positions and amplitudes obtained by training such as to reduce the distance between the codevector and training speech data, the individual codevectors having different pulse numbers.
摘要:
A vector quantizer for a speech coder for coding speech signals at low bit rates. The vector quantizer includes an auto-correlation calculation circuit for calculating an impulse response of a weighting function for each sub-interval of an input signal vector. The vector quantizer also includes a weighted cross-correlation calculation circuit for calculating a weighted cross-correlation of the weighted input signal vector and the weighted codevector having a code length equal to that of the input signal vector. The vector quantizer further includes a weighted auto-correlation calculation circuit for calculating an auto-correlation of the weighted codevectors, by using respective auto-correlations of the impulse responses, the codevectors and the cross-correlations. A distance between the input signal vector and the codevector is calculated by using the cross-correlations of the weighted input signal vector and the weighted codevectors, and the auto-correlation of the weighted codevector, and an index of a codevector corresponding to the minimum distance is obtained by an inspection circuit.
摘要:
A pitch lag is extracted for each of a predetermined number of sub-frames. A predicted pitch lag for a pertinent sub-frame in the predetermined number of sub-frames is calculated on the basis of at least two pitch lags extracted for sub-frames other than the pertinent sub-frame or at least one pitch lag extracted for sub-frame other than the pertinent sub-frame and the preceding sub-frame by one sub-frame. A difference between the predicted pitch lag and the extracted pitch lag is then coded. Thus, an input speech signal pitch lag is coded for each sub-frame having a predetermined length.
摘要:
In an excitation signal encoding method comprising the steps of, dividing a speech signal into a plurality of frames, dividing each of the plurality of frames into a plurality of subframes each of which has a subframe length, and generating a new excitation signal by the use of an adaptive code book comprising a plurality of adaptive code vectors and a sound source code book comprising a plurality of sound source code vectors, the generating step is carried out in a predetermined period when the predetermined period is shorter than the subframe length. The generating step is carried out by the use of the adaptive code vector that is calculated using the excitation signal generated in the former period and by the use of the sound source code vector of the present period.
摘要:
A leaf area index measurement system includes: imaging means for capturing an image of a measurement target plant and outputting the captured image; a light source placed either on a side of the measurement target plant opposite to the imaging means or at a position of the measurement target plant; intensity calculation means for calculating an intensity of light when the light source emits light, based on the captured image output from the imaging means; and leaf area index calculation means for calculating a leaf area index, based on the intensity of light calculated by the intensity calculation means.
摘要:
There is provided a printer control apparatus which can be applied to an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of types of readers and a plurality of types of printers can be connected to a single controller, and which enable efficient transfer of image data from the reader to the printer via an image memory of the controller. The controller receives image data from a reader and temporarily stores the same in an image memory, and transmits the stored image data to a printer. The controller acquires a reader processing speed from the reader and a printer processing speed from the printer, and determines, while the image data is being written to the image memory, timing for transmitting the image data written in the memory to the printer according to a difference between the reader processing speed and the printer processing speed and a sub-scan size of the image data. The controller causes the reader to start reading an original, and transmits the written image data from the image memory to the printer in the determined timing.
摘要:
A sheet supplying apparatus having a plurality of sheet decks for supplying sheets connected in series, and provided with a controller for controlling the feeding of the sheets of each sheet deck, wherein each sheet deck has a sheet stacking portion for supporting the sheets thereon, a sheet conveying path for guiding the sheets from an upstream side to a downstream side, and a joining conveying path joining the sheet conveying path for guiding the sheets from the sheet stacking portion to the sheet conveying path, wherein the sheet decks are connected in such a manner that the respective sheet conveying paths are connected thereto, and the controller judges the position of the sheet deck for supplying a sheet preceding by one the sheet supplied in predetermined order when the sheets are supplied in order from each sheet deck and controls so as to pre-feed the sheet in the predetermined order to the vicinity of the upstream side of a joining point between the sheet conveying path in the sheet deck for supplying the preceding sheet and the joining conveying path when the judged sheet deck is disposed downstream of the sheet deck for supplying the sheet in the predetermined order.
摘要:
A speech decoding device is provided is capable of reducing degradation of speech quality caused by concealment processing performed when a loss of a packet has occurred, e.g., in speech packet communications using a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) or the like. A decoding circuit decodes speech from a packet received through an input terminal and stores an internal signal in an updating buffer circuit, the internal signal produced in the decoding process and to be used in a decoding process for a subsequent packet to be subsequently received. The decoding circuit produces, based on the internal signal stored in the updating buffer circuit, concealed speech corresponding to a packet having not been received, and outputs the produced concealed speech. The internal signal is updated using the concealed speech.
摘要:
An audio decoding apparatus decodes high frequency component signals using a band expander that generates multiple high frequency subband signals from low frequency subband signals divided into multiple subbands and transmitted high frequency encoded information. The apparatus is provided with an aliasing detector and an aliasing remover. The aliasing detector detects the degree of occurrence of aliasing components in the multiple high frequency subband signals generated by the band expander. The aliasing remover suppresses aliasing components in the high frequency subband signals by adjusting the gain used to generate the high frequency subband signals. Thus occurrence of aliasing can be suppressed and the resulting degradation in sound quality can be reduced, even when real-valued subband signals are used in order to reduce the number of operations.
摘要:
A wideband, high quality audio signal is decoded with few calculations at a low bitrate. Unwanted spectrum components accompanying sinusoidal signal injection by a synthesis subband filter built with real-value operations are suppressed by inserting a suppression signal to subbands adjacent to the subband to which the sine wave is injected. This makes it possible to inject a desired sinusoid with few calculations.