Abstract:
A method and apparatus for encoding a multi-channel audio signal is provided. The method includes the operations of selecting a first variable length code table (VLC) that is to be used to encode the multi-channel audio signal in a given frequency band, from among a plurality of VLC tables, and encoding the multi-channel audio signal by using the first VLC table. Thus, the multi-channel audio signal can be encoded by using VLC tables that differ according to frequency bands.
Abstract:
Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding the frequency of a continuation sinusoidal signal and a method and apparatus for decoding the same. In the encoding method, a continuation sinusoidal signal successive to a sinusoidal signal in a previous section is extracted from a current section; a frequency of the continuation sinusoidal signal at the boundary between the current and previous sections is changed to a first frequency, based on representative frequencies of the continuation sinusoidal signal and at least one sinusoidal signal that belongs to a section adjacent to the current section and is successive to the continuation sinusoidal signal; and the first frequency is encoded.
Abstract:
Provided are an encoding method and apparatus for efficiently encoding a sinusoidal signal whose magnitude is less than a masking value according to a psychoacoustic model, a decoding method and apparatus for decoding an encoded sinusoidal signal, and a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the encoding method/the decoding method. By using a particular code indicating that the magnitude of a first sinusoidal signal is less than a masking value according to a psychoacoustic model to encode the first sinusoidal signal, difference coding for a third sinusoidal signal of a next frame, which is connected to the first sinusoidal signal, is performed using a sinusoidal signal or sinusoidal signals selected according to a method to use the particular code, and a decoding apparatus obtains a sum with a transmitted difference using the selected sinusoidal signal(s).
Abstract:
Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding or decoding an audio signal by adaptively interpolating a linear predictive coding (LPC) coefficient. In the method and apparatus of encoding or decoding an audio signal, LPC coefficient interpolation is selectively performed depending on whether a transient section is present in a current frame, thereby preventing noise from occurring when interpolating LPC coefficients in the transient section.
Abstract:
Provided are a method of adaptively determining a quantization step according to a masking effect in a psychoacoustics model and a method of encoding/decoding an audio signal by using the determined quantization step. The method of adaptively determining a quantization step includes calculating a first ratio value indicating an intensity of an input audio signal with respect to a masking threshold; and determining the maximum value of the quantization step in a range in which noise generated when the audio signal is quantized is masked, according to the first ratio value. According to the present invention, quantization noise may be removed and the number of bits required to encode an audio signal may be reduced, by using auditory characteristics of humans.
Abstract:
Provided are methods and apparatuses for more efficiently encoding and decoding a high frequency band signal which is from an audio signal and which is greater than a predetermined threshold frequency. The method and apparatus for encoding the audio signal encodes a linear prediction coding (LPC) coefficient and gain information of a residual signal, which are generated by performing LPC analysis, thereby encoding a high frequency signal so as to have enhanced sound quality, while using less bits.
Abstract:
Provided are a method and apparatus for effectively encoding/decoding remaining difference signals excluding sinusoidal components, from input audio signals. In the method and apparatus for encoding audio signals, sinusoidal analysis is performed on low frequency signals of less than a predetermined critical frequency in order to extract sinusoidal signals and then, an encoding operation is performed on the remaining difference signals excluding the sinusoidal signals, from input audio signals, by using linear prediction coding (LPC) analysis.
Abstract:
Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding stereo audio. In the method for encoding stereo audio, stereo audio is encoded based on at least one of the phase difference between first and second channel audios and information on an angle made by a vector on the intensity of mono-audio and a vector on the intensity of the first channel audio or a vector on the intensity of the second channel audio. Thus, the number of encoded parameters is minimized so that a compression ratio in the encoding of the stereo audio is improved.
Abstract:
Encoding and decoding of residual signals are provided. In a method of encoding a residual signal of an audio signal, the residual signal is divided into a plurality of sections having different sizes, based on a change of the residual signal. Then, section division information representing information about the divided sections and section-by-section residual signal information representing characteristics of the sections of the residual signal are acquired. Thereafter, the residual signal is encoded based on the section division information and the section-by-section residual signal information.
Abstract:
A method of implementing an equalizer in an audio signal decoder and an apparatus therefor are provided. According to the method and apparatus, a signal output from an audio signal decoder is not processed by an equalizer, but the values of frequency components are adjusted according to a user's input before subband sample data is transformed into a frequency domain signal in an audio signal decoder, thereby implementing an equalizer in a codec. In this way, the complexity of implementing an apparatus for reproducing an audio signal can be reduced and delay of an equalizer can be reduced.