Audio encoder and decoder for interleaved waveform coding
AssigneeDolby Interntional AB
InventorsKristofer Kjoerling, Robin Thesing, Harald Mundt, Heiko Jonas Purnhagen, Karl Jonas Roeden
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Abstract
There is provided methods and apparatuses for decoding and encoding of audio signals. In particular, a method for decoding includes receiving a waveform-coded signal having a spectral content corresponding to a subset of the frequency range above a cross-over frequency. The waveform-coded signal is interleaved with a parametric high frequency reconstruction of the audio signal above the cross-over frequency. In this way an improved reconstruction of the high frequency bands of the audio signal is achieved.
Claims7
A method for decoding an audio signal in an audio processing system, the method comprising:
- receiving a first waveform-coded signal comprising spectral content up to a first cross-over frequency;
- receiving a second waveform-coded signal comprising spectral content corresponding to a subset of a frequency range above the first cross-over frequency;
- performing high frequency reconstruction using at least a portion of the first waveform-coded signal and high frequency reconstruction parameters so as to generate a frequency extended signal having spectral content above the first cross-over frequency, wherein the high frequency reconstruction comprises adjusting energy levels of subbands of the frequency extended signal based on a target energy levels for the subbands, wherein the high frequency reconstruction is performed in a frequency domain;
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- interleaving the frequency extended signal with the second waveform-coded signal to generate an interleaved signal, such that energy levels for subbands of the interleaved signal are based on the target energy levels for the subbands.
An apparatus for decoding an encoded audio signal, the apparatus comprising:
- an input interface configured to receive a first waveform-coded signal comprising spectral content up to a first cross-over frequency, and a second waveform-coded signal comprising spectral content corresponding to a subset of a frequency range above the first cross-over frequency;
- high frequency reconstructor configured to receive the first waveform-coded signal and high frequency reconstruction parameters and to perform high frequency reconstruction using the first waveform-coded signal and the high frequency reconstruction parameters so as to generate a frequency extended signal having spectral content above the first cross-over frequency, wherein the high frequency reconstruction comprises adjusting energy levels of subbands of the frequency extended signal based on target energy levels for the subbands, wherein the high frequency reconstruction is performed in a frequency domain;
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- an interleaver configured to receive the frequency extended signal from the high frequency reconstructor and the second waveform-coded signal from the input interface, and to interleave the frequency extended signal with the second waveform-coded signal to generate an interleaved signal, such that energy levels for subbands of the interleaved signal are based on the target energy levels.
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