# US 2014/0156286 A1 · Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding signals

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- Number: US 2014/0156286 A1
- Document ID: US20140156286A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/170,733
- Filed: 2014-02-03
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2008-02-19
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Ho-sang SUNG; Eun-mi OH; Jung-hoe KIM; Ki-hyun CHOO; Mi-young KIM
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156286A1

## CPC

- G10L 19/002: Dynamic bit allocation (for perceptual audio coders G10L19/032)
- G10L 19/00: Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis (in musical instruments G10H)
- G10L 19/18: Vocoders using multiple modes
- G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING

## Abstract

A method of encoding an audio signal, where signals including two or more channel signals are downmixed to a mono signal, the mono signal is divided into a low-frequency signal and a high-frequency signal, the low-frequency signal is encoded through algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP) or transform coded excitation (TCX), and the high-frequency signal is encoded using the low-frequency signal. A method of decoding of an audio signal, a low-frequency signal encoded through ACELP or TCX is decoded, a high-frequency signal is decoded using the low-frequency signal, the low-frequency signal and the high-frequency signal are combined to generate a mono signal, and the mono signal is upmixed by decoding spatial parameters regarding signals including two or more channel signals.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of decoding a signal, the method comprising:
decoding a signal encoded, by using either a first mode or a second mode;
generating a high-frequency band signal by using the decoded signal; and
upmixing a down-mixed mono signal including the decoded signal and the generated high-frequency band signal to a stereo signal, by using one or more spatial parameters,
wherein the upmixing is performed by using the one or more spatial parameters generated based on a bitrate mode.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the upmixing comprises decoding the down-mixed mono signal according to a parametric stereo method or a parametric multi-channel method.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the high-frequency band signal is performed at a constant bitrate (CBR).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a bitrate or coding mode applied to encode the spatial parameters or the signal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the high-frequency band signal is performed at a variable bitrate (VBR).

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the decoding of the signal comprises decoding the signal at a multi-bitrate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
decoding a target bitrate;
calculating residual bits remaining from bits corresponding to the target bitrate, excluding bits used to encode the spatial parameters; and
selecting a bitrate or decoding mode corresponding to the bitrate or coding mode applied to encode the signal, in consideration of the residual bits,
wherein the decoding of the signal comprises decoding the signal according to the selected bitrate or decoding mode.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the spatial parameters comprise at least one of a difference between energy level of channels, and a correlation or coherence between the channels.