Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University

Ho-sang Sung

Eun-mi Oh

Ki-hyun Choo

Kang-eun Lee

Jung-hoe Kim

Chang-yong Son

Nam-suk Lee

Mi-young Kim

Jung-Hoe Kim

Kyung-hun Jung

Sang-won Kang

Jong-hyun Kim

Konstantin Sergeevich Osipov

Jong-Hoon Jeong

Yi Zhan Lu

Holly Francois

Thomas R Fischer

Jie Zhan

Yaxing Li

Yaodu Wei

Anton Porov

Byeong-hoon Kwak

Kang Eun Lee

Nam-il Lee

Cheol-hoon Baek

Jong-geun Jeon

Bun-mi Oh

Jung-hue Kim

A quantization device includes: a trellis-structured vector quantizer which quantizes a first error vector between an N-dimensional (here, 'N' is two or more) subvector and a first predictive vector; and an inter-frame predictor which generates a first predictive vector from the quantized N-dimensional subvector, wherein the inter-frame predictor uses a predictive coefficient comprising an N×N matrix and performs an inter-frame prediction using the quantized N-dimensional subvector of a previous stage.

Method and device for quantizing linear predictive coefficient, and method and device for dequantizing same

A quantization apparatus comprises: a first quantization module for performing quantization without an inter-frame prediction; and a second quantization module for performing quantization with an inter-frame prediction, and the first quantization module comprises: a first quantization part for quantizing an input signal; and a third quantization part for quantizing a first quantization error signal, and the second quantization module comprises: a second quantization part for quantizing a prediction error; and a fourth quantization part for quantizing a second quantization error signal, and the first quantization part and the second quantization part comprise a trellis structured vector quantizer.

Method and device for quantization of linear prediction coefficient and method and device for inverse quantization

A spectrum encoding method includes selecting an important spectral component in band units for a normalized spectrum and encoding information of the selected important spectral component for a band, based on a number, a position, a magnitude and a sign thereof. A spectrum decoding method includes obtaining from a bitstream, information about an important spectral component for a band of an encoded spectrum and decoding the obtained information of the important spectral component, based on a number, a position, a magnitude and a sign of the important spectral component.

Signal encoding method and device and signal decoding method and device

A frame error concealment method is provided that includes predicting a parameter by performing a regression analysis on a group basis for a plurality of groups formed from a first plurality of bands forming an error frame and concealing an error in the error frame by using the parameter predicted on a group basis.

Frame error concealment method and apparatus, and audio decoding method and apparatus

A spectrum coding method includes quantizing spectral data of a current band based on a first quantization scheme, generating a lower bit of the current band using the spectral data and the quantized spectral data, quantizing a sequence of lower bits including the lower bit of the current band based on a second quantization scheme, and generating a bitstream based on a upper bit excluding N bits, where N is 1 or greater, from the quantized spectral data and the quantized sequence of lower bits.

Signal encoding method and apparatus and signal decoding method and apparatus

A method and an apparatus for packet loss concealment, and a decoding method and an apparatus employing same are provided. A method for time domain packet loss concealment includes checking whether a current frame is either an erased frame or a good frame after the erased frame, when the current frame is either the erased frame or the good frame after the erased frame, obtaining signal characteristics, selecting one of a phase matching tool and a smoothing tool based on a plurality of parameters including the signal characteristics, and performing a packet loss concealment processing on the current frame based on the selected tool.

Method and apparatus for packet loss concealment, and decoding method and apparatus employing same

Provided are a signal processing method and apparatus for enhancing sound quality. The signal processing method performed by a signal transmitting apparatus includes determining, based on a plurality of parameters, a valid bandwidth so as to encode an input signal; performing pre-processing on the input signal, based on the valid bandwidth; and encoding the pre-processed input signal, based on the valid bandwidth, and the signal processing method performed by a signal receiving apparatus includes decoding a bitstream or a packet received via a transmission channel; determining a valid bandwidth, based on a plurality of parameters used in the decoding; and performing post-processing on a decoded signal, based on the valid bandwidth.

Signal processing methods and apparatuses for enhancing sound quality

Disclosed are a user terminal device and a control method therefor. The control method for a user terminal device comprises the steps of: determining state information of a satellite device connected with a user terminal device when a call request message is received from another terminal device; determining communication configuration information with the another terminal device on the basis of the state information of the satellite device, and transmitting a call response message including the communication configuration information to the another terminal device; and receiving audio data from the another terminal device according to a communication scheme corresponding to the communication configuration information. Therefore, in comparison with the prior art, the present invention can reduce a call negotiation time between user terminal devices, and thus reduce a call cost.

User terminal device and control method therefor

A quantization device includes: a trellis-structured vector quantizer which quantizes a first error vector between an N-dimensional (here, 'N' is two or more) subvector and a first predictive vector; and an inter-frame predictor which generates a first predictive vector from the quantized N-dimensional subvector, wherein the inter-frame predictor uses a predictive coefficient comprising an N&#xd7;N matrix and performs an inter-frame prediction using the quantized N-dimensional subvector of a previous stage.

A playout delay adjustment method includes: adjusting a playout delay surplus based on a difference value between a first playout delay obtained in a first scheme and a second playout delay obtained in a second scheme and determining an adaptation type of a current frame according to whether a previous frame is an active frame; and when the determined adaptation type is signal-based adaptation, performing time scale modification (TSM) according to an adaptation scheme determined according to a comparison result between the first playout delay and the second playout delay and a comparison result between a target delay and the first playout delay.

Method and device for regulating playing delay and method and device for modifying time scale

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for encoding and decoding spectrum coefficients in the frequency domain. The spectrum encoding method may comprise the steps of: selecting an encoding type on the basis of bit allocation information of respective bands; performing zero encoding with respect to a zero band; and encoding information of selected significant frequency components with respect to respective non-zero bands. The spectrum encoding method enables encoding and decoding of spectrum coefficients which is adaptive to various bit-rates and various sub-band sizes. In addition, a spectrum can be encoded using a TCQ method at a fixed bit rate using a bit-rate control module in a codec that supports multiple rates. Encoding performance of the codec can be maximised by encoding high performance TCQ at a precise target bit rate.

Signal encoding method and apparatus, and signal decoding method and apparatus

A method and apparatus for performing coding and decoding for high-frequency bandwidth extension. The decoding apparatus may include: a mode checking unit to check mode information of each of frames included in a bitstream; a first core decoding unit to perform code excited linear prediction (CELP) decoding on a CELP coded frame, when a core coding mode of a low-frequency signal indicates a CELP coding mode; a first extension decoding unit to generate a decoded signal of a high-frequency band by using at least one of a result of the performing the CELP decoding and an excitation signal of the low-frequency signal; a second core decoding unit to perform audio decoding on an audio coded frame, when the core coding mode indicates an audio coding mode; and a second extension decoding unit to generate a decoded signal of the high-frequency band by performing frequency-domain (FD) extension decoding.

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Ho-sang Sung