Quanta Computer Incorporated

Hsien-Ming Tsai

Chih-Hsien Chang

Chih-Wei Hung

Yi-Bing Lin

Zhi-Wei Chen

Hsien-Li Lin

Hsien-Chung Hung

This invention provides a method and an apparatus for determining a rendering duration. An audio/video recording system is used for recording an audio bit stream and a video bit stream. The audio bit stream includes a plurality of audio frames. The video bit stream includes N video frames. According to this invention, the rendering durations of the first and the last video frames are determined based on the moments when the system starts to record the audio frames and the video frames. According to this invention, when the (i+1)th video frame through the (i+N)th video frame are lost, the rendering duration of the ith video frame is determined based on N. According to this invention, when the system receives a command of synchronization correction for the ith video frame, the rendering duration of the ith video frame is determined based on a correction value.

Apparatus and method for determining rendering duration of video frame

A method for estimating an audio length of an audio file in an audio player is provided. First, the method generates a predicted audio length based on the average bit rate of some selected audio frames in the audio file, and initializes an adjustable audio length by the predicted audio length. Then, in the process of playing each audio frame of the audio file, the method continuously calculates a latest reference audio length. If the variation between the latest reference audio length and the previous reference audio length is smaller than a predetermined threshold, the method will adjust the adjustable audio length according to the latest reference audio length. Finally, based on the ratio of the played data amount to the total data amount of the audio file, an estimated audio length can be acquired between the adjustable audio length and the reference audio length.

Method and apparatus for estimating length of audio file

A subband synthesis filtering apparatus for M sets of signals is provided. Each set of signals includes N subband sample signals. The apparatus includes a processor for processing the ith set of signals among the M sets of signals, wherein i is an integer index ranging from 0 to (M&#x2212;1). The processor includes a DCT converting module and a generating module. The DCT converting module converts the N subband sample signals of the ith set of signals into N converted vectors. If i is an odd number, the (2j&#x2212;1)th subband sample signal among the N subband sample signals is multiplied by negative one in the converting module, wherein j is an integer index ranging from 1 to (N/2). The generating module generates N pulse code modulation signals based on the N converted vectors.

Subband synthesis filtering process and apparatus

A synthesis subband filter apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing 18 sets of signals which each includes 32 subband sampling signals in accordance with a specification providing 512 window coefficients. The apparatus includes a processor for processing the 18 sets of signals in sequence. The processor further includes a converting module and a generating module. The converting module is used for converting the 32 subband sampling signals of the set of signals being processed into 32 converted vectors by use of 32-points discrete cosine transform (DCT), and writing the 32 converted vectors into 512 default vectors with a first-in, first-out queue. The generating module is used for generating 32 pulse code modulation (PCM) signals, relative to the set of signals being processed according to a set of synthesis formulae proposed in this invention.

Synthesis subband filter process and apparatus

Disclosed is a system and method for channel allocation in a multi-band wireless network. The system includes microcell base stations, at least one macrocell base station, a mobile station, and a channel allocation center. When the mobile station makes/receives a call or executes a handover, the channel allocation center uses repacking on demand (RoD) scheme to allocate a radio channel of either a macrocell base station or a microcell base station to the mobile station. RoD has the following steps. First, a microcell channel is trying to be allocated if available. If no microcell channel is available, a macrocell channel is then trying to be allocated. Third, if no macrocell channel is available, repacking is performed to execute a handover of another mobile station's call from the macrocell to another microcell, and to allocate a reclaimed macrocell channel to the mobile station. Otherwise, no repacking call is available and the mobile station is blocked or forced terminated. By the invention, call blocking probability and call handover rate of the mobile stations in the multi-band wireless network can be reduced, and thus users' satisfaction can be enhanced.

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Hsien-Ming Tsai