Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University

Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation

Ki-hyun Choo

Eun-mi Oh

Ho-sang Sung

Jung-hoe Kim

Chang-yong Son

Eunmi Oh

Kang-eun Lee

Junghoe Kim

Jung-Hoe Kim

Anton Porov

Konstantin Sergeevich Osipov

Miao Lei

Jong-Hoon Jeong

Changyong Son

Mi-young Kim

Hosang Sung

Kyung-hun Jung

Lei Miao

Ho-Sang Sung

Boris D Kudryashov

Kyoungbo Min

Sergey Petrov

Jung-hoo Kim

Holly Francois

Doohwa Hong

Jonghoon Jeong

Seon-ho Hwang

Nam-suk Lee

Eun Mi Oh

Mi Young Kim

Jong-youb Ryu

Seungho Choi

Jung Hoe Kim

Ho Sang Sung

Byeong-hoon Kwak

Kangeun Lee

Seonho Hwang

Yaodu Wei

Konstantly Osipov

Jae-Won Lee

Jeong-su Kim

Sangjun Park

Chang-Yeong Kim

Kang Eun Lee

Jeongsu Kim

Sung-chan Kim

Sang-won Kang

Ki-Seung Lee

Nam-Suk Lee

Seungdo Choi

Anton Victorovich Porov

Jie Zhan

Ho-chong Park

Jeongmi Cho

Yaxing Li

Cheol-hoon Baek

Jong-geun Jeon

Olga Prokofyeva

Jung-hue Kim

Bun-mi Oh

Jihye Chung

Woo-Jung Park

Woo-jung Park

Betlehem Terence

Anton Viktorovich Porov

A high-band encoding/decoding method and device for bandwidth extension are provided. A high-band encoding method comprising the steps of: generating sub band-specific bit allocation information on the basis of a low-band envelope; determining, on the basis of the sub band-specific bit allocation information, the sub band requiring an envelope update in a high band; and generating, for the determined sub band, refinement data relating to the envelope update. A high-band decoding method comprising the steps of: generating sub band-specific bit allocation information on the basis of a low-band envelope; determining, on the basis of the sub band-specific bit allocation information, the sub band requiring an envelope update in a high band; and decoding, for the determined sub band, refinement data relating to the envelope update, thereby updating the envelope.

High-band encoding method and device, and high-band decoding method and device

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for high frequency decoding for bandwidth extension. The method for high frequency decoding for bandwidth extension comprises the steps of: decoding an excitation class; transforming a decoded low frequency spectrum on the basis of the excitation class; and generating a high frequency excitation spectrum on the basis of the transformed low frequency spectrum. The method and apparatus for high frequency decoding for bandwidth extension according to an embodiment can transform a restored low frequency spectrum and generate a high frequency excitation spectrum, thereby improving the restored sound quality without an excessive increase in complexity.

Method and apparatus for high frequency decoding for bandwidth extension

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

An electronic apparatus which acquires input data to be input into a TTS module for outputting a voice through the TTS module, acquires a voice signal corresponding to the input data through the TTS module, detects an error in the acquired voice signal based on the input data, corrects the input data based on the detection result, and acquires a corrected voice signal corresponding to the corrected input data through the TTS module.

Electronic apparatus and method for controlling thereof

Provided are an audio reconstruction method and device for providing improved sound quality by reconstructing a decoding parameter or an audio signal obtained from a bitstream, by using machine learning. The audio reconstruction method includes obtaining a plurality of decoding parameters of a current frame by decoding a bitstream, determining characteristics of a second parameter included in the plurality of decoding parameters and associated with a first parameter, based on the first parameter included in the plurality of decoding parameters, obtaining a reconstructed second parameter by applying a machine learning model to at least one of the plurality of decoding parameters, the second parameter, and the characteristics of the second parameter, and decoding an audio signal, based on the reconstructed second parameter.

Audio reconstruction method and device which use machine learning

A speech synthesis method performed by an electronic apparatus to synthesize speech from text and includes: obtaining text input to the electronic apparatus; obtaining a text representation by encoding the text using a text encoder of the electronic apparatus; obtaining an audio representation of a first audio frame set from an audio encoder of the electronic apparatus, based on the text representation; obtaining an audio representation of a second audio frame set based on the text representation and the audio representation of the first audio frame set; obtaining an audio feature of the second audio frame set by decoding the audio representation of the second audio frame set; and synthesizing speech based on an audio feature of the first audio frame set and the audio feature of the second audio frame set.

Speech synthesis method and apparatus

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

A lossless encoding method is provided that includes determining a lossless encoding mode of a quantization coefficient as one of an infinite-range lossless encoding mode and a finite-range lossless encoding mode; encoding the quantization coefficient in the infinite-range lossless encoding mode in correspondence with a result of the lossless encoding mode determination; and encoding the quantization coefficient in the finite-range lossless encoding mode in correspondence with a result of the lossless encoding mode determination.

Energy lossless-encoding method and apparatus, audio encoding method and apparatus, energy lossless-decoding method and apparatus, and audio decoding method and apparatus

An electronic device and a controlling method of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device acquires text to respond on a received user's speech, acquires a plurality of pieces of parameter information for determining a style of an output speech corresponding to the text based on information on a type of a plurality of text-to-speech (TTS) databases and the received user's speech, identifies a TTS database corresponding to the plurality of pieces of parameter information among the plurality of TTS databases, identifies a weight set corresponding to the plurality of pieces of parameter information among a plurality of weight sets acquired through a trained artificial intelligence model, adjusts information on the output speech stored in the TTS database based on the weight set, synthesizes the output speech based on the adjusted information on the output speech, and outputs the output speech corresponding to the text.

Electronic device and controlling method of electronic device

An electronic apparatus, based on a text sentence being input, obtains prosody information of the text sentence, segments the text sentence into a plurality of sentence elements, obtains a speech in which prosody information is reflected to each of the plurality of sentence elements in parallel by inputting the plurality of sentence elements and the prosody information of the text sentence to a text to speech (TTS) module, and merges the speech for the plurality of sentence elements that are obtained in parallel to output speech for the text sentence.

Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a storage for storing a plurality of filters trained in a plurality of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) respectively and a processor configured to acquire a first spectrogram corresponding to a damaged audio signal, input the first spectrogram to a CNN corresponding to each frequency band to apply the plurality of filters trained in the plurality of CNNs respectively, acquire a second spectrogram by merging output values of the CNNs to which the plurality of filters are applied, and acquire an audio signal reconstructed based on the second spectrogram.

Electronic device and a controlling method thereof

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 voice signal processing method includes acquiring a near-end noise signal and a near-end voice signal by using at least one microphone, acquiring a far-end voice signal according to an incoming call, determining a noise control parameter and a voice signal change parameter based on at least one of information about the near-end voice signal, information about the near-end noise signal, or information about the far-end voice signal, generating an anti-phase signal of the near-end noise signal based on the noise control parameter, changing the far-end voice signal to improve articulation of the far-end voice signal based on information related to at least one of the voice signal change parameter, the near-end noise signal, or the anti-phase signal, and outputting the anti-phase signal and the changed far-end voice signal.

Method and apparatus for processing speech signal adaptive to noise environment

Provided is a method for processing a signal adaptively to a noisy environment, the method including: determining a class related to enhancement of intelligibility, based on a noise spectrum of a reception side or a near-end device and a received voice spectrum; generating guide information for the enhancement of intelligibility based on the noise spectrum, the voice spectrum, and the determined class; and generating a changed voice spectrum by applying the guide information to the voice spectrum.

Signal processing method and device adaptive to noise environment and terminal device employing same

Provided are a method and an apparatus for determining an encoding mode for improving the quality of a reconstructed audio signal. A method of determining an encoding mode includes determining one from among a plurality of encoding modes including a first encoding mode and a second encoding mode as an initial encoding mode in correspondence to characteristics of an audio signal, and if there is an error in the determination of the initial encoding mode, generating a modified encoding mode by modifying the initial encoding mode to a third encoding mode.

Coding mode determination method and apparatus, audio encoding method and apparatus, and audio decoding method and apparatus

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Ki-hyun Choo