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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Grant A. Davidson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Louis D. Fielder, Millbrae, CA (US);
Mark S. Vinton, Alameda, CA (US);
Assignee:
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/032 (2013.01); G01L 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/032 (2013.01); G01L 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the field of audio coding, in particular, it relates to a method for encoding audio signals through a masking model based on a hearing threshold of frequency intervals of the audio signal and a measured energy of the audio signal for the corresponding frequency intervals. The disclosure further relates to an encoder that is capable of carrying out the audio encoding method.