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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1998
Yoshihiko Takenaka, Tokorozawa, JP;
Junichi Imamura, Tokorozawa, JP;
Abstract
A signal processing apparatus is provided with: a music tone judging device for judging a music tone or genre of a music composition composed of an input audio signal: a selecting device for selecting one of a plurality of characteristics prepared in advance for each parameter used for a compression encoding method on the basis of a judgment result of the music tone judging device; and an encoding device for generating a spectrum signal out of the input audio signal and compression-encoding the generated spectrum signal on the basis of the selected characteristic.
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