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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1999
Applicants:
Mohammed Javed Absar, Singapore, SG;
Sapna George, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Mohammed Javed Absar, Singapore, SG;
Sapna George, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific PTE Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for encoding an audio signal, including providing a masking function, representative of psychoacoustic masking; setting a quality value for data of the encoded signal, adjusting the masking function dependent upon the quality value; and allocating bits for quantization of the encoded signal based on the incremental masking function.