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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Charles Benjamin Dieterich, Kingston, NJ (US);
Edmond Chalom, Newton, MA (US);
Tao Chen, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles Benjamin Dieterich, Kingston, NJ (US);
Edmond Chalom, Newton, MA (US);
Tao Chen, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Assignee:
Akikaze Technologies, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing a variable bit rate audio signal is disclosed. An audio signal is encoded into a plurality of encoded audio signals at different bit rates. A variable bit rate audio signal is produced by selecting between the plurality of encoded audio frames of different bit rates in accordance with a selection criterion.