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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2008
Geun-bae Song, Jecheon-si, KR;
Min-sung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hee-jin OH, Suwon-si, KR;
Austin Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jae-bum Kim, Seoul, KR;
Geun-Bae Song, Jecheon-si, KR;
Min-Sung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hee-Jin Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Austin Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jae-Bum Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for expanding a bandwidth of an input narrowband voice signal is provided. The narrowband voice signal is analyzed separately for each frame, and a Degree of Voicing (DV) and a Degree of Stationary (DS) are calculated depending on the analysis. A Degree of Difficulty of Bandwidth Expansion (DDBWE) of the narrowband voice signal is calculated based on DV and DS. Bandwidth expansion is controlled according to DDBWE.