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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Ki-hyun Choo, Seoul, KR;
Eun-mi Oh, Seongnam-si, KR;
Ho-sang Sung, Yongin-si, KR;
Jung-hoe Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Mi-young Kim, Hwaswong-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 21/038 (2013.01); G10L 19/028 (2013.01); G10L 19/02 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/038 (2013.01); G10L 19/0204 (2013.01); G10L 19/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to encoding or decoding an audio signal is provided. In the method and apparatus, a noise-floor level to use in encoding or decoding a high frequency signal is updated according to the degree of a voiced or unvoiced sound included in the signal.