US4481659A — Apparatus and method of reducing the bit rate of …

Claim 1

Independent Claim 293 words

In a pulse code modulation (PCM) transmission system for communicating digitized message samples between a transmitting station and a receiving station, said transmitting station including an apparatus for reducing the bit rate of PCM samples from a 8-bit per sample format to a f-bit per sample format, said apparatus comprising: (a) input means for receiving and breaking down each input PCM sample received to a magnitude X n , wherein X n is the absolute value of the sample at time n, and to a sign S n , wherein S n is the sign of the sample at time n; (b) feedback means for transmitting a retrievable sample X n-1 , wherein X n is the magnitude of a retrieved sample at time n; (c) means for extracting an envelope information from X n ; (d) means for extracting information relating to a sign change between consecutive samples to provide a zero-crossing signal M n ; (e) means for computing the difference D n at time n between X n and X n-1 ; (f) selecting means for transmitting X n when X n is in the vicinity of a sign change or for transmitting D n otherwise; and a quantizer value reflecting a zero-crossing mode M n and a signal energy indicated by said envelope extracting means; (g) first mapping means for establishing a correspondence between X n or D n transmitted and a binary word having f-1 number of bits; (h) second mapping means for providing said retrieved sample X n or a retrieved difference D from information obtained from said binary word, said format, said zero-crossing signal M n and said envelope extracting means; and (i) means combining S n and X n to provide an output PCM sample.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 293 words

In a pulse code modulation (PCM) transmission system for communicating digitized message samples between a transmitting station and a receiving station, said transmitting station including an apparatus for reducing the bit rate of PCM samples from a 8-bit per sample format to a f-bit per sample format, said apparatus comprising: (a) input means for receiving and breaking down each input PCM sample received to a magnitude X n , wherein X n is the absolute value of the sample at time n, and to a sign S n , wherein S n is the sign of the sample at time n; (b) feedback means for transmitting a retrievable sample X n-1 , wherein X n is the magnitude of a retrieved sample at time n; (c) means for extracting an envelope information from X n ; (d) means for extracting information relating to a sign change between consecutive samples to provide a zero-crossing signal M n ; (e) means for computing the difference D n at time n between X n and X n-1 ; (f) selecting means for transmitting X n when X n is in the vicinity of a sign change or for transmitting D n otherwise; and a quantizer value reflecting a zero-crossing mode M n and a signal energy indicated by said envelope extracting means; (g) first mapping means for establishing a correspondence between X n or D n transmitted and a binary word having f-1 number of bits; (h) second mapping means for providing said retrieved sample X n or a retrieved difference D from information obtained from said binary word, said format, said zero-crossing signal M n and said envelope extracting means; and (i) means combining S n and X n to provide an output PCM sample.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 34 words

In a PCM system as defined in claim 1 further comprising restoration means connected to said second mapping means for retrieving X n by adding D n to the retrieved magnitude X n-1 .

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 17 words

In a PCM system as defined in claim 1, wherein said first mapping means comprises a Read-Only-Memory.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 17 words

In a PCM system as defined in claim 1, wherein said second mapping means comprises a Read-Only-Memory.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 26 words

In a PCM system as defined in claim 1, said receiving station including a rate expansion apparatus consisting of means defined under (c), (h) and (i).

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 39 words

In a PCM system as defined in claim 5, said rate expansion apparatus further including restoration means connected to said second mapping means for retrieving X n by adding D n to the last retrieved magnitude X n-1 .

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 22 words

In a PCM system as defined in claim 5, wherein said second mapping means of said rate expansion apparatus comprises a Read-Only-Memory.

Claim 9

Independent Claim 252 words

A method for reducing the bit rate of digitized message PCM samples between a transmitting station and a receiving station of a time-division-multiplexed voice-channel system for a 8-bit per sample format to a f-bit per sample format comprising the steps of: (a) receiving and breaking each input PCM sample to a magnitude X n and a sign S n , wherein X n is the absolute value of the sample at time n and S n is the sign of the sample at time n; (b) transmitting a retrievable sample X n-1 , wherein X n is the magnitude of a retrieved sample at time n; (c) extracting an envelope information from X n ; (d) extracting information relating to a sign change between consecutive samples to provide a zero-crossing signal M n ; (e) computing the difference D n at time n between X n and X n-1 ; (f) transmitting X n when X n is in the vicinity of a sign change or for transmitting D n otherwise; and a quantizer value reflecting a zero-crossing mode M n and a signal energy indicated by the envelope extracting step; (g) establishing a correspondence between X n or D n transmitted and a binary word having f-1 number of bits; (h) providing said retrieved sample X n or difference D from information obtained from the binary word, the format, the zero-crossing mode M n and the envelope; and (i) combining S n and X n to provide an output PCM sample.

Claim 10

Independent Claim 252 words

A method for reducing the bit rate of digitized message PCM samples between a transmitting station and a receiving station of a time-division-multiplexed voice-channel system for a 8-bit per sample format to a f-bit per sample format comprising the steps of: (a) receiving and breaking each input PCM sample to a magnitude X n and a sign S n , wherein X n is the absolute value of the sample at time n and S n is the sign of the sample at time n; (b) transmitting a retrievable sample X n-1 , wherein X n is the magnitude of a retrieved sample at time n; (c) extracting an envelope information from X n ; (d) extracting information relating to a sign change between consecutive samples to provide a zero-crossing signal M n ; (e) computing the difference D n at time n between X n and X n-1 ; (f) transmitting X n when X n is in the vicinity of a sign change or for transmitting D n otherwise; and a quantizer value reflecting a zero-crossing mode M n and a signal energy indicated by the envelope extracting step; (g) establishing a correspondence between X n or D n transmitted and a binary word having f-1 number of bits; (h) providing said retrieved sample X n or difference D from information obtained from the binary word, the format, the zero-crossing mode M n and the envelope; and (i) combining S n and X n to provide an output PCM sample.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 44 words

In a PCM system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said selecting means receives said signal M n from said means for extracting and transmits one of said X n and D n in response to the level of said signal M n .

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 49 words

In a PCM system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said signal M n is at a high level when said X n is smaller than a predetermined amount and said signal M n is at a low level when said X n is larger than said predetermined amount.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 76 words

In a PCM system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the level of said signal M n is determined to be low whenever said sign of the sample meets the following relationship, S n-2 =S n-1 =S n =S n+1 , wherein S n-2 is the sign of the sample at time n-2, S n-1 is the sign of the sample at time n-1, and S n+1 is the sign of the sample at time n+1.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 43 words

In a PCM system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first mapping means establishes said correspondence between X n or D n transmitted and said binary word having f-1 number of bits in response to said envelope information from X n .

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 49 words

In a PCM system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said selecting means receives said envelope information from said means for extracting information and outputs an index signal to said first mapping means, said index signal being generated in accordance with said signal M n and said envelope information.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1987-11-06	1988-05-07	1988-11-06	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1991-11-06	1992-05-07	1992-11-06	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1995-11-06	1996-05-07	1996-11-06	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Apparatus and method of reducing the bit rate of PCM speech

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