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Multi-pulse coding apparatus with a reduced bit rate
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1989-10-13
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Granted: 1991-02-05
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Expires: 2009-10-13
Abstract
Abstract An input speech signal is converted into sampled data with a first sampling frequency in each of a plurality of analysis frames. The sampled data are produced as filtered data through a digital filter having a high cut-off frequency smaller than the highest frequency of the speech signal. The filtered data are decimated into decimated signals which are sampled at a second sampling frequency smaller than the first sampling frequency and which are used to develop multi-pulses representative of an exciting source information of the input speech signal. Each of the analysis frames is divided into a plurality of subframes. At most one multi-pulse is developed in one subframe and the other multi-pulses are subsequently developed for the subframes other than the subframe where the one multi-pulse has been developed.
Inventors
- 👤 Tetsu Taguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 06:18
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10L; G10L19/00; G10L19/04; G10L19/08; G10L19/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
202 words
A speech processing apparatus, comprising: an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for converting an analog input speech signal for each of a plurality of analysis frames having a predetermined time interval into a digitized sampled signal with a first sampling frequency: first spectrum detecting means for detecting spectrum information of said digitized sampled signal in said analysis frames to produce a first spectrum signal representative of said spectrum information of said digitized sampled signal; filter means for filtering said digitized sampled signal to produce a filtered speech signal which is weighted by said first spectrum signal and restricted within a first frequency band smaller than that of said input speech signal; a decimator for converting said filtered speech signal into a decimated speech signal with a second sampling frequency smaller than that of said first sampling frequency; second spectrum detecting means for detecting spectrum information of said decimated speech signal in said analysis frames to produce a second spectrum signal representative of said spectrum information of said decimated speech signal; and multi-pulse developing means responsive to said decimated speech signal for developing a plurality of multi-pulses each having an amplitude and a location representative of speech exciting source information of said decimated speech signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
202 words
A speech processing apparatus, comprising: an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for converting an analog input speech signal for each of a plurality of analysis frames having a predetermined time interval into a digitized sampled signal with a first sampling frequency: first spectrum detecting means for detecting spectrum information of said digitized sampled signal in said analysis frames to produce a first spectrum signal representative of said spectrum information of said digitized sampled signal; filter means for filtering said digitized sampled signal to produce a filtered speech signal which is weighted by said first spectrum signal and restricted within a first frequency band smaller than that of said input speech signal; a decimator for converting said filtered speech signal into a decimated speech signal with a second sampling frequency smaller than that of said first sampling frequency; second spectrum detecting means for detecting spectrum information of said decimated speech signal in said analysis frames to produce a second spectrum signal representative of said spectrum information of said decimated speech signal; and multi-pulse developing means responsive to said decimated speech signal for developing a plurality of multi-pulses each having an amplitude and a location representative of speech exciting source information of said decimated speech signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first sampling frequency is 8 KHz and said second sampling frequency is 2 KHz.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said digital filter has a high cut-off frequency of 0.8 KHz.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first spectrum detecting means is a first LPC analyzer for determining linear predictive coefficients (LPCs) of said input speech signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
89 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said multi-pulse developing means includes: an impulse response calculator for determining an impulse response of a filter specified by said second spectrum signal; a cross-correlation coefficient calculator for determining cross-correlation coefficients between the outputs of said impulse response calculator and said decimator; an autocorrelation coefficient calculator for determining autocorrelation coefficients of the output of said impulse response calculator; and means for developing said multi-pulses on the basis of the outputs of said cross-correlation coefficient calculator and said autocorrelation coefficient calculator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said second spectrum detecting means is a second LPC analyzer for determining the linear predictive coefficients of said decimated speech signal to supply said linear predictive coefficients to said impulse response calculator.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said multi-pulse developing means includes: subframe processing means for determining a plurality of subframes obtained by dividing each of said analysis frames into a plurality of subframes, and means for developing at most one multi-pulse in one subframe.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said subframe processing means further comprises means for extracting a pitch from each of said decimated speech signals as extracted pitches; and means for setting a length of said subframe at a value smaller than the minimum pitch of said extracted pitches.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said subframe processing means further comprises a status memory for storing a status indicating whether or not said at most one multi-pulse is set within each of said subframes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
57 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said subframe processing means further comprises an amplitude normalizing and quantizing means for normalizing the amplitude of the developed multi-pulses and for quantizing the normalized amplitude into quantized data assigned to an amplitude range, of a plurality of ranges, prepared in advance to which the normalized amplitude belongs.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of ranges of said normalized amplitude are three ranges to which values of "+1", "0" and "-1" are assigned.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said multi-pulse developing means includes means for nonlinearly compressing the amplitude of said developed multi-pulses.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said decimator includes: a frequency divider for dividing said first sampling frequency to produce a divided signal; and a switch, supplied with said filtered speech signal and controlled by said divided signal, for intermittently outputting said decimated speech signal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: multi-pulse generating means, supplied with the output of said multi-pulse developing means, for decoding said multi-pulses; and an up-sampler for converting the decoded multi-pulses into sampled data of said first sampling frequency.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising: a speech synthesizer, supplied with said first spectrum signal and with the output of said up-sampler, for outputting a replica speech signal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
A speech processing apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter for converting said replica speech signals into analog signals.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
180 words
A speech processing method comprising the steps of: analog-to-digital converting an analog input speech signal for each of a plurality of analysis frames having a predetermined time interval into a digitized sampled signal with a first sampling frequency; detecting spectrum information of said digitized sampled signal in said analysis frames to produce a first spectrum signal representative of said spectrum information of said digitized sampled signal; filtering said digitized sampled signal to produce a filtered speech signal which is weighted by said first spectrum signal and restricted within a first frequency band smaller than that of said input speech signal; decimating said filtered speech signal into a decimated speech signal with a second sampling frequency smaller than said first sampling frequency; detecting spectrum information of said decimated speech signal in said analysis frames to produce a second spectrum signal representative of said spectrum information of said decimated speech signal; and developing a plurality of multi-pulses each having an amplitude and a location representative of speech exciting source information of said decimated speech signal in accordance with said second spectrum signal.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
180 words
A speech processing method comprising the steps of: analog-to-digital converting an analog input speech signal for each of a plurality of analysis frames having a predetermined time interval into a digitized sampled signal with a first sampling frequency; detecting spectrum information of said digitized sampled signal in said analysis frames to produce a first spectrum signal representative of said spectrum information of said digitized sampled signal; filtering said digitized sampled signal to produce a filtered speech signal which is weighted by said first spectrum signal and restricted within a first frequency band smaller than that of said input speech signal; decimating said filtered speech signal into a decimated speech signal with a second sampling frequency smaller than said first sampling frequency; detecting spectrum information of said decimated speech signal in said analysis frames to produce a second spectrum signal representative of said spectrum information of said decimated speech signal; and developing a plurality of multi-pulses each having an amplitude and a location representative of speech exciting source information of said decimated speech signal in accordance with said second spectrum signal.
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