Speech analyzing and synthesizing apparatus using reduced number of codes

Claim 1

A speech analyzing and synthesizing apparatus comprising a coding section and a decoding section, said coding section including a sampling means for successively sampling a speech signal to sequentially output sampled signals, a quantizer having a quantization range associated therewith for receiving said sampled signals to output quantized value signals corresponding to said sampled signals, and a coding means for receiving said quantized value signals and outputting per sampling a number of codes representing a difference between two or said sampled signals, said number being one or greater and determined according to said difference, said coding means outputting more than one code per sampling if said difference exceeds said quantization range, said decoding section including a decoding means for decoding said codes and thereby outputting values each representing said difference, said coding section further including a limiting means for analyzing said codes and limiting said number to be equal to or less than a maximum number, said maximum number being determined by said values and by specified ones of said codes outputted earlier.