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Method and apparatus for information encoding and decoding
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1994-05-25
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Granted: 1996-12-03
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Expires: 2014-05-25
Abstract
Abstract Pre-echo in the encoding and encoding of digital audio signals is diminished by utilizing a frequency dividing circuit for dividing the input audio signals into plural bands, normalization circuits for normalizing the frequency components for each frequency band and quantization circuits for an quantizing output of the normalization circuits. The frequency dividing circuit includes a unit for detecting a position in the signal waveform in which the quantization noise not masked by the signal components, that is the pre-echo, is estimated to be generated for producing the signal suppressing information. This signal suppressing information is also quantized as is the quantized output.
Inventors
- 👤 Kyoya Tsutsui
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 15:52
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10L; G10L19/00; G10L19/02; G10L19/0204; G10L19/0208; G10L19/005; G10L21/00; G10L21/02; G10L21/0208
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 65
Claim 1
Independent Claim
78 words
An information encoding method for generating encoded input digital data, comprising the steps of: quantizing spectral signals to generate signal components, the spectral signals based on input digital data; generating pre-echo information by detecting a period during which quantization noise produced by the quantization of the spectral signals is not masked by the signal components, the pre-echo information indicative of signal components to be suppressed during decoding of the encoded input digital data; and transmitting the pre-echo information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
78 words
An information encoding method for generating encoded input digital data, comprising the steps of: quantizing spectral signals to generate signal components, the spectral signals based on input digital data; generating pre-echo information by detecting a period during which quantization noise produced by the quantization of the spectral signals is not masked by the signal components, the pre-echo information indicative of signal components to be suppressed during decoding of the encoded input digital data; and transmitting the pre-echo information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The information encoding method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of: performing pre-set spectrum conversion on said input digital data to generate said spectral signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The information encoding method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising the steps of: dividing said input digital data into plural frequency bands; and performing the pre-set spectrum conversion for each of said frequency bands.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The information encoding method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the pre-echo information is determined for each of the frequency bands.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The information encoding method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said pre-echo information is determined in common for all of said frequency bands.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The information encoding method as claimed in claim 2, wherein a conversion length for said pre-set spectrum conversion is fixed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The information encoding method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising the step of: performing said pre-set spectrum conversion a plural number of times on said input digital data of a sole domain responsive to said pre-echo information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
An information decoding method for decoding encoded digital data, comprising the steps of: separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data, the pre-echo information indicating spectral signals to be suppressed; inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate the spectral signals; and performing a pre-echo preventing operation by suppressing the spectral signals corresponding to the pre-echo information to prevent the occurrence of quantization noise.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
65 words
An information decoding method for decoding encoded digital data, comprising the steps of: separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data, the pre-echo information indicating spectral signals to be suppressed; inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate the spectral signals; and performing a pre-echo preventing operation by suppressing the spectral signals corresponding to the pre-echo information to prevent the occurrence of quantization noise.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
The information decoding method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising the steps of: performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate time domain signals; and performing said pre-echo preventing operation on said time domain signals.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
The information decoding method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation reduces to zero values of samples in the domain indicated by the pre-echo information in said time domain signals.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
39 words
The information decoding method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said inverse spectrum conversion is performed for each frequency band and includes the step of: synthesizing said time domain signals of the plural frequency bands into one decoded signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The information decoding method as claimed in claim 11, wherein said pre-echo information is independent for each frequency band.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The information decoding method as claimed in claim 11, wherein said pre-echo information is common for each frequency band.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The information decoding method as claimed in claim 9, wherein a conversion length of said inverse spectrum conversion is fixed.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
73 words
The information decoding method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said spectral signals contain plural spectral signals associated with a sole time domain, and said inverse spectrum conversion comprises the step of: performing inverse spectrum conversion for each of said plural signals to generate plural time domain signals, and wherein said pre-echo preventing operation comprises the step of: synthesizing said time domain signals responsive to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
93 words
An information decoding method for decoding encoded digital data, comprising the steps of: separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data; inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals; performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate time domain signals; and performing said pre-echo preventing operation on said time domain signals, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation multiplies by a pre-set coefficient in the domain indicated by the pre-echo information in said time domain information.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
93 words
An information decoding method for decoding encoded digital data, comprising the steps of: separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data; inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals; performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate time domain signals; and performing said pre-echo preventing operation on said time domain signals, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation multiplies by a pre-set coefficient in the domain indicated by the pre-echo information in said time domain information.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
121 words
An information encoding method for encoding input digital data, comprising the steps of: performing twice a pre-set spectrum conversion on said input digital data of a sole domain responsive to pre-echo information to generate said spectral signals, wherein a first spectrum conversion is performed on a first signal whose waveform prior to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed, and a second spectrum conversion is performed on a second signal whose waveform posterior to the changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed; quantizing spectral signals based on the input digital data; detecting a period in which pre-echo is produced in the input digital data; and transmitting the pre-echo information for preventing the occurrence of the pre-echo.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
121 words
An information encoding method for encoding input digital data, comprising the steps of: performing twice a pre-set spectrum conversion on said input digital data of a sole domain responsive to pre-echo information to generate said spectral signals, wherein a first spectrum conversion is performed on a first signal whose waveform prior to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed, and a second spectrum conversion is performed on a second signal whose waveform posterior to the changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed; quantizing spectral signals based on the input digital data; detecting a period in which pre-echo is produced in the input digital data; and transmitting the pre-echo information for preventing the occurrence of the pre-echo.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
116 words
An information encoding method for encoding input digital data, comprising the steps of: performing twice a pre-set spectrum conversion on said input digital data of a sole domain responsive to pre-echo information to generate said spectral signals, wherein a first spectrum conversion is performed on a first signal which retains the waveform of said sole domain unchanged, and a second spectrum conversion is performed on a second signal whose waveform posterior to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed; quantizing spectral signals based on the input digital data; detecting a period in which pre-echo is produced in the input digital data; and transmitting the pre-echo information for preventing the occurrence of the pre-echo.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
116 words
An information encoding method for encoding input digital data, comprising the steps of: performing twice a pre-set spectrum conversion on said input digital data of a sole domain responsive to pre-echo information to generate said spectral signals, wherein a first spectrum conversion is performed on a first signal which retains the waveform of said sole domain unchanged, and a second spectrum conversion is performed on a second signal whose waveform posterior to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed; quantizing spectral signals based on the input digital data; detecting a period in which pre-echo is produced in the input digital data; and transmitting the pre-echo information for preventing the occurrence of the pre-echo.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
182 words
An information decoding method for decoding encoded digital data, comprising the steps of: separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data; inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals, wherein said spectral signals contain plural spectral signal associated with a sole time domain, and wherein said spectral signals associated with said sole time domain include a first spectrum signal and a second spectrum signal, a first inverse spectrum conversion on said first spectral signal to generate a first time domain signal whose waveform prior to said changeover position is suppressed, and wherein a second inverse spectrum conversion is performed on said second spectral signal to generate a second time domain signal whose waveform posterior to said changeover position is suppressed; and performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; performing inverse spectrum conversion for each of said plural spectral signals to generate plural time domain signals; and performing said pre-echo preventing operation on said time domain signals by synthesizing said time domain signals responsive to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
182 words
An information decoding method for decoding encoded digital data, comprising the steps of: separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data; inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals, wherein said spectral signals contain plural spectral signal associated with a sole time domain, and wherein said spectral signals associated with said sole time domain include a first spectrum signal and a second spectrum signal, a first inverse spectrum conversion on said first spectral signal to generate a first time domain signal whose waveform prior to said changeover position is suppressed, and wherein a second inverse spectrum conversion is performed on said second spectral signal to generate a second time domain signal whose waveform posterior to said changeover position is suppressed; and performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; performing inverse spectrum conversion for each of said plural spectral signals to generate plural time domain signals; and performing said pre-echo preventing operation on said time domain signals by synthesizing said time domain signals responsive to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
183 words
An information decoding method for decoding encoded digital data, comprising the steps of: separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data; inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals, wherein said spectral signals contain plural spectral signals associated with a sole time domain, and wherein said spectral signals associated with said sole domain include a first spectrum signal and a second spectrum signal, a first inverse spectrum conversion is performed on said first spectral signal to generate a first time domain signal which retains the waveform of said sole domain unchanged, and wherein a second inverse spectrum conversion is performed on said second spectral signal to generate a second time domain signal whose waveform posterior to said changeover position is suppressed; and performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; performing inverse spectrum conversion for each of said plural spectral signals to generate plural time domain signals; and performing said pre-echo preventing operation on said time domain signals by synthesizing said time domain signals responsive to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
183 words
An information decoding method for decoding encoded digital data, comprising the steps of: separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data; inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals, wherein said spectral signals contain plural spectral signals associated with a sole time domain, and wherein said spectral signals associated with said sole domain include a first spectrum signal and a second spectrum signal, a first inverse spectrum conversion is performed on said first spectral signal to generate a first time domain signal which retains the waveform of said sole domain unchanged, and wherein a second inverse spectrum conversion is performed on said second spectral signal to generate a second time domain signal whose waveform posterior to said changeover position is suppressed; and performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; performing inverse spectrum conversion for each of said plural spectral signals to generate plural time domain signals; and performing said pre-echo preventing operation on said time domain signals by synthesizing said time domain signals responsive to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
110 words
An information decoding method for decoding encoded digital data, comprising the steps of: separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data; inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals; performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate time domain signals; and performing said pre-echo preventing operation on said time domain signals, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation comprises the step of replacing a specified sub-domain in said time domain signal indicated by said pre-echo information by a signal which is based on said time domain signal temporally previous to said specified sub-domain.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
110 words
An information decoding method for decoding encoded digital data, comprising the steps of: separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data; inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals; performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate time domain signals; and performing said pre-echo preventing operation on said time domain signals, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation comprises the step of replacing a specified sub-domain in said time domain signal indicated by said pre-echo information by a signal which is based on said time domain signal temporally previous to said specified sub-domain.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
41 words
The information decoding method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the signal which is based on said time domain signal is an inverted signal of said signal which is based on said time domain signal temporally previous to said specified domain.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
41 words
The information decoding method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the signal which is based on said time domain signal is a signal consisting of plural reversions of a part of said time domain signal temporally previous to said specified domain.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
47 words
The information decoding method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the signal which is based on said time domain signal is a signal consisting of plural repetitions of a small domain delimited by substantially zero-valued samples of said time domain signal temporally previous to said specified domain.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
84 words
An information encoding apparatus for generating encoded input digital data, comprising: means for quantizing spectral signals to generate signal components, the spectral signals based on input digital data; means for generating pre-echo information by detecting a period during which quantization noise produced by the quantization of the spectral signals is not masked by the signal components, the pre-echo information indicative of signal components to be suppressed during decoding of the encoded input digital data; and means for multiplexing said quantized signals and pre-echo information.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
84 words
An information encoding apparatus for generating encoded input digital data, comprising: means for quantizing spectral signals to generate signal components, the spectral signals based on input digital data; means for generating pre-echo information by detecting a period during which quantization noise produced by the quantization of the spectral signals is not masked by the signal components, the pre-echo information indicative of signal components to be suppressed during decoding of the encoded input digital data; and means for multiplexing said quantized signals and pre-echo information.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
27 words
The information encoding apparatus as claimed in claim 25, further comprising: means for performing pre-set spectrum conversion on the input digital data to generate said spectral data.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
31 words
The information encoding apparatus as claimed in claim 26, further comprising: means for dividing the input digital data into plural frequency bands, said spectrum conversion being performed for each frequency band.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
21 words
The information encoding apparatus as claimed in claim 27, wherein the pre-echo information is determined for each of the frequency bands.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
23 words
The information encoding apparatus as claimed in claim 27, wherein said pre-echo information is determined in common for all of said frequency bands.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
18 words
The information encoding apparatus as claimed in claim 26, wherein conversion length for said spectrum conversion is fixed.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
42 words
The information encoding apparatus as claimed in claim 26, wherein the means for performing pre-set spectrum conversion comprises: means for performing said spectrum conversion a plural number of times on said digital data of a sole domain responsive to said pre-echo information.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
66 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals, the pre-echo information indicating spectral signals to be suppressed; and means for performing a pre-echo preventing operation by suppressing the spectral signals corresponding to the pre-echo information to prevent the occurrence of quantization noise.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
66 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals, the pre-echo information indicating spectral signals to be suppressed; and means for performing a pre-echo preventing operation by suppressing the spectral signals corresponding to the pre-echo information to prevent the occurrence of quantization noise.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
38 words
The information decoding apparatus as claimed in claim 32, further comprising: means for performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate time domain signals, wherein said pre-echo preventing operation is performed on said time domain signals.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
38 words
The information decoding apparatus as claimed in claim 33, wherein said inverse spectrum conversion is performed for each frequency band, further comprising: means for synthesizing said time domain signals for the plural frequency bands into one decoded signal.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
19 words
The information decoding apparatus as claimed in claim 34, wherein said pre-echo information is independent for each frequency band.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
19 words
The information decoding apparatus as claimed in claim 34, wherein said pre-echo information is common for each frequency band.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
20 words
The information decoding apparatus as claimed in claim 33, wherein a conversion length of said inverse spectrum conversion is fixed.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
67 words
The information decoding apparatus as claimed in claim 33, wherein said spectral signals contain plural spectral signals associated with a sole time domain, said inverse conversion means performs inverse spectrum conversion for each of said plural signals to generate plural time domain signals, and said means for performing a pre-echo preventing operation synthesizing said time domain signals responsive to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
97 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signal; means for performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; and means for performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate the domain signals; said pre-echo preventing operation being performed on said time domain signals, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation reduces values of samples in the domain indicated by the pre-echo information in said time domain signals.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
97 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signal; means for performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; and means for performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate the domain signals; said pre-echo preventing operation being performed on said time domain signals, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation reduces values of samples in the domain indicated by the pre-echo information in said time domain signals.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
98 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signal; means for performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; and means for performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate time domain signals, said pre-echo preventing operation being performed on said time domain signals, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation multiplies with a pre-set coefficient in the domain indicated by the pre-echo information in said time domain information.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
98 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signal; means for performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; and means for performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate time domain signals, said pre-echo preventing operation being performed on said time domain signals, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation multiplies with a pre-set coefficient in the domain indicated by the pre-echo information in said time domain information.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
141 words
An information encoding apparatus for encoding input digital data, comprising: means for performing a pre-set spectrum conversion a plural number of times on the input digital data of a sole domain responsive to pre-echo information to generate spectral data, wherein said spectrum conversion is performed twice for said sole time domain, a first spectrum conversion is performed on a first signal whose waveform prior to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed, and wherein a second spectrum conversion is performed on a second signal whose waveform posterior to the changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed; means for quantizing the spectral data to generate quantized signals; means for detecting a period in which a pre-echo of the input digital data is generated; and means for multiplexing said quantized signals and pre-echo information for preventing the pre-echo.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
141 words
An information encoding apparatus for encoding input digital data, comprising: means for performing a pre-set spectrum conversion a plural number of times on the input digital data of a sole domain responsive to pre-echo information to generate spectral data, wherein said spectrum conversion is performed twice for said sole time domain, a first spectrum conversion is performed on a first signal whose waveform prior to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed, and wherein a second spectrum conversion is performed on a second signal whose waveform posterior to the changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed; means for quantizing the spectral data to generate quantized signals; means for detecting a period in which a pre-echo of the input digital data is generated; and means for multiplexing said quantized signals and pre-echo information for preventing the pre-echo.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
136 words
An information encoding apparatus for encoding input digital data, comprising: means for performing a pre-set spectrum conversion a plural number of times on the input digital data of a sole domain responsive to pre-echo information to generate spectral data, wherein said spectrum conversion is performed twice for said sole time domain, a first spectrum conversion is performed on a first signal which retains a waveform of said sole domain unchanged, and wherein a second spectrum conversion is performed on a second signal whose waveform posterior to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed; means for quantizing the spectral data to generate quantized signals; means for detecting a period in which a pre-echo of the input digital data is generated; and means for multiplexing said quantized signals and pre-echo information for preventing the pre-echo.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
136 words
An information encoding apparatus for encoding input digital data, comprising: means for performing a pre-set spectrum conversion a plural number of times on the input digital data of a sole domain responsive to pre-echo information to generate spectral data, wherein said spectrum conversion is performed twice for said sole time domain, a first spectrum conversion is performed on a first signal which retains a waveform of said sole domain unchanged, and wherein a second spectrum conversion is performed on a second signal whose waveform posterior to a changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information is suppressed; means for quantizing the spectral data to generate quantized signals; means for detecting a period in which a pre-echo of the input digital data is generated; and means for multiplexing said quantized signals and pre-echo information for preventing the pre-echo.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
179 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals, said spectral signals containing plural spectral signals associated with a sole time domain; means for performing inverse spectrum conversion for each of said plural spectral signals to generate time domain signals, wherein said spectral signals associated with said sole domain include a first spectrum signal and a second spectrum signal, said inverse conversion means performing a first inverse spectrum conversion on said first spectral signal to generate a first time domain signal whose waveform prior to a changeover position is suppressed, and a second inverse spectrum conversion is performed on said second spectral signal to generate a second time domain signal whose waveform posterior to said changeover position is suppressed; and means for performing on said time domain signals a pre-echo preventing operation depending on said pre-echo information, said means for performing synthesizing said time domain signals responsive to said changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
179 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals, said spectral signals containing plural spectral signals associated with a sole time domain; means for performing inverse spectrum conversion for each of said plural spectral signals to generate time domain signals, wherein said spectral signals associated with said sole domain include a first spectrum signal and a second spectrum signal, said inverse conversion means performing a first inverse spectrum conversion on said first spectral signal to generate a first time domain signal whose waveform prior to a changeover position is suppressed, and a second inverse spectrum conversion is performed on said second spectral signal to generate a second time domain signal whose waveform posterior to said changeover position is suppressed; and means for performing on said time domain signals a pre-echo preventing operation depending on said pre-echo information, said means for performing synthesizing said time domain signals responsive to said changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
177 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals, said spectral signals containing plural spectral signals associated with a sole time domain; means for performing inverse spectrum conversion for each of said plural spectral signals to generate time domain signals, wherein said spectral signals associated with said sole domain include a first spectrum signal and a second spectrum signal, said inverse conversion means performing a first inverse spectrum conversion on said first spectral signal to generate a first time domain signal which retains a waveform of said sole domain unchanged, and a second inverse spectrum conversion on said second spectral signal to generate a second time domain signal whose waveform posterior to a changeover position is suppressed; and means for performing on said time domain signals a pre-echo preventing operation depending on said pre-echo information, said means for performing synthesizing said time domain signals responsive to said changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
177 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signals, said spectral signals containing plural spectral signals associated with a sole time domain; means for performing inverse spectrum conversion for each of said plural spectral signals to generate time domain signals, wherein said spectral signals associated with said sole domain include a first spectrum signal and a second spectrum signal, said inverse conversion means performing a first inverse spectrum conversion on said first spectral signal to generate a first time domain signal which retains a waveform of said sole domain unchanged, and a second inverse spectrum conversion on said second spectral signal to generate a second time domain signal whose waveform posterior to a changeover position is suppressed; and means for performing on said time domain signals a pre-echo preventing operation depending on said pre-echo information, said means for performing synthesizing said time domain signals responsive to said changeover position indicated by said pre-echo information.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
111 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signal; means for performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; and means for performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate time domain signals, said pre-echo preventing operation being performed on said time domain signals, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation replaces a specified sub-domain in said time domain signal indicated by said pre-echo information by a signal which is based on said time domain signal temporally previous to said specified sub-domain.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
111 words
An information decoding apparatus for decoding encoded digital data, comprising: means for separating quantized signals and pre-echo information from encoded digital data and inverse quantizing said quantized signals to generate spectral signal; means for performing a pre-echo preventing operation on said spectral signals depending on said pre-echo information; and means for performing inverse spectrum conversion on said spectral signals to generate time domain signals, said pre-echo preventing operation being performed on said time domain signals, wherein the pre-echo preventing operation replaces a specified sub-domain in said time domain signal indicated by said pre-echo information by a signal which is based on said time domain signal temporally previous to said specified sub-domain.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
41 words
The information decoding apparatus as claimed in claim 45, wherein the signal which is based on said time domain signal is an inverted signal of said signal which is based on said time domain signal temporally previous to said specified domain.
Claim 64
Dependent Claim
41 words
The information decoding apparatus as claimed in claim 45, wherein the signal which is based on said time domain signal is a signal consisting of plural reversions of a part of said time domain signal temporally previous to said specified domain.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
47 words
The information decoding apparatus as claimed in claim 45, wherein the signal which is based on said time domain signal is a signal consisting of plural repetitions of a small domain delimited by substantially zero-valued samples of said time domain signal temporally previous to said specified domain.
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