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Method and apparatus for two-component signal compression
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 1994-11-04
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Granted: 1997-01-07
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Expires: 2014-11-04
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for performing a Modified Discrete Cosine Transform on an audio signal is disclosed which utilizes a Discrete Fourier Transform. Illustratively, the MDCT spectral coefficients for the signal are generated from the real FFT spectral coefficients.
Inventors
- 👤 Anibal J. Ferreira
- 👤 James D. Johnston
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 05:02
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; H; H04; H04H; H04H20/00; H04H20/86; H04H20/88; G11B20/00007; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/66; H04B1/665; G11B20/10; G11B20/10527; G11B2020/10537; G11B2020/10592
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A method of processing an audio signal comprising the steps of: digitizing said audio signal to form blocks of samples thereof, processing the samples of each of said blocks to form a first Fourier transform representation thereof, generating in response to said first Fourier transform representation of each said blocks both a) a signal representing a second Fourier transform representation of said first Fourier transform representation, and b) a set of perceptual thresholds, there being a one-to-one correspondence between at least individual elements of said perceptual thresholds and at least individual elements of said second Fourier transform representation, said second Fourier transform being generated in serial response to the formation of said first Fourier transform, and quantizing each of said individual elements of said second Fourier transform representation using a quantization step size that is a function of the corresponding perceptual thresholds.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
142 words
A method of processing an audio signal comprising the steps of: digitizing said audio signal to form blocks of samples thereof, processing the samples of each of said blocks to form a first Fourier transform representation thereof, generating in response to said first Fourier transform representation of each said blocks both a) a signal representing a second Fourier transform representation of said first Fourier transform representation, and b) a set of perceptual thresholds, there being a one-to-one correspondence between at least individual elements of said perceptual thresholds and at least individual elements of said second Fourier transform representation, said second Fourier transform being generated in serial response to the formation of said first Fourier transform, and quantizing each of said individual elements of said second Fourier transform representation using a quantization step size that is a function of the corresponding perceptual thresholds.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing step forms a Discrete Fourier Transform representation as said first Fourier transform.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing step forms a Fast Fourier Transform representation as said first Fourier transform.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing step forms an odd-frequency Fourier Transform representation as said first Fourier transform.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing step forms an odd-frequency Fast Fourier Transform representation as said first Fourier transform.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said generating step generates a signal representing a modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) as said second Fourier transform.
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