Abstract:
A lossless encoding method is provided that includes determining a lossless encoding mode of a quantization coefficient as one of an infinite-range lossless encoding mode and a finite-range lossless encoding mode; encoding the quantization coefficient in the infinite-range lossless encoding mode in correspondence with a result of the lossless encoding mode determination; and encoding the quantization coefficient in the finite-range lossless encoding mode in correspondence with a result of the lossless encoding mode determination.
Abstract:
A method, medium, and system scalably encoding/decoding audio/speech. The method includes splitting an input signal into a low frequency band signal that is lower than a predetermined frequency and a high frequency band signal that is higher than the predetermined frequency, scalably encoding the split low frequency band signal into a core layer and one or more extension layers and then decoding the encoded core layer and the encoded extension layers, generating an error signal by using the split low frequency band signal and a decoded signal of the encoded core layer and the encoded extension layers, and encoding the error signal and the high frequency band signal into a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) enhancement layer and a bandwidth extension layer.
Abstract:
Provided are an audio reconstruction method and device for providing improved sound quality by reconstructing a decoding parameter or an audio signal obtained from a bitstream, by using machine learning. The audio reconstruction method includes obtaining a plurality of decoding parameters of a current frame by decoding a bitstream, determining characteristics of a second parameter included in the plurality of decoding parameters and associated with a first parameter, based on the first parameter included in the plurality of decoding parameters, obtaining a reconstructed second parameter by applying a machine learning model to at least one of the plurality of decoding parameters, the second parameter, and the characteristics of the second parameter, and decoding an audio signal, based on the reconstructed second parameter.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for packet loss concealment, and a decoding method and an apparatus employing same are provided. A method for time domain packet loss concealment includes checking whether a current frame is either an erased frame or a good frame after the erased frame, when the current frame is either the erased frame or the good frame after the erased frame, obtaining signal characteristics, selecting one of a phase matching tool and a smoothing tool based on a plurality of parameters including the signal characteristics, and performing a packet loss concealment processing on the current frame based on the selected tool.
Abstract:
Provided are a signal processing method and apparatus for enhancing sound quality. The signal processing method performed by a signal transmitting apparatus includes determining, based on a plurality of parameters, a valid bandwidth so as to encode an input signal; performing pre-processing on the input signal, based on the valid bandwidth; and encoding the pre-processed input signal, based on the valid bandwidth, and the signal processing method performed by a signal receiving apparatus includes decoding a bitstream or a packet received via a transmission channel; determining a valid bandwidth, based on a plurality of parameters used in the decoding; and performing post-processing on a decoded signal, based on the valid bandwidth.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for processing a signal adaptively to a noisy environment, the method including: determining a class related to enhancement of intelligibility, based on a noise spectrum of a reception side or a near-end device and a received voice spectrum; generating guide information for the enhancement of intelligibility based on the noise spectrum, the voice spectrum, and the determined class; and generating a changed voice spectrum by applying the guide information to the voice spectrum.
Abstract:
Provided are a method and an apparatus for increasing call quality while reducing consumption of bit rates in immersive multimedia communication. A method of transmitting, by a terminal device, an audio signal to a counterpart terminal device, includes: extracting head tracking information of a user of the counterpart terminal device from a packet received from the counterpart terminal device; predicting a head direction of the user of the counterpart terminal device after a predetermined time period, based on the extracted head tracking information; generating audio output signals by combining audio input signals received via a plurality of microphones, based on the predicted head direction; and transmitting information about the predicted head direction and a sound frame in which the audio output signals are compressed, to the counterpart terminal device.
Abstract:
A high-band encoding/decoding method and device for bandwidth extension are provided. A high-band encoding method comprising the steps of: generating sub band-specific bit allocation information on the basis of a low-band envelope; determining, on the basis of the sub band-specific bit allocation information, the sub band requiring an envelope update in a high band; and generating, for the determined sub band, refinement data relating to the envelope update. A high-band decoding method comprising the steps of: generating sub band-specific bit allocation information on the basis of a low-band envelope; determining, on the basis of the sub band-specific bit allocation information, the sub band requiring an envelope update in a high band; and decoding, for the determined sub band, refinement data relating to the envelope update, thereby updating the envelope.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a user terminal device and a control method therefor. The control method for a user terminal device according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining state information of a satellite device connected with a user terminal device when a call request message is received from another terminal device; determining communication configuration information with the another terminal device on the basis of the state information of the satellite device, and transmitting a call response message including the communication configuration information to the another terminal device; and receiving audio data from the another terminal device according to a communication scheme corresponding to the communication configuration information. Therefore, in comparison with the prior art, the present invention can reduce a call negotiation time between user terminal devices, and thus reduce a call cost.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring bioelectrical signals is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor electrode, a sensor support, and a main body. The sensor electrode has a tapering portion that narrows toward one end and a protruding portion that extends from the one end of the tapering portion, contacts a body part, and senses bioelectrical signals. The sensor support maintains the contact between the sensor electrode and the body part. The main body is connected to the sensor support and is wearable on a living body.