METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL

• Main Authors: GIBBS, Jonathan A, FRANCOIS, Holly L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.12.2018
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION

A hybrid speech encoder detects changes from music-like sounds to speech-like sounds. When the encoder detects music-like sounds (e.g., music), it operates in a first mode, in which it employs a frequency domain coder. When the encoder detects speech-like sounds (e.g., human speech), it operates in...