Speech coder and speech decoder
CA 2347265 A1 · Owner: Ozawa, Kazunori · Inventors: Ozawa, Kazunori
Overview
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In order to provide speech coder and speech decoder where excellent sound qualities are obtained even at a low bit rate a plural position-sets storing circuit 450 holds a plurality of sets for positions of pulses in the speech coder In addition, an excitation quantization circuit 350 calculates distortions for speech signal by the use of every sets of the positions of pulses, and selects a set of positions with a minimized distortion. The judgement information representative of the selected set is delivered with a small number of bits.
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- Filed May 9, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 9, 2021.
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