Audio coding system using spectral hole filling
CA 2489441 C · Owner: Vinton, Mark Stuart · Inventors: Vinton, Mark Stuart; Fellers, Matthew Conrad; Davidson, Grant Allen
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Audio coding processes like quantization can cause spectral components of an encoded audio signal to be set to zero creating spectral holes in the signal. These spectral holes can degrade the perceived quality of audio signals that are reproduced by audio coding systems. An improved decoder avoids or reduces the degradation by filling the spectral holes with synthesized spectral components. An improved encoder may also be used to realize further improvements in the decoder.
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- Filed May 30, 2003 and granted April 10, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 30, 2023.
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