Patents by Inventor Erik Norvell
Erik Norvell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10242687Abstract: The invention relates to a codec and a discriminator and methods therein for audio signal discrimination and coding. Embodiments of a method performed by an encoder comprises, for a segment of the audio signal: identifying a set of spectral peaks; determining a mean distance S between peaks in the set; and determining a ratio, PNR, between a peak envelope and a noise floor envelope. The method further comprises selecting a coding mode, out of a plurality of coding modes, based at least on the mean distance S and the ratio PNR; and applying the selected coding mode for coding of the segment of the audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Erik Norvell, Volodya Grancharov
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Publication number: 20190057708Abstract: The invention relates to a codec and a signal classifier and methods therein for signal classification and selection of a coding mode based on audio signal characteristics. A method embodiment to be performed by a decoder comprises, for a frame m: determining a stability value D(m) based on a difference, in a transform domain, between a range of a spectral envelope of frame m and a corresponding range of a spectral envelope of an adjacent frame m?1. Each such range comprises a set of quantized spectral envelope values related to the energy in spectral bands of a segment of the audio signal. The method further comprises selecting a decoding mode, out of a plurality of decoding modes, based on the stability value D(m); and applying the selected decoding mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Erik Norvell, Stefan Bruhn
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Publication number: 20190057707Abstract: An audio signal, having first and second regions of frequency spectrum, is coded. Spectral peaks in the first region are encoded by a first coding method. For a segment of the audio signal, a relation between energy of bands in the first and second regions is determined. A relation between the energy of the band in the second region and energy of neighboring bands in the second region is determined. A determination is made whether available bits are sufficient for encoding at least one non-peak segment of the first region and the band in the second region. Responsive to first and second relations fulfilling a respective predetermined criterion and a sufficient number of bits, encoding the band in the second region using a second coding method different from the first coding method, and otherwise, subjecting the band in the second region to BandWidth Extension BWE or noise fill.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Erik NORVELL, Volodya GRANCHAROV
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Patent number: 10192558Abstract: An improved gain-shape vector quantization is achieved by determining a number of bits to be allocated to a gain adjustment- and shape-quantizer for a plurality of combinations of a current bit rate and a first signal property. The bit allocation is derived by using an average of optimal bit allocations for a training data set. A number of bits to the gain adjustment and the shape quantizers for a plurality of combinations of the bit rate and a first signal are pre-calculated, and a table indicating the number of bits to be allocated to the gain adjustment- and the shape-quantizers for a plurality of combinations of the bit rate and a first signal property is created. In this way, the table can be used for achieving an improved bit allocation.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Erik Norvell
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Patent number: 10147435Abstract: An audio signal, having first and second regions of frequency spectrum, is coded. Spectral peaks in the first region are encoded by a first coding method. For a segment of the audio signal, a relation between energy of bands in the first and second regions is determined. A relation between the energy of the band in the second region and energy of neighboring bands in the second region is determined. A determination is made whether available bits are sufficient for encoding at least one non-peak segment of the first region and the band in the second region. Responsive to first and second relations fulfilling a respective predetermined criterion and a sufficient number of bits, encoding the band in the second region using a second coding method different from the first coding method, and otherwise, subjecting the band in the second region to BandWidth Extension BWE or noise fill.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Erik Norvell, Volodya Grancharov
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Patent number: 10121481Abstract: A gain adjustment apparatus (60) for use in decoding of audio that has been encoded with separate gain and shape representations includes an accuracy meter (62) configured to estimate an accuracy measure (A(b)) of the shape representation (Ñ(b)), and to determine a gain correction (gc(b)) based on the estimated accuracy measure (A(b)). It also includes an envelope adjuster (64) configured to adjust the gain representation (Ê(b)) based on the determined gain correction.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2011Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Erik Norvell, Volodya Grancharov
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Patent number: 10121486Abstract: The invention relates to a codec and a signal classifier and methods therein for signal classification and selection of a coding mode based on audio signal characteristics. A method embodiment to be performed by a decoder comprises, for a frame m: determining a stability value D(m) based on a difference, in a transform domain, between a range of a spectral envelope of frame m and a corresponding range of a spectral envelope of an adjacent frame m?1. Each such range comprises a set of quantized spectral envelope values related to the energy in spectral bands of a segment of the audio signal. The method further comprises selecting a decoding mode, out of a plurality of decoding modes, based on the stability value D(m); and applying the selected decoding mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM EricssonInventors: Erik Norvell, Stefan Bruhn
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Publication number: 20180047404Abstract: The invention relates to a codec and a signal classifier and methods therein for signal classification and selection of a coding mode based on audio signal characteristics. A method embodiment to be performed by a decoder comprises, for a frame m: determining a stability value D(m) based on a difference, in a transform domain, between a range of a spectral envelope of frame m and a corresponding range of a spectral envelope of an adjacent frame m?1. Each such range comprises a set of quantized spectral envelope values related to the energy in spectral bands of a segment of the audio signal. The method further comprises selecting a decoding mode, out of a plurality of decoding modes, based on the stability value D(m); and applying the selected decoding mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Erik Norvell, Stefan Bruhn
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Patent number: 9853659Abstract: The invention relates to an encoder and a decoder and methods therein for supporting split gain shape vector encoding and decoding. The method performed by an encoder, where the encoding of each vector segment is subjected to a constraint related to a maximum number of bits, BMAX, allowed for encoding a vector segment. The method comprises, determining an initial number, Np_init, of segments for a target vector x; and further determining an average number of bits per segment, BAVG, based on a vector bit budget and Np_init. The method further comprises determining a final number of segments to be used, for the vector x, in the gain shape vector encoding, based on energies of the Np_init segments and a difference between BMAX and BAVG. The performing of the method enables an efficient allocation of the bits of the bit budget over the target vector.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Erik Norvell, Volodya Grancharov, Tomas Jansson Toftgård
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Patent number: 9837095Abstract: The invention relates to a codec and a signal classifier and methods therein for signal classification and selection of a coding mode based on audio signal characteristics. A method embodiment to be performed by a decoder comprises, for a frame m: determining a stability value D(m) based on a difference, in a transform domain, between a range of a spectral envelope of frame m and a corresponding range of a spectral envelope of an adjacent frame m?1. Each such range comprises a set of quantized spectral envelope values related to the energy in spectral bands of a segment of the audio signal. The method further comprises selecting a decoding mode, out of a plurality of decoding modes, based on the stability value D(m); and applying the selected decoding mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Erik Norvell, Stefan Bruhn
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Publication number: 20170330573Abstract: A gain adjustment apparatus for use in decoding of audio that has been encoded with separate gain and shape representations includes an accuracy meter configured to estimate an accuracy measure of the shape representation, and to determine a gain correction based on the estimated accuracy measure. An envelope adjuster further included in the apparatus is configured to adjust the gain representation based on the determined gain correction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Erik Norvell, Volodya Grancharov
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Publication number: 20170316788Abstract: An audio signal, having first and second regions of frequency spectrum, is coded. Spectral peaks in the first region are encoded by a first coding method. For a segment of the audio signal, a relation between energy of bands in the first and second regions is determined. A relation between the energy of the band in the second region and energy of neighboring bands in the second region is determined. A determination is made whether available bits are sufficient for encoding at least one non-peak segment of the first region and the band in the second region. Responsive to first and second relations fulfilling a respective predetermined criterion and a sufficient number of bits, encoding the band in the second region using a second coding method different from the first coding method, and otherwise, subjecting the band in the second region to BandWidth Extension BWE or noise fill.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Erik NORVELL, Volodya GRANCHAROV
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Patent number: 9741349Abstract: An audio signal is coded, where a frequency spectrum of the audio signal is divided into first and second regions. Spectral peaks in the first region are encoded by a first coding method. For a segment of the audio signal, a relation between an energy of a band in the second region and an energy estimate of the first region is determined. A relation between the energy of the band in the second region and energy of neighboring bands in the second region is determined. A determination is made whether available bits are sufficient for encoding at least one non-peak segment of the first region and the band in the second region. Further, when the relations fulfill a respective criterion and the bits are sufficient, the band in the second region and the at least one segment of the first region are encoded using a second coding method.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Erik Norvell, Volodya Grancharov
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Publication number: 20170221497Abstract: The invention relates to a codec and a signal classifier and methods therein for signal classification and selection of a coding mode based on audio signal characteristics. A method embodiment to he performed by a decoder comprises, for a frame m: determining a stability value D(m) based on a difference, in a transform domain, between a range of a spectral envelope of frame m and a corresponding range of a spectral envelope of an adjacent frame m?1. Each such range comprises a set of quantized spectral envelope values related to the energy in spectral bands of a segment of the audio signal. The method further comprises selecting a decoding mode, out of a plurality of decoding modes, based on the stability value D(m); and applying the selected decoding mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Erik NORVELL, Stefan BRUHN
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Patent number: 9691398Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention improves conventional attenuation schemes by replacing constant attenuation with an adaptive attenuation scheme that allows more aggressive attenuation, without introducing audible change of signal frequency characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Erik Norvell
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Publication number: 20170178660Abstract: The invention relates to a codec and a discriminator and methods therein for audio signal discrimination and coding. Embodiments of a method performed by an encoder comprises, for a segment of the audio signal: identifying a set of spectral peaks; determining a mean distance S between peaks in the set; and determining a ratio, PNR, between a peak envelope and a noise floor envelope. The method further comprises selecting a coding mode, out of a plurality of coding modes, based at least on the mean distance S and the ratio PNR; and applying the selected coding mode for coding of the segment of the audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Erik Norvell, Volodya GRANCHAROV
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Patent number: 9666210Abstract: The invention relates to a codec and a signal classifier and methods therein for signal classification and selection of a coding mode based on audio signal characteristics. A method embodiment to be performed by a decoder comprises, for a frame m: determining a stability value D(m) based on a difference, in a transform domain, between a range of a spectral envelope of frame m and a corresponding range of a spectral envelope of an adjacent frame m?1. Each such range comprises a set of quantized spectral envelope values related to the energy in spectral bands of a segment of the audio signal. The method further comprises selecting a decoding mode, out of a plurality of decoding modes, based on the stability value D(m); and applying the selected decoding mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Erik Norvell, Stefan Bruhn
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Publication number: 20170148446Abstract: An improved gain-shape vector quantization is achieved by determining a number of bits to be allocated to a gain adjustment- and shape-quantizer for a plurality of combinations of a current bit rate and a first signal property. The bit allocation is derived by using an average of optimal bit allocations for a training data set. A number of bits to the gain adjustment and the shape quantizers for a plurality of combinations of the bit rate and a first signal are pre-calculated, and a table indicating the number of bits to be allocated to the gain adjustment- and the shape-quantizers for a plurality of combinations of the bit rate and a first signal property is created. In this way, the table can be used for achieving an improved bit allocation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Erik Norvell
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Publication number: 20170149441Abstract: The invention relates to an encoder and a decoder and methods therein for supporting split gain shape vector encoding and decoding. The method performed by an encoder, where the encoding of each vector segment is subjected to a constraint related to a maximum number of bits, BMAX, allowed for encoding a vector segment. The method comprises, determining an initial number, Np—init, of segments for a target vector x; and further determining an average number of bits per segment, BAVG, based on a vector bit budget and Np—init. The method further comprises determining a final number of segments to be used, for the vector x, in the gain shape vector encoding, based on energies of the Np—init segments and a difference between BMAX and BAVG. The performing of the method enables an efficient allocation of the bits of the bit budget over the target vector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Erik NORVELL, Volodya GRANCHAROV, Tomas Jansson TOFTGÅRD
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Patent number: 9620138Abstract: The invention relates to a codec and a discriminator and methods therein for audio signal discrimination and coding. Embodiments of a method performed by an encoder comprises, for a segment of the audio signal: identifying a set of spectral peaks; determining a mean distance S between peaks in the set; and determining a ratio, PNR, between a peak envelope and a noise floor envelope. The method further comprises selecting a coding mode, out of a plurality of coding modes, based at least on the mean distance S and the ratio PNR; and applying the selected coding mode for coding of the segment of the audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Erik Norvell, Volodya Grancharov