Abstract: A method and apparatus for audio compression receives an audio signal. Transform coding is applied to the audio signal to generate a sequence of transform frequency coefficients. The sequence of transform frequency coefficients is partitioned into a plurality of non-uniform width frequency ranges and then zero value frequency coefficients are inserted at the boundaries of the non-uniform width frequency ranges. As a result, certain of the transform frequency coefficients that represent high frequencies are dropped.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for compressing video signals. The video compression may include row by row horizontal subband filtering of video data representing part of an image, and row by row concurrent vertical high and vertical low pass subband filtering of the results of the horizontal subband filtering. Less than the vertical filter length of rows of results of the horizontal subband filtering may be buffered at a time.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for audio compression receives an audio signal. Transform coding is applied to the audio signal to generate a sequence of transform frequency coefficients. The sequence of transform frequency coefficients is partitioned into a plurality of non-uniform width frequency ranges and then zero value frequency coefficients are inserted at the boundaries of the non-uniform width frequency ranges. As a result, certain of the transform frequency coefficients that represent high frequencies are dropped.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for audio compression receives an audio signal. Transform coding is applied to the audio signal to generate a sequence of transform frequency coefficients. The sequence of transform frequency coefficients is partitioned into a plurality of non-uniform width frequency ranges and then zero value frequency coefficients are inserted at the boundaries of the non-uniform width frequency ranges. As a result, certain of the transform frequency coefficients that represent high frequencies are dropped.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to achieve relatively high quality audio data compression/decompression, while achieving relatively low bit rates (e.g., high compression ratios). According to one aspect of the invention, a residual signal is subband decomposed and adaptively quantized and encoded to capture frequency information that may provide higher quality compression and decompression relative to transform encoding techniques. According to a second aspect of the invention, an input audio signal is compared to an encoded signal based on the input audio signal to detect and reduce, as necessary, distortion in the encoded signal or portions thereof.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing video compression and decompression using dynamic quantization and/or encoding. According to one aspect of the compression method, an image is recursively filtered into its constituent components each represented by a matrix of coefficients. Next, the level of correlation of a first of the matrices of coefficients is determined. Based on the level of correlation of this first coefficient matrix, one of a first quantization technique and a second quantization technique is selected. The first coefficient matrix is then quantized using the selected quantization technique. According to another aspect of the compression method, an image is digitally filtered into its constituent components, each represented by a matrix of coefficients. At least certain matrices are quantized to generated a first quantized matrix.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for compression and decompression of an audio signal. In encoding an input audio signal, at least a portion of the audio signal is transformed into a set of coefficients. A set of binary vectors associated with the set of coefficients are generated for digitizing the transformed audio signal using a fixed rate adaptive quantization. Information based on the set of binary vectors is combinatorially encoded and output as a bit stream of encoded audio data. The encoded audio data may be stored, transmitted, and/or decoded.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for compression and decompression of motion video data. According to one embodiment, a method for compression of a first frame of motion video is provided, wherein the first frame is compared to a base frame. Based on the comparison, an altered base frame is created that contains a set of one or more regions that are based on a set of one or more regions in the first frame and a set of one or more regions from the base frame. To encode the first frame, the altered base frame is compared to the first frame to derive a motion compensation vector based on a region in the altered base frame.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of coding speech. The apparatus includes a first circuit being coupled to receive a first signal, the first signal corresponds to the speech signal. The first circuit is for generating a first set of parameters corresponding to the first frame. The apparatus includes a second circuit, being coupled to receive a second signal and the first set of parameters, the second signal corresponding to the speech signal, and the second circuit is for generating a third signal. The apparatus further includes a pulse train analyzer, being coupled to the second circuit, for generating a third match value, a third set of parameters, and a third excitation value. The apparatus further including a fourth circuit, being coupled to the second circuit, for generating a fourth match value, a fourth set of parameters, and a fourth excitation value. The apparatus further including a fifth circuit, being coupled to the third circuit and the fourth circuit, for selecting a mode corresponding to a match value.

Abstract: A speech compressor utilizing Trellis Encoding and Linear Prediction (TELP). A TELP speech compressor provides improved signal generation and search technique for a code-excited linear prediction (CELP) speech encoder. TELP is a frame oriented coding that breaks the quantized speech signals into frames of prescribed length N and each frame into subframes of prescribed length L, which are processed as dependent units utilizing an analysis-by-synthesis approach. The approach is based on constructing the best mean square linear predicting filter and searching the best exciting sequence for the filter in order to produce synthesized speech. A trellis encoder is used instead of a stochastic code book. The Q-ary analysis of a given subframe and previous excitations is proposed for a fast vector search in an adaptive code book. It simplifies the implementation of digital speech compression.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of coding speech. The apparatus includes a first circuit being coupled to receive a first signal, the first signal corresponds to the speech signal. The first circuit is for generating a first set of parameters corresponding to the first frame. The apparatus includes a second circuit, being coupled to receive a second signal and the first set of parameters, the second signal corresponding to the speech signal, and the second circuit is for generating a third signal. The apparatus further includes a pulse train analyzer, being coupled to the second circuit, for generating a third match value, a third set of parameters, and a third excitation value. The apparatus further including a fourth circuit, being coupled to the second circuit, for generating a fourth match value, a fourth set of parameters, and a fourth excitation value. The apparatus further including a fifth circuit, being coupled to the third circuit and the fourth circuit, for selecting a mode corresponding to a match value.