Patents by Inventor Zexin Liu

Zexin Liu 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).

  • Patent number: 11462225
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for reconstructing a noise component of a speech/audio signal. A bitstream is received and decoded to obtain a speech/audio signal. A first speech/audio signal is determined according to the speech/audio signal. A symbol of each sample value in the first speech/audio signal and an amplitude value of each sample value in the first speech/audio signal is determined. An adaptive normalization length and an adjusted amplitude value of each sample value are determined according to the adaptive normalization length and the amplitude value of each sample value. A second speech/audio signal is determined according to the symbol of each sample value and the adjusted amplitude value of each sample value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11462224
    Abstract: A stereo signal encoding method includes obtaining a residual signal encoding parameter of a current frame of a stereo signal based on downmixed signal energy and residual signal energy of each of M sub-bands of the current frame, where the residual signal encoding parameter indicates whether to encode residual signals of the M sub-bands, determining whether to encode the residual signals based on the residual signal encoding parameter, and encoding the residual signals when it is determined that the residual signals need to be encoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Zexin Liu, Haiting Li
  • Publication number: 20220310104
    Abstract: A multi-channel signal encoding method includes determining a downmixed signal of a first channel signal and a second channel signal, determining an initial reverberation gain parameter of the first channel signal and the second channel signal, determining a target reverberation gain parameter of the first channel signal and the second channel signal based on a correlation between the first channel signal and the downmixed signal, a correlation between the second channel signal and the downmixed signal, and the initial reverberation gain parameter, quantizing the first channel signal and the second channel signal based on the downmixed signal and the target reverberation gain parameter, and writing a quantized first channel signal and a quantized second channel signal into a bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11451921
    Abstract: An audio processing method includes: M audio signals are obtained by processing an audio signal by M virtual speakers; M first HRTFs and M second HRTFs are obtained, where the M first HRTFs corresponding to a left ear position, and the M second HRTFs corresponding to a right ear position; high-band impulse responses of some of the M first HRTFs are modified to obtain modified first target HRTFs, and high-band impulse responses of some of the M second HRTFs are modified to obtain modified second target HRTFs; a first target audio signal corresponding to the left ear position is obtained based on the modified first target HRTFs and un-modified first HRTFs, and the M audio signals; and a second target audio signal corresponding to the right ear position is obtained based on the modified second HRTFs, un-modified second target HRTFs, and the M audio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gavin Kearney, Cal Armstrong, Bin Wang, Zexin Liu
  • Patent number: 11445324
    Abstract: This application provides an audio rendering method, including: obtaining a to-be-rendered BRIR signal, where an elevation angle corresponding to the to-be-rendered BRIR signal is 0 degrees; obtaining a direct sound signal based on the to-be-rendered BRIR signal; correcting, based on a target elevation angle, a frequency-domain signal corresponding to the direct sound signal, to obtain a frequency-domain signal corresponding to the target elevation angle; obtaining a time-domain signal based on the frequency-domain signal of the target elevation angle; and superposing the time-domain signal on a signal that is in the to-be-rendered BRIR signal and that is in a second time period after a first time period, to obtain a BRIR signal of the target elevation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Zexin Liu, Risheng Xia
  • Patent number: 11430456
    Abstract: An encoding method, a decoding method, an encoding apparatus, a decoding apparatus, a transmitter, a receiver, and a communications system, where the encoding method includes dividing a to-be-encoded time-domain signal into a low band signal and a high band signal, performing encoding on the low band signal to obtain a low frequency encoding parameter, performing encoding on the high band signal to obtain a high frequency encoding parameter, obtaining a synthesized high band signal; performing short-time post-filtering processing on the synthesized high band signal to obtain a short-time filtering signal, and calculating a high frequency gain based on the high band signal and the short-time filtering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11393480
    Abstract: An inter-channel phase difference (IPD) parameter extraction method and apparatus, where the extraction method includes obtaining a parameter obtaining an information extraction manner for a current frame of a multi-channel signal, obtaining an IPD parameter extraction manner for the current frame based on the parameter obtaining the information extraction manner, where the obtained IPD parameter extraction manner is one of at least two preset IPD parameter extraction manners, and obtaining an IPD parameter of the current frame based on the obtained IPD parameter extraction manner for the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingtao Zhang, Haiting Li, Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11386907
    Abstract: A multi-channel signal encoding method includes determining a downmixed signal of a first channel signal and a second channel signal, an initial reverberation gain parameter of the first channel signal and the second channel signal, determining a target reverberation gain parameter of the first channel signal and the second channel signal based on a correlation between the first channel signal and the downmixed signal, a correlation between the second channel signal and the downmixed signal, and the initial reverberation gain parameter, and quantizing the first channel signal and the second channel signal based on the downmixed signal and the target reverberation gain parameter, and writing a quantized first channel signal and a quantized second channel signal into a bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11361775
    Abstract: Example signal reconstructing method and apparatus are described. One example method includes obtaining a reference sound channel and a target sound channel. An adaptive length of a transition segment is obtained based on an inter-channel time difference in the current frame and an initial length of the transition segment. A transition window in the current frame is obtained based on the adaptive length of the transition segment. A gain modification factor of a reconstructed signal is obtained. A transition segment signal on the target sound channel is obtained based on the inter-channel time difference, the adaptive length of the transition segment, the transition window, the gain modification factor, and a reference sound channel signal and a target sound channel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eyal Shlomot, Haiting Li, Zexin Liu
  • Publication number: 20220172730
    Abstract: An audio signal encoding method and device are provided. The method and device are used to encode an audio signal to obtain a bitstream representing the analog audio signal, in which a proper bit allocation for spectral coefficients can be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Bin Wang, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11289102
    Abstract: Present disclosure provide an audio signal encoding method and communication terminal, which relate to the communications field. The method and communication terminal are used to obtain an analog audio signal and encoding the analog audio signal to obtain a bitstream representing the analog audio signal, in which a proper bit allocation for spectral coefficients can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Bin Wang, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20220084531
    Abstract: A method for encoding an audio signal includes obtaining an ITD value of a current frame of an audio signal; obtaining a characteristic parameter of the current frame, wherein the characteristic parameter comprises at least one of a signal-to-noise ratio of the current frame or a peak feature of cross correlation coefficients of the current frame; determining, based on the characteristic parameter, whether to use the initial ITD value as the finalized ITD value of the current frame; and encoding the current frame based on the finalized ITD value of the current frame, wherein if the initial ITD value is determined as not used as the finalized ITD value of the current frame, the finalized ITD value of the current frame is the same as a finalized ITD value of a previous frame of the current frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Haiting Li, Zexin Liu, Xingtao Zhang, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20220046376
    Abstract: A multi-channel signal encoding method includes determining a downmixed signal of a first channel signal and a second channel signal in a multi-channel signal, and reverberation gain parameters corresponding to different subbands of the first channel signal and the second channel signal, where the obtained reverberation gain parameters are belonging to at least two reverberation gain parameter groups. The method further includes selecting, from the at least two reverberation gain parameter groups, a target reverberation gain parameter group. The method further includes generating parameter indication information, where the parameter indication information indicates the target reverberation gain parameter group. The method further includes encoding reverberation gain parameters corresponding to the target reverberation gain parameter group, the parameter indication information, and the downmixed signal to obtain a bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11217257
    Abstract: A method for encoding a multi-channel signal and an encoder, where the encoding method includes obtaining a multi-channel signal of a current frame, determining an initial inter-channel time difference (ITD) value of the current frame, controlling, based on characteristic information of the multi-channel signal, a quantity of target frames that are allowed to appear continuously, where the characteristic information includes at least one of a signal-to-noise ratio of the multi-channel signal or a peak feature of cross correlation coefficients of the multi-channel signal, and an ITD value of a previous frame of the target frame is reused as an ITD value of the target frame, determining an ITD value of the current frame based on the initial ITD value and the quantity of target frames allowed to appear continuously, and encoding the multi-channel signal based on the ITD value of the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiting Li, Zexin Liu, Xingtao Zhang, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20210390968
    Abstract: A method comprises determining a first modification weight according to linear spectral frequency (LSF) differences of the current frame and LSF differences of a previous frame of the current frame when a signal characteristic of the current frame meets a preset modification condition, modifying the linear predictive parameter of the current frame according to the determined first modification weight, and coding the current frame according to the modified linear predictive parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Bin Wang, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20210383815
    Abstract: A multi-channel signal encoding method includes obtaining a multi-channel signal of a current frame; determining an initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame; determining a difference parameter based on the initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame and multi-channel parameters of previous K frames of the current frame, where the difference parameter represents a difference between the initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame and the multi-channel parameters of the previous K frames, and K is an integer greater than or equal to one; determining a multi-channel parameter of the current frame based on the difference parameter and a characteristic parameter of the current frame; and encoding the multi-channel signal based on the multi-channel parameter of the current frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Xingtao Zhang, Haiting Li, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11178505
    Abstract: A multi-channel signal decoding method includes obtaining a downmixed signal of a first channel signal and a second channel signal in a multi-channel signal, obtaining parameter indication information, obtaining a reverberation gain parameter corresponding to each of the part of subbands according to the parameter indication information; and obtaining a reconstructed first channel signal and a reconstructed second channel signal according to the downmixed signal and the reverberation gain parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20210343298
    Abstract: A signal processing method and device includes obtaining spectral coefficients of a current frame of an audio signal, in which N sub-bands of the current frame comprises at least one of the spectral coefficients. A total energy of M successive sub-bands of the N sub-bands, a total energy of K successive sub-bands of the N sub-bands, and an energy of a first sub-band are obtained to determine whether to modify original envelope values of the M sub-bands. When the original envelope values of the M sub-bands are modified, encoding bits are allocated to each of the N sub-bands according to the modified envelope values of the M sub-bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Lei Miao, Zexin Liu
  • Patent number: 11133016
    Abstract: A method comprises determining a first modification weight according to linear spectral frequency (LSF) differences of the current frame and LSF differences of a previous frame of the current frame, when a signal characteristic of the current frame meets a preset modification condition, modifying the linear predictive parameter of the current frame according to the determined first modification weight, and coding the current frame according to the modified linear predictive parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Bin Wang, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11133014
    Abstract: A multi-channel signal encoding method and an encoder, where the encoding method includes obtaining a multi-channel signal of a current frame, determining an initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame, determining a difference parameter based on the initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame and multi-channel parameters of previous K frames of the current frame, where the difference parameter represents a difference between the initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame and the multi-channel parameters of the previous K frames, and K is an integer greater than or equal to one, determining a multi-channel parameter of the current frame based on the difference parameter and a characteristic parameter of the current frame, and encoding the multi-channel signal based on the multi-channel parameter of the current frame. Hence, the method and the encoder ensure better accuracy of inter-channel information of a multi-channel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Xingtao Zhang, Haiting Li, Lei Miao