Dynamic bit allocation apparatus and method for audio coding

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6308150
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09321742

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Provided is a dynamic bit allocation apparatus and method for audio coding which can be used widely for almost all digital audio compression systems and besides implemented simply with low cost. The bit allocation apparatus and method perform a very efficient bit allocation process, paying attention to a psychoacoustics behavior of the human audio characteristics with a simplified simultaneous masking model. In this process, peak energies of units in frequency divisional bands are computed, and a masking effect that is a minimum audio limit with the use of a simplified simultaneous masking effect model is computed and set as an absolute threshold for each unit. Then, a signal-to-mask ratio of each unit is computed, and then, based on this, an efficient dynamic bit allocation is performed.

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  • DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB

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Neo, Sua Hong Singapore, SG 27 812
Shen, Sheng Mei Singapore, SG 131 3969
Tan, Ah Peng Singapore, SG 2 86

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