"Encoding Apparatus, Encoding Method, And Program"

Abstract: An encoding apparatus includes a noise detector configured to detect noise included in a certain band in accordance with an audio signal, a gain controller configured to perform gain control on the audio signal so that components in the certain band of the audio signal are attenuated when the noise is detected by the noise detector, a bit allocation calculation unit configured to calculate the numbers of bits to be allocated to frequency spectra of the audio signal which have been subjected to the gain control performed by the gain controller in accordance with the frequency spectra, and a quantization unit configured to quantize the frequency spectra of the audio signal which have been subjected to the gain control in accordance with the numbers of the bits.

Patent Information

Application #

Filing Date

02 November 2011

Publication Number

02/2013

Publication Type

INA

Invention Field

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Status

Email

Parent Application

Applicants

SONY CORPORATION

1-7-1 KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN

Inventors

1. YUUKI MATSUMURA

C/O SONY CORPORATION, 1-7-1 KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN

2. SHIRO SUZUKI

C/O SONY CORPORATION, 1-7-1 KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN

Specification

NA

Documents

Application Documents

#	Name	Date
1	3124-del-2011-Form-3-(24-04-2012).pdf	2012-04-24
2	3124-del-2011-Correspondence-Others-(24-04-2012).pdf	2012-04-24
3	3124-del-2011-GPA.pdf	2012-07-13
4	3124-del-2011-Form-5.pdf	2012-07-13
5	3124-del-2011-Form-3.pdf	2012-07-13
6	3124-del-2011-Form-2.pdf	2012-07-13
7	3124-del-2011-Form-1.pdf	2012-07-13
8	3124-del-2011-Drawings.pdf	2012-07-13
9	3124-del-2011-Description (Complete).pdf	2012-07-13
10	3124-del-2011-Correspondence Others.pdf	2012-07-13
11	3124-del-2011-Claims.pdf	2012-07-13
12	3124-del-2011-Abstract.pdf	2012-07-13
13	3124-del-2011-Form-3-(14-02-2013).pdf	2013-02-14
14	3124-del-2011-Correspondence-Others-(14-02-2013).pdf	2013-02-14