Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
341200000 | QUANTIZER | 11 |
20080252510 | Method and Apparatus for Encoding/Decoding Multi-Channel Audio Signal - Methods of encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal are provided. The apparatus for decoding a multi-channel audio signal includes an unpacking extracting which extracts a pilot and data regarding a quantized CLD between a pair of channels of the plurality of channels from the bitstream, a differential decoding unit which restores a quantized CLD by adding the extracted pilot to the extracted data, and an inverse quantization unit which inversely quantizes the restored quantized CLD using a quantization table that considers the location properties of the pair of channels. The methods of encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal and the apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal can enable an efficient encoding/decoding by reducing the number of quantization bits required | 10-16-2008 |
20090167588 | Method, medium and apparatus for quantization encoding and de-quantization decoding using trellis - Provided are a method and apparatus for quantization encoding and de-quantization decoding using a trellis. Unlike a trellis coded quantization (TCQ) index, by classifying quantization levels to which cosets are allocated and allocating indexes to the quantization levels so that a coset corresponding to a specific branch in a predetermined state in the trellis can be selected with only indexes without encoding or decoding information on paths, quantization encoding and de-quantization decoding are performed by using a new index. | 07-02-2009 |
20100007543 | METHOD FOR QUANTIZING OF SIGNAL VALUES AND QUANTIZER - A method for quantizing signal values of a signal received or to be transmitted via a radio interface including quantizing signal values that lie within a first value range according to a first quantization having a multiplicity of quantization steps wherein the quantization step width between two quantization steps differs from a linear quantization with the same number of quantization steps at most by the step width of the linear quantization with the same number of quantization steps; and quantizing signal values that lie within a second value range according to a second quantization having a multiplicity of quantization steps wherein the quantization step width between two quantization steps is larger than the quantization step width between two quantization steps of the first quantization. | 01-14-2010 |
20110316732 | VECTOR QUANTIZATION DEVICE, VECTOR INVERSE-QUANTIZATION DEVICE, AND METHODS OF SAME - An LSP vector quantization device able to improve the precision of quantization in vector quantization where a codebook for first stage vector quantization is switched according to the type of a feature that has a correlation with the quantization target vector. In this device, a classifier ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120032831 | ADDER-EMBEDDED DYNAMIC PREAMPLIFIER - A method and apparatus for an adder-embedded dynamic preamplifier system with dynamic comparator and current mode adder including differential switches for precharging, a switch for evaluation; and reference, feedfoward input sections. When differential switches are closed, OUTN and OUTP are precharged. During the evaluation, discharging currents are proportionately determined by input and reference values. A following latch amplifies the discharging differences of OUTN and OUTP. | 02-09-2012 |
20120056771 | Multi-Bit Sampling and Quantizing Circuit - Provided are, among other things, systems, apparatuses methods and techniques for performing multi-bit quantization. One such apparatus includes an input signal line; a first comparator having a first input coupled to the input signal line, a second input coupled to a first reference signal, and an output; a rectifier having an input coupled to the input signal line and also having an output; and a second comparator having a first input coupled to the output of the rectifier, a second input coupled to a second reference signal, and an output, with the first comparator and the second comparator being clocked so as to produce sequences of quantized samples at substantially the same times. | 03-08-2012 |
20120146831 | Multi-Rate Algebraic Vector Quantization with Supplemental Coding of Missing Spectrum Sub-Bands - In a multi-rate algebraic vector quantizer and quantizing method for coding spectral coefficients of a plurality of frequency sub-bands, a quantizer portion is supplied with the spectral coefficients of the sub-bands. The quantizer portion has a plurality of codebooks each including a plurality of vectors, and first coders of quantizer parameters identifying the codebooks and vectors used for coding the spectral coefficients of the sub-bands. A second coder processes supplemental information usable to improve, at a dequantizer, decoded spectral coefficients of the sub-bands. Corresponding multi-rate algebraic vector dequantizer and dequantizing method are also provided. | 06-14-2012 |
20130099955 | SIGNAL QUANTIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND SENSOR BASED THEREON - A signal quantizer includes a summing junction, a loop filter, a quantizer and a reconstruction filter. The summing junction is responsive to an input signal and to a modulated signal and is operative to combine the modulated signal and the input signal to generate a summing junction output. The loop filter is responsive to the summing junction output and is operative to generate a loop filter output and has a first regenerative gain associated therewith. The quantizer is responsive to the loop filter output and is operative to generate the modulated signal. The reconstruction filter is responsive to the modulated signal and is operative to generate a quantized output signal and has a second regenerative gain associated therewith that is substantially equal to that of the loop filter. | 04-25-2013 |
20130194125 | MODULATOR - A modulator that quantizes a first signal into a quantized signal having a plurality of bits includes an integrator performing sampling on the first signal in a first period, and to integrate a difference between the first signal and a reference signal in a second period; and a quantizer receiving a second signal which is an output of the integrator and operating in synchronization with a first clock having a cycle shorter than the first period, the quantizer generating the quantized signal on the basis of the second signal in the first period and outputting the reference signal on the basis of the quantized signal to the integrator. | 08-01-2013 |
20140152485 | SYMBOL DECODER, THRESHOLD ESTIMATION AND CORRELATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A threshold estimate system includes a level quantizer, a correlation mechanism, and a threshold adaptation component. The level quantizer is configured to receive an input signal and to generate a quantization signal from the input signal according to one or more threshold levels. The correlation mechanism is configured to correlate the quantization signal with reference symbols to generate an output signal. The threshold adaptation component is configured to modify the one or more threshold levels according to the output signal and the input signal. | 06-05-2014 |
20150015429 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DERIVATIVE LEVEL-CROSSING SAMPLING - Systems and methods for level-crossing sampling and reconstruction technique are disclosed. The derivative of the input signal is level-crossing-sampled, and the resulting samples are transmitted. At the receiver, these samples are fed to a zero-order hold followed by an integrator, which results in piecewise-linear reconstruction. The disclosed systems and methods are further refined to reduce the number of samples generated per unit of time, compared to methods based on zero-order-hold reconstruction, for a given signal-to-error ratio, without significant hardware overhead. | 01-15-2015 |