US20080133242A1 - Frame error concealment method and apparatus and error concealment scheme construction method and apparatus - Google Patents

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US20080133242A1
US20080133242A1 US11/843,289 US84328907A US2008133242A1 US 20080133242 A1 US20080133242 A1 US 20080133242A1 US 84328907 A US84328907 A US 84328907A US 2008133242 A1 US2008133242 A1 US 2008133242A1
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  • the present invention relates to a method of and apparatus for concealing an error of a frame in the time domain, and more particularly, to a frame error concealment method and apparatus, in which an error of a frame, i.e., a frame error, is concealed by reconstructing a signal of the frame using a signal of a previous frame preceding the error frame and/or a signal of a next frame following the error frame.
  • an error of a frame i.e., a frame error
  • an error may be generated in a frame of a decoded audio signal due to a transmission error.
  • Error concealment may be classified into a frequency-domain error concealment scheme and a time-domain error concealment scheme.
  • the frequency-domain error concealment scheme may be divided into a repetition method that reconstructs a signal of an error frame by reusing spectrum coefficients of a previous frame in the error frame and an interpolation method that reconstructs spectrum coefficients of an error frame by interpolating spectrum coefficients of a previous frame and a next frame.
  • MDCT Modulated Discrete Cosine Transformation
  • the time-domain error concealment scheme can also be divided into a repetition method that repetitively reproduces a time-domain sample of a previous frame in an error frame, an interpolation method that reconstructs a time-domain sample of an error frame by interpolating time-domain samples of a previous frame and a next frame, and other methods that reconstruct a signal of an error frame by analyzing a signal of a previous frame.
  • a repetition method that repetitively reproduces a time-domain sample of a previous frame in an error frame
  • an interpolation method that reconstructs a time-domain sample of an error frame by interpolating time-domain samples of a previous frame and a next frame
  • other methods that reconstruct a signal of an error frame by analyzing a signal of a previous frame.
  • the repetition method in the time domain when an error occurs over a long interval, the same spectrum signal of a previous frame is repeated over the long interval, causing modulation noise.
  • the interpolation method in the time domain conceals an error with reference to a next frame, it is
  • the present invention provides a frame error concealment method and apparatus using an overlapping method that prevents modulation noise from occurring by synthesizing a plurality of previous signals to reconstruct a signal of an error frame.
  • the present invention also provides an error concealment scheme construction method and apparatus, in which a plurality of time-domain frame error concealment methods including the overlapping method are properly combined in order to construct an error concealment scheme for concealing frame errors occurring in a plurality of frames in the time domain, thereby maximizing the sound quality of reconstructed signals of the error frames.
  • the present invention also provides an adaptive frame error concealment method and apparatus, in which an error concealment scheme for concealing frame errors occurring in a plurality of frames is constructed using the frame error concealment scheme construction method and the frame errors are concealed using the constructed error concealment scheme, thereby maximizing the sound quality of reconstructed signals of the error frames.
  • the present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing one of the frame error concealment method using the overlapping method, the error concealment scheme construction method, and the adaptive frame error concealment method.
  • a frame error concealment method including (a) extracting a first signal and a second signal that are similar to a signal of a current frame having an error from a previous frame preceding the current frame, (b) generating a synthetic signal for reconstructing the signal of the current frame using the extracted first signal and second signal, and (c) reconstructing the signal of the current frame using the generated synthetic signal.
  • (a) may include (a1) searching in the previous frame for a first block and a second block that are similar to a previous block located immediately previous to the current frame and (a2) extracting the first signal and the second signal by referring to the positions of the found first block and second block.
  • (b) may include (b1) windowing the extracted first signal and second signal and (b2) overlapping and adding the windowed first signal and second signal.
  • (b1) may include (b11) determining a first window function for windowing the first signal based on correlation between the first block and the previous block and determining a second window function for windowing the second signal based on correlation between the second block and the previous block and (b12) windowing the first signal and the second signal by multiplying the first signal by the determined first window function and multiplying the second signal by the determined second window function.
  • (b11) may include determining the first window function and the second window function so that the first window function and the second window function are summed as 1.
  • (b11) may include determining the first window function based on the correlation between the first block and the previous block and determining the second window function based on the correlation between the second block and the previous block.
  • (b11) may include determining the first window function and the second window function so that the greater weight is applied to one of the first signal and the second signal whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block.
  • (b11) may include determining the first window function and the second window function so that one of the first signal and the second signal whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block is faded out and the other is faded in.
  • (c) may include repeating the synthetic signal at least once in the current frame.
  • a frame error concealment method including extracting a plurality of signals that are similar to a signal of a current frame having an error from a previous frame preceding the current frame, generating a synthetic signal for reconstructing the signal of the current frame using the extracted plurality of signals, and reconstructing the signal of the current frame using the generated synthetic signal.
  • an error concealment scheme construction method including (a) analyzing error concealment conditions of a previous frame preceding and a next frame following a current frame having an error and (b) selecting an error concealment scheme for the current frame from among an overlapping method, a repetition method, and an interpolation method in a time domain based on the analysis result.
  • (a) may include analyzing at least one of whether an error occurs in the previous frame and if so, an error concealment scheme for the previous frame, whether an error occurs in the next frame, and whether the overlapping method has been used continuously over a predetermined number of times to conceal the error of the previous frame.
  • an adaptive frame error concealment method including selecting one of an overlapping method, a repetition method, and an interpolation method in a time domain as an error concealment scheme for a current frame having an error based on error concealment conditions of a previous frame preceding and a next frame following the current frame and concealing the error using the selected error concealment scheme.
  • a frame error concealment apparatus including a similar signal extraction unit, a synthetic signal generation unit, and a reconstruction unit.
  • the similar signal extraction unit extracts a first signal and a second signal that are similar to a signal of a current frame having an error from a previous frame preceding the current frame.
  • the synthetic signal generation unit generates a synthetic signal for reconstructing the signal of the current frame using the extracted first signal and second signal.
  • the reconstruction unit reconstructs the signal of the current frame using the generated synthetic signal.
  • the similar signal extraction unit may search in the previous frame for a first block and a second block that are similar to a previous block located immediately previous to the current frame and extracts the first signal and the second signal by referring to the positions of the found first block and second block.
  • the first block and the second block may have the highest correlation with the previous block.
  • the synthetic signal generation unit may include a windowing unit windowing the extracted first signal and second signal and a synthesis unit overlapping and adding the windowed first signal and second signal.
  • the windowing unit may include a window function determination unit and a multiplication unit.
  • the window function determination unit determines a first window function for windowing the first signal based on correlation between the first block and the previous block and determines a second window function for windowing the second signal based on correlation between the second block and the previous block.
  • the multiplication unit windows the first signal and the second signal by multiplying the first signal by the determined first window function and multiplying the second signal by the determined second window function.
  • the window function determination unit may determine the first window function and the second window function so that the first window function and the second window function are summed as 1.
  • the window function determination unit may determine the first window function based on the correlation between the first block and the previous block and determine the second window function based on the correlation between the second block and the previous block.
  • the window function determination unit may determine the first window function and the second window function so that the greater weight is applied to one of the first signal and the second signal whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block.
  • the window function determination unit may determine the first window function and the second window function so that one of the first signal and the second signal whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block is faded out and the other is faded in.
  • the reconstruction unit may repeat the synthetic signal at least once in the current frame.
  • a frame error concealment apparatus including a similar signal extraction unit, a synthetic signal generation unit, and a reconstruction unit.
  • the similar signal extraction unit extracts a plurality of signals that are similar to a signal of a current frame having an error from a previous frame preceding the current frame.
  • the synthetic signal generation unit generates a synthetic signal for reconstructing the signal of the current frame using the extracted plurality of signals.
  • the reconstruction unit reconstructs the signal of the current frame using the generated synthetic signal.
  • an error concealment scheme construction apparatus including an analysis unit and a selection unit.
  • the analysis unit analyzes error concealment conditions of a previous frame preceding and a next frame following a current frame having an error.
  • the selection unit selects an error concealment scheme for the current frame from among an overlapping method, a repetition method, and an interpolation method in a time domain based on the analysis result.
  • the analysis unit may analyze at least one of whether an error occurs in the previous frame and if so, an error concealment scheme for the previous frame, whether an error occurs in the next frame, and whether the overlapping method has been used continuously over a predetermined number of times to conceal the error of the previous frame.
  • an adaptive frame error concealment apparatus including an error concealment scheme selection unit and an error concealment unit.
  • the error concealment scheme selection unit selects one of an overlapping method, a repetition method, and an interpolation method in a time domain as an error concealment scheme for a current frame having an error based on error concealment conditions of a previous frame preceding and a next frame following the current frame.
  • the error concealment unit conceals the error using the selected error concealment scheme.
  • a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing one of the frame error concealment method, the error concealment scheme construction method, and the adaptive frame error concealment method.
  • FIG. 1 is a reference diagram for explaining a frame error concealment method using a repetition method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a frame error concealment method using an overlapping method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a reference diagram for explaining a frame error concealment method using an overlapping method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIGS. 4A , 4 B and 4 C are reference diagrams for explaining the determination of a first window function and a second window function illustrated in FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a frame error concealment apparatus using an overlapping method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 is a reference diagram for explaining a frame error concealment method using an interpolation method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an adaptive frame error concealment method using an error concealment scheme construction method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 8 is a reference diagram for explaining the influence of a frame error in a frequency domain upon a frame in a time domain
  • FIGS. 9A through 9C are reference diagrams illustrating error concealment schemes constructed by an error concealment scheme construction method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an adaptive frame error concealment apparatus including an error concealment scheme construction apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • a frame error concealment method using an overlapping method (hereinafter, referred to as an overlapping method) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.
  • a frame error concealment method using a repetition method (hereinafter, referred to as a repetition method) will be described.
  • FIG. 1 is a reference diagram for explaining the repetition method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the repetition method searches in a previous frame for a signal that is similar to a signal of the current frame having an error and copies the found signal to the current frame, thereby reconstructing a signal of the current frame.
  • a similar block 120 having the highest correlation with a signal of a previous block 110 located immediately previous to the n th frame 100 is searched for in a search region of a previous frame preceding the current n th frame 100 .
  • the correlation can be calculated as follows:
  • R(d) is a correlation
  • S(n) is a signal of a previous frame
  • d is the position of a sample in a search region.
  • R(d) is a correlation
  • S(n) is a signal of a previous frame
  • d is the position of a sample in a search region.
  • the previous signal 150 includes the signal 130 that is directly output as a signal of the n th frame 100 , the similar block 120 preceding the signal 130 , and the overlapping block 140 of the same size as the similar block 120 , which follows the signal 130 .
  • the reason why the similar block 120 and the overlapping block 140 , together with the signal 130 , are copied to the n th frame 100 is to prevent a discontinuous signal from being output at a boundary between an (n ⁇ 1) th frame and the n th frame by overlapping and adding the previous block 110 at the boundary of the (n ⁇ 1) th frame to the similar block 120 copied to the n th frame.
  • the reason why the overlapping block 140 , together with the signal 130 , is copied to the n th frame is to prevent discontinuity at the boundary between the (n ⁇ 1) th frame and the n th frame by overlapping and adding the overlapping block 140 copied to the n th frame to a start portion of an (n+1) th frame when the n th frame and the (n+1) th frame are good frames.
  • the size of the window function may be determined using a linear function, a polynomial function, or a trigonometric function in the similar block 120 or the overlapping block 140 where overlapping occurs and a rectangular window may be used in the signal 130 where overlapping does not occur.
  • weights applied to two functions in the overlapping of two blocks are summed as 1. Therefore, for using a window function on a block that overlaps the similar block 120 or the overlapping block 140 , it is desirable to use a window that is out of phase with a window used for the similar block 120 or the overlapping block 140 .
  • the repetition method may cause modulation noise due to repetition of a signal having the same spectrum over the long interval. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the occurrence of modulation noise while reconstructing an error frame using a previous signal.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an overlapping method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a reference diagram for explaining the overlapping method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the overlapping method searches in a previous frame for a plurality of signals that are similar to a signal of the current error frame, generates a new signal by synthesizing the found signals, and copies the generated new signal to the current error frame, thereby reconstructing the signal of the current error frame.
  • operation 200 it is determined whether an error occurs in the current n th frame 300 .
  • two similar blocks having the highest correlation with a signal of a previous block 310 located immediately previous to the n th frame 300 are searched for in a search region of a previous frame in operation 210 .
  • Let the first found similar block be a first similar block 320 and let the second found similar block be a second similar block 325 .
  • a first previous signal 350 including the found first similar block 320 and its following first next signal 330 of a predetermined length and a second previous signal 355 including the found second similar block 325 and its following second next signal 335 of a predetermined length are synthesized in order to generate a synthetic signal 360 for reconstructing the n th frame 300 .
  • the synthetic signal 360 includes a similar block 370 , a portion 380 that is directly used for reconstructing a signal of the n th frame 300 , and an overlapping block 390 .
  • consecutive next signals 330 and 340 following the first similar block 320 and consecutive next signals 335 and 345 following the second similar block 325 may be similar to the signal of the n th frame 300 .
  • the first similar block 320 and the first overlapping (OV) block 340 are included in the first previous signal 350
  • the second similar block 325 and the second overlapping block 345 are included in the second overlapping (OV) block 345 , so as to cause the synthetic signal 360 to include the similar block 370 and the overlapping block 390 , thereby preventing the occurrence of discontinuity at the boundary between the synthetic signal 360 and a signal that has been output before or is to be output after the synthetic signal 360 when the synthetic signal 360 is copied to the current frame.
  • the synthetic signal 360 can be smoothed by overlapping and adding the similar block 370 to the signal preceding the synthetic signal 360 or overlapping and adding the overlapping block 390 to the signal following the synthetic signal 360 .
  • a first window function for windowing the first previous signal 350 and a second window function for windowing the second previous signal 355 are determined based on a correlation between the first similar block 320 and the previous block 310 and based on a correlation between the second similar block 325 and the previous block 310 , respectively.
  • the first window function and the second window function be summed as 1. It is also desirable to determine the first window function and the second window function so that the greater weight is applied to one of the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block 310 .
  • a previous signal which is more similar to a signal of an error frame than the other previous signal, is used as the larger part of the synthetic signal 360 generated by synthesizing the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 that are windowed by being multiplied by window functions, thereby generating the synthetic signal 360 that more approximates the signal of the error frame.
  • the first window function and the second window function may also be determined so that in the synthetic signal 360 generated by synthesizing the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 , one of the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block 310 is faded out and the other previous signal is faded in.
  • FIGS. 4A , 4 B and 4 C are reference diagrams for explaining the determination of the first window function and the second window function based on a correlation between the first similar block 320 with the previous block 310 and a correlation between the second similar block 325 with the previous block 310 .
  • the first window function and the second window function are determined as follows:
  • F(x) ranges between the linear function 410 and the constant function 430 .
  • the first window function F 1 (x) and the second window function F 2 (x) are determined as in Equation 3 for the correlation of the first similar block 320 with the previous block 310 , which is a higher correlation than the correlation of the second similar block 325 with the previous block 310 , and are determined as in Equation 4 for the correlation of the second similar block 325 with the previous block 310 , which is a higher correlation than the correlation of the first similar block 320 with the previous block 310 .
  • BC1 is a correlation between the first similar block 320 and the previous block 310
  • BC2 is a correlation between the second similar block 325 and the previous block 310
  • m is the number of time-domain samples included in the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 or the synthetic signal 360 .
  • the first window function and the second window function are determined so that the greater weight is applied to one of the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block 310 . Additionally, the first window function and the second window function are determined so that one of the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block 310 is output prior to the other previous signal, thereby causing the synthetic signal 360 generated by synthesizing the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 that are windowed by the first window function and the second window function, so as to more approximate the signal of the current n th frame.
  • the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 are windowed by being multiplied by the determined first window function and the determined second window function, respectively, in operation 230 , and then are overlapped and added to each other, thereby generating the synthetic signal 360 in operation 240 .
  • the generated synthetic signal 360 is copied to the n th frame at least once.
  • the start portion of the synthetic signal 360 is smoothed by overlapping and adding the similar block 370 of the synthetic signal 360 to the previous block 310 of the previous (n ⁇ 1) th frame, so as to prevent discontinuity at a boundary between the synthetic signal 360 and another signal.
  • the end portion of the synthetic signal 360 is smoothed by overlapping and adding the overlapping block 390 of the synthetic signal 360 to a block of the start portion of the next (n+1) th frame.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a frame error concealment apparatus using the overlapping method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the frame error concealment apparatus includes a similar signal extraction unit 500 , a synthetic signal generation unit 510 , and a reconstruction unit 520 .
  • the synthetic signal generation unit 510 includes a window function determination unit 530 and a synthesis unit 540 .
  • the similar signal extraction unit 500 searches in a search range of a previous frame for two similar blocks having the highest correlation with a signal of the previous block 310 located immediately previous to the n th frame having an error. Let the first found similar block be the first similar block 320 and let the second found similar block be the second similar block 325 .
  • the synthetic signal generation unit 510 generates the synthetic signal 360 for reconstructing the n th frame by synthesizing the first previous signal 350 including the found first similar block 320 and its following first next signal 330 of a predetermined length and the second previous signal 355 including the found second similar block 325 and its following second next signal 335 of a predetermined length.
  • the synthetic signal 360 generated by synthesizing the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 includes the similar block 370 , the portion 380 that is directly used for reconstructing the signal of the n th frame, and the overlapping block 390 .
  • the consecutive next signals 330 and 340 following the first similar block 320 and the consecutive next signals 335 and 345 following the second similar block 325 may be similar to the signal of the n th frame.
  • the first similar block 320 and the first overlapping (OV) block 340 are included in the first previous signal 350
  • the second similar block 325 and the second overlapping block 345 are included in the second overlapping (OV) block 345 , so as to cause the synthetic signal 360 to include the similar block 370 and the overlapping block 390 , thereby preventing the occurrence of discontinuity at the boundary between the synthetic signal 360 and a signal that has been output before or is to be output after the synthetic signal 360 when the synthetic signal 360 is copied to the current frame.
  • the synthetic signal 360 can be smoothed by overlapping and adding the similar block 370 to the signal preceding the synthetic signal 360 or overlapping and adding the overlapping block 390 to the signal following the synthetic signal 360 .
  • the window function determination unit 530 determines the first window function for windowing the first previous signal 350 based on a correlation between the first similar block 320 and the previous block 310 and the second window function for windowing the second previous signal 355 based on a correlation between the second similar block 325 and the previous block 310 .
  • the first window function and the second window function be summed as 1. It is also desirable to determine the first window function and the second window function so that the greater weight is applied to one of the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block 310 .
  • a previous signal that is more similar to a signal of an error frame than the other previous signal would be the larger part of the synthetic signal 360 generated by synthesizing the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 that are windowed by being multiplied by window functions, thereby generating the synthetic signal 360 that more approximates the signal of the error frame.
  • the window function determination unit 530 may also determine the first window function and the second window function so that in the synthetic signal 360 generated by synthesizing the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 , one of the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block 310 is faded out and the other previous signal is faded in.
  • FIGS. 4A , 4 B and 4 C are reference diagrams for explaining the determination of the first window function and the second window function based on a correlation between the first similar block 320 with the previous block 310 and a correlation between the second similar block 325 with the previous block 310 .
  • the first window function and the second window function are determined as follows:
  • F(x) ranges between the linear function 410 and the constant function 430 .
  • the first window function F 1 (x) and the second window function F 2 (x) are determined as in Equation 6 for the correlation of the first similar block 320 with the previous block 310 , which is a higher correlation than the correlation of the second similar block 325 with the previous block 310 , and are determined as in Equation 7 for the correlation of the second similar block 325 with the previous block 310 , which is a higher correlation than the correlation of the first similar block 320 with the previous block 310 .
  • BC1 is correlation between the first similar block 320 and the previous block 310
  • BC2 is a correlation between the second similar block 325 and the previous block 310
  • m is the number of time-domain samples included in the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 or the synthetic signal 360 .
  • the first window function and the second window function are determined so that the greater weight is applied to one of the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block 310 . Additionally, the first window function and the second window function are determined so that one of the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 whose block has the higher correlation with the previous block 310 is output prior to the other previous signal, thereby causing the synthetic signal 360 generated by synthesizing the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 that are windowed by the first window function and the second window function, so as to more approximate the signal of the current n th frame.
  • the synthesis unit 540 windows the firsts previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 by multiplying the first previous signal 350 by the first window function and the second previous signal 355 by the second window function and overlaps and adds the first previous signal 350 and the second previous signal 355 to each other, thereby generating the synthetic signal 360 .
  • the reconstruction unit 520 copies the generated synthetic signal 360 to the n th frame at least once, thereby reconstructing the signal of the n th frame.
  • the reconstruction unit 520 smoothes the start portion of the synthetic signal 360 by overlapping and adding the similar block 370 of the synthetic signal 360 to the previous block 310 of the previous (n ⁇ 1) th frame, so as to prevent discontinuity at a boundary between the synthetic signal 360 and another signal.
  • the reconstruction unit 520 smoothes the end portion of the synthetic signal 360 by overlapping and adding the overlapping block 390 to a block of the start portion of the next (n+1) th frame.
  • the frame error concealment method and apparatus using the overlapping method generates a new synthetic signal using a plurality of previous signals that are similar to a signal of an error frame and copies the synthetic signal to the error frame so as to conceal the error of the error frame, thereby preventing the generation of modulation noise that may be generated in frame error concealment using a repetition method.
  • the error concealment scheme construction method constructs an error concealment scheme for a plurality of frames by properly combining the overlapping method, the repetition method, and a frame error concealment method using an interpolation method (hereinafter, referred to as an interpolation method) when errors occur consecutively in the plurality of frames, thereby maximizing reconstructed sound quality. Since the repetition method and the overlapping method have already been described, the interpolation method will be first described with reference to FIG. 6 and then the adaptive frame error concealment method using the error concealment scheme construction method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.
  • FIG. 6 is a reference diagram for explaining the interpolation method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the interpolation method applies linear interpolation between a previous frame 600 and a next good frame 620 .
  • a future signal is provided in frame units due to a delay problem, and thus relaxed interpolation using a window that is modified for overlapping is applied.
  • the window as illustrated in FIG. 6 is used for relaxed interpolation.
  • the window may use a longitudinal window, a linear function, a polynomial function, or a sine function.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates an example of a window using a linear function. It is noted that when a previous window 800 and a next window 820 overlap with each other, the two windows have to be summed as 1. In FIG.
  • a signal output by relaxed interpolation that overlaps and adds two windows of the same size as a frame further includes a signal of a block having a predetermined overlap size OV_SIZE in addition to a signal of the frame size.
  • the signal of the block is overlapped and added to a signal of the next frame 620 , thereby smoothing the rear boundary of a signal reconstructed using the interpolation method.
  • the signal of the block is overlapped and added to a signal of the previous frame 600 , thereby smoothing the front boundary of the reconstructed signal.
  • the overlapping method since the overlapping method according to an embodiment of the present invention reconstructs a signal of an error frame using a new synthetic signal generated by synthesizing a plurality of previous signals, modulation noise does not become an issue.
  • reconstruction of a signal of an error frame using the overlapping method may attenuate the energy of a reconstructed signal.
  • modulation noise may be an issue when an error occurs over a long interval like a burst error.
  • the repetition method maintains the energy of a previous signal without attenuating the energy of the reconstructed signal.
  • the interpolation method may improve the accuracy of a reconstructed signal by reconstructing an error frame using both a previous frame and a next frame, but the next frame has to be a good frame having no error.
  • the overlapping method, the repetition method, and the interpolation method have different characteristics in frame error concealment. Therefore, when errors occur consecutively in a plurality of frames, the sound quality of a reconstructed signal can be maximized by constructing an error concealment scheme for concealing the errors of the plurality of frames by properly combining the overlapping method, the repetition method, and the interpolation method based on the different characteristics.
  • error concealment conditions of a previous frame preceding and a next frame following the current frame having an error are analyzed.
  • An error concealment scheme for the current frame is selected based on the analysis result and the error of the current frame is concealed according to the selected error concealment scheme in operations 710 through 795 . More specifically, it is determined whether the next frame has an error in operation 710 . When it is determined that the next frame has no error, i.e., the next frame is a good frame, in operation 710 , the interpolation is selected as the error concealment scheme for the current frame in operation 720 . When it is determined that the next frame has an error in operation 710 , it is further determined whether the previous frame has an error in operation 730 .
  • the overlapping method is selected as the error concealment scheme for the current frame in operation 740 .
  • the overlapping method is selected as the error concealment scheme for the current frame in operation 760 .
  • Such a determination is intended to prevent the energy of a signal reconstructed using the overlapping method from being attenuated to a value that is lower than a recommended threshold when the overlapping method is used continuously over the predetermined number of times.
  • the repetition method is selected as the error concealment scheme for the current frame in operation 780 .
  • one of the overlapping method and the repetition method is selected as the error concealment scheme for the current frame in operation 790 .
  • a signal of the current frame is reconstructed using the selected error concealment scheme in operation 795 .
  • FIG. 8 is a reference diagram for explaining the influence of a frame error in the frequency domain upon the time domain.
  • a 50% overlap window is generally used. Consequently, when errors occur in N frames in the frequency domain during transmission of an encoded audio signal, errors occur in (N+1) frames in the time domain, in which N is an integer greater than 1.
  • N is an integer greater than 1.
  • FIGS. 9A through 9C are reference diagrams illustrating error concealment schemes constructed by the error concealment scheme construction method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • An error occurs in a single frame in the frequency domain in FIG. 9A , errors occur in two frames in FIG. 9B , and errors occur in three frames in FIG. 9C .
  • ‘W/O ERROR’ indicates a good frame having no error
  • ‘OVERLAPPING’, ‘REPETITION’, and ‘INTERPOLATION’ indicate respective selected error concealment schemes. It can be seen from FIGS.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an adaptive frame error concealment apparatus including an error concealment scheme construction apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the adaptive frame error concealment apparatus includes an error concealment scheme selection unit 1000 and an error concealment unit 1010 .
  • the error concealment scheme selection unit 1000 includes an analysis unit 1020 and a selection unit 1030 .
  • the analysis unit 1020 analyzes error concealment conditions of a previous frame preceding and a next frame following the current frame having an error.
  • the error concealment conditions may include information about whether an error occurs in the previous frame and if so, an error concealment scheme for the previous frame, information about whether an error occurs in the next frame, and information about whether the overlapping method has been used continuously over a predetermined number of times to conceal the error of the previous frame.
  • the selection unit 1030 selects an error concealment scheme for the current frame from the overlapping method, the repetition method, and the interpolation method in the time domain based on the analysis result obtained by the analysis unit 1020 .
  • the selection unit 1030 may select the overlapping method as the error concealment scheme for the current frame. If the analysis result shows that the repetition method has been used for the previous frame, the selection unit 1030 may select one of the overlapping method and the interpolation method as the error concealment scheme for the current frame. If the analysis result shows that the overlapping method has been used continuously over the predetermined number of times to conceal the error of the previous frame, the selection unit 1030 may select one of the repetition method and the interpolation method as the error concealment scheme for the current frame. If the analysis result shows that the next frame is a good frame, the selection unit 1030 may select the interpolation method as the error concealment scheme for the current frame.
  • the selection unit 1030 operates as follows. First, the selection unit 1030 determines whether an error occurs in the next frame based on the analysis result obtained by the analysis unit 1020 . When the selection unit 1030 determines that the next frame is a good frame, it selects the interpolation method as the error concealment scheme for the current frame. When the selection unit 1030 determines that an error occurs in the next frame, it further determines whether an error occurs in the previous frame. When the selection unit 1030 determines that the previous frame is a good frame, it selects the overlapping method as the error concealment scheme for the current frame. When the selection unit 1030 determines that an error occurs in the previous frame, it further determines whether the error of the previous frame has been concealed using the overlapping method or the repetition method.
  • the selection unit 1030 determines that the error of the previous frame has been concealed using the repetition method, it selects the overlapping method as the error concealment scheme for the current frame.
  • the selection unit 1030 determines that the error of the previous frame has been concealed using the overlapping method, it further determines whether the overlapping method has been used continuously over a predetermined number of times in order to conceal errors of previous frames.
  • Such a determination is intended to prevent the energy of a signal reconstructed using the overlapping method from being attenuated to a value that is lower than a recommended threshold when the overlapping method is used continuously over the predetermined number of times.
  • the selection unit 1030 determines that the overlapping method is used continuously over the predetermined number of times, it selects the repetition method as the error concealment scheme for the current frame.
  • the selection unit 1030 determines that the overlapping method is not used continuously over the predetermined number of times, it selects one of the overlapping method and the repetition method as the error concealment scheme for the current frame.
  • the error concealment unit 1010 reconstructs a signal of the current frame using the error concealment scheme selected by the selection unit 1030 , thereby concealing the error of the current frame.
  • the adaptive frame error concealment method and apparatus using the error concealment scheme construction method construct an error concealment scheme for the current frame having an error by properly combining the overlapping method, the repetition method, and the interpolation method based on the characteristics of these methods, thereby reconstructing a signal of the current signal while maximizing reconstructed sound quality.
  • the adaptive frame error concealment method and apparatus may also be implemented by using a stand alone structure that is independent of a core codec. In other words, a signal of the current frame can be reconstructed using only time-domain signals of a previous frame preceding or a next frame following the current frame.
  • an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented with a simple structure.
  • a frame error can be concealed at the minor cost of one-frame delay.
  • the present invention can be embodied as code that is readable by a computer, including a device having an information processing function, on a computer-readable recording medium.
  • the computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices storing data that is readable by a computer system. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), CD-ROMs, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like.
  • the frame error concealment method and apparatus using the overlapping method according to the present invention synthesize a plurality of previous signals to reconstruct a signal of an error frame, thereby preventing the generation of modulation noise.
  • the error concealment scheme construction method and apparatus construct an error concealment scheme for a plurality of consecutive error frames by properly combining the overlapping method, the repetition method, and the interpolation method, thereby maximizing reconstructed sound quality.
  • the adaptive frame error concealment method and apparatus conceal errors of a plurality of consecutive error frames by properly combining the overlapping method, the repetition method, and the interpolation method, thereby maximizing reconstructed sound quality.

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