WO1995030223A1 - A pitch post-filter - Google Patents

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WO1995030223A1
WO1995030223A1 PCT/US1995/005013 US9505013W WO9530223A1 WO 1995030223 A1 WO1995030223 A1 WO 1995030223A1 US 9505013 W US9505013 W US 9505013W WO 9530223 A1 WO9530223 A1 WO 9530223A1
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Felix Flomen
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Audiocodes Ltd.
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  • the present invention relates to speech processing systems generally and to post-filtering systems in particular.
  • Speech signal processing is well known in the art and is often utilized to compress an incoming speech signal, either for storage or for transmission.
  • the processing typically involves dividing incoming speech signals into frames and then analyzing each frame to determine its components. The components are then encoded for storing or transmission.
  • each frame is decoded and synthesis operations, which typically are approximately the inverse of the analysis operations, are performed.
  • synthesis operations typically are approximately the inverse of the analysis operations.
  • the synthesized speech thus produced typically is not all that similar to the original signal. Therefore, post-filtering operations are typically performed to make the signal sound "better".
  • pitch post-filtering is pitch post-filtering in which pitch information, provided from the encoder, is utilized to filter the synthesized signal.
  • pitch information provided from the encoder
  • p 0 is the pitch value.
  • the subfra e of earlier speech which best matches the present subframe is combined with the present subframe, typically in a ratio of 1:0.25 (e.g. the previous signal is attenuated by three-quarters) .
  • speech decoders typically provide frames of speech between their operative elements while pitch post-filters operate only on subframes of speech signals. Thus, for some of the subframes, information regarding future speech patterns is available.
  • the pitch post-filter receives a frame of synthesized speech and, for each subframe of the frame of synthesized speech, produces a signal which is a function of the subframe and of windows of earlier and later synthesized speech. Each window is utilized only when it provides an acceptable match to the subframe.
  • the pitch post- filter matches a window of earlier synthesized speech to the subframe and then accepts the matched window of earlier synthesized speech only if the error between the subframe and a weighted version of the window is small. If there is enough later synthesized speech, the pitch post-filter also matches a window of later synthesized speech and accepts it if its error is low. The output signal is then a function of the subframe and the windows of earlier and later synthesized speech, if they have been accepted.
  • the matching involves determining an earlier and later gain for the windows of earlier and later synthesized speech, respectively.
  • the function for the output signal is the sum of the subframe, the earlier window of synthesized speech weighted by the earlier gain and a first enabling weight, and the later window of synthesized speech weighted by the later gain and a second enabling weight.
  • the first and second enabling weights depend on the results of the steps of accepting.
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram illustration of a system having the pitch post-filter of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic illustration useful in understanding the pitch post-filter of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustration of the operations of the pitch post-filter of Fig. 1.
  • the pitch post-filter, labeled 10, of the present invention receives frames of synthesized speech from a synthesis filter 12, such as a linear prediction coefficient (LPC) synthesis filter.
  • the pitch post-filter 10 also receives the value of the pitch which was received from the speech encoder.
  • the pitch post-filter 10 does not have to be the first post- filter; it can also received post-filtered synthesized speech frames.
  • the synthesis filter 12 synthesizes frames of synthesized speech and provides them to the pitch post-filter 10.
  • the filter of the present invention operates on subframes of the synthesized speech.
  • the pitch post-filter 10 of the present invention also utilizes future information for at least some of the subframes.
  • FIG. 2 shows eight subframes 20a - 20h of two frames 22a and 22b. Also shown are the locations from which similar subframes of data can be taken for the later subframes 20e - 2Oh.
  • data can be taken from previous subframes 20d, 20c and 20b and from future subframes 20e, 2Of and 20g.
  • data can be taken from previous subframes 20e, 20d and 20c and from future subframes 2Of, 20g and 2Oh.
  • future subframes 20g and 2Oh there is less future data which can be utilized (in fact, for subframe 2Oh there is none) but there is the same amount of past data which can be utilized.
  • the present invention searches in the past and future synthesized speech signals, separately determining for them a lag and lead sample position, or index, respectively, at which a window of the past and future signal most closely matches the present subframe. If the match is poor, the window is not utilized.
  • the search range is within 20 - 146 samples before or after the present subframe, as indicated by arrows 24.
  • the search range is reduced for the future data (e.g. for subframes 20g and 2Oh) .
  • the synthesized speech signal is then post-filtered using whichever or both of the matched windows.
  • Fig. 3 is a flow chart of the operations for one subframe.
  • the method begins with initialization (step 30) , where minimum and maximum lag/lead values are set as is a minimum criterion value.
  • the minimum lag/lead is min(pitch value - delta, 20) and the maximum lag/lead is max(pitch value + delta, 146) .
  • delta equals 3.
  • Steps 34 - 44 determine a lag value and steps 60 - 70 determine the lead value, if there is one. Both sections perform similar operations, the first on past data and the second on future data. Therefore, the operations will be described hereinbelow only once. The equations, however, are different, as provided hereinbelow.
  • the lag index M_g is set to the minimum value and, in steps 34 and 36, the gain g_g associated with the lag index M_g and the criterion E_g for that lag index are determined.
  • the gain g_g is the ratio of the cross-correlation of the subframe s[n] and a previous window s[n - M_g] with the autocorrelation of the previous window s[n - M_g] , as follows:
  • g_g ⁇ s [ n ] *s [ n - M_g ] / ⁇ s 2 [ n - M_g ] , 0 ⁇ n 59 ( 1 )
  • the present lag index M_g and gain g_g are stored and the minimum value set to the present gain (step 40) .
  • the lag index is increased by one (step 42) and the process repeated until the maximum lag value has been reached.
  • steps 46 - 50 the result of the lag determination is accepted only if the lag gain determined in steps 34 - 44 is greater or equal than a predetermined threshold value which, for example, might be 0.625.
  • the lag enable flag is initialized to 0 and in step 48, the lag gain g_g is checked against the threshold.
  • the result is accepted by setting a lag enable flag to l.
  • a lead enable flag is set only if the sum of the present position N, the length of a subframe (typically 60 samples long) and the maximum lag/lead value are less than a frame long (typically 240 samples long) . In this way, future data is only utilized if enough of it is available.
  • Step 52 initializes the lead enable flag to 0, step 54 checks if the sum is acceptable and, if it is, step 56 sets the lead enable flag to 1.
  • the minimum value is reinitialized and the lead index is set to the minimum lag value.
  • steps 60 - 70 are similar to steps 34 - 44 and determine the lead index which best matches the subframe of interest.
  • M_d The lead is denoted M_d
  • g_d the gain is denoted
  • E_d ⁇ ( s [ n ] - g_d*s [ n + M_d ] ) 2 , 0 ⁇ n ⁇ 59 ( 4 )
  • Step 60 determines the gain g_d
  • step 62 determines the criterion E_d
  • step 64 checks that the criterion E_d is less than the minimum value
  • step 66 stores the lead M_d and the lead gain g_g and updates the minimum value to the value of E_d.
  • Step 68 increases the lead index by one and step 70 determines whether or not the lead index is larger than the maximum lead index value.
  • the lead enable flag is disabled (step 74) if the lead gain determined in steps 60 - 70 is too low (e.g. lower than the predetermined threshold) , which check is performed in step 72.
  • lag and lead weights w_g and w_d are determined from the lag and lead enable flags.
  • the weights w_g and w_d define the contribution, if any, provided by the future and past data.
  • the lag weight w_g is the maximum of the (lag enable - (0.5*lead enable) and 0, multiplied by 0.25.
  • the lead weight w_d is the maximum of the (lead enable - (0.5*lag enable) and 0, multiplied by 0.25.
  • the weights w_g and w_d are both 0.125 when both future and past data are available and match the present subframe, 0.25 when only one of them matches and 0 when neither matches.
  • step 78 the output signal p[n], which is a function of the signal s[n], the earlier window s[n - M_g] and a future window s[n + M_d] , is produced.
  • M_g and M_d are the lag and lead indices which have been in storage. Equations 5 and 6 provide the function for signal p[n] for the present embodiment.
  • g_p sgrt( ⁇ s 2 [n] / ⁇ p' 2 [n]), 0 ⁇ n ⁇ 59 (6)
  • Steps 30 - 78 are repeated for each subframe. It will be appreciated that the present invention encompasses all pitch post-filters which utilize both future and past information.

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Abstract

Synthesized speech is subjected to a post filter which performs calculations based on future (20e, 24e) and past (20d, 24e) data. Frames of data (22a, 22b) are divided into subframes (20a, 20b, ... 20h) to designate points of the calculations.

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A PITCH POST-FILTER
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to speech processing systems generally and to post-filtering systems in particular.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Speech signal processing is well known in the art and is often utilized to compress an incoming speech signal, either for storage or for transmission. The processing typically involves dividing incoming speech signals into frames and then analyzing each frame to determine its components. The components are then encoded for storing or transmission.
When it is desired to restore the original speech signal, each frame is decoded and synthesis operations, which typically are approximately the inverse of the analysis operations, are performed. The synthesized speech thus produced typically is not all that similar to the original signal. Therefore, post-filtering operations are typically performed to make the signal sound "better".
One type of post-filtering is pitch post-filtering in which pitch information, provided from the encoder, is utilized to filter the synthesized signal. In prior art pitch post-filters, the portion of the synthesized speech signal p0 samples earlier is reviewed, where p0 is the pitch value. The subfra e of earlier speech which best matches the present subframe is combined with the present subframe, typically in a ratio of 1:0.25 (e.g. the previous signal is attenuated by three-quarters) .
Unfortunately, speech signals do not always have pitch in them. This is the case between words; at the end or beginning of the word, the pitch can change. Since prior art pitch post-filters combine earlier speech with the current subframe and since the earlier speech does not have the same pitch as the current subframe, the output of such pitch post-filters for the beginning of words can be poor. The same is true for the subframe in which the spoken word ends. If most of the subframe is silence or noise (i.e. the word has been finished), the pitch of the previous signal will have no relevance.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
Applicants have noted that speech decoders typically provide frames of speech between their operative elements while pitch post-filters operate only on subframes of speech signals. Thus, for some of the subframes, information regarding future speech patterns is available.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a pitch post-filter and method which utilizes future and past information for at least some of the subframes.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pitch post-filter receives a frame of synthesized speech and, for each subframe of the frame of synthesized speech, produces a signal which is a function of the subframe and of windows of earlier and later synthesized speech. Each window is utilized only when it provides an acceptable match to the subframe.
Specifically, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pitch post- filter matches a window of earlier synthesized speech to the subframe and then accepts the matched window of earlier synthesized speech only if the error between the subframe and a weighted version of the window is small. If there is enough later synthesized speech, the pitch post-filter also matches a window of later synthesized speech and accepts it if its error is low. The output signal is then a function of the subframe and the windows of earlier and later synthesized speech, if they have been accepted.
Furthermore, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the matching involves determining an earlier and later gain for the windows of earlier and later synthesized speech, respectively.
Still further, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the function for the output signal is the sum of the subframe, the earlier window of synthesized speech weighted by the earlier gain and a first enabling weight, and the later window of synthesized speech weighted by the later gain and a second enabling weight.
Finally, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first and second enabling weights depend on the results of the steps of accepting.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will be understood and appreciated more fully from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a block diagram illustration of a system having the pitch post-filter of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a schematic illustration useful in understanding the pitch post-filter of Fig. 1; and
Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustration of the operations of the pitch post-filter of Fig. 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Reference is now made to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 which are helpful in understanding the operation of the pitch post- filter of the present invention.
As shown in Fig. 1, the pitch post-filter, labeled 10, of the present invention receives frames of synthesized speech from a synthesis filter 12, such as a linear prediction coefficient (LPC) synthesis filter. The pitch post-filter 10 also receives the value of the pitch which was received from the speech encoder. The pitch post-filter 10 does not have to be the first post- filter; it can also received post-filtered synthesized speech frames.
It will be appreciated that the synthesis filter 12 synthesizes frames of synthesized speech and provides them to the pitch post-filter 10. Like prior art pitch post-filters, the filter of the present invention operates on subframes of the synthesized speech. However, since, as Applicants have realized, the entire frame of synthesized speech is available when processing the subframes, the pitch post-filter 10 of the present invention also utilizes future information for at least some of the subframes.
This is illustrated in Fig. 2 which shows eight subframes 20a - 20h of two frames 22a and 22b. Also shown are the locations from which similar subframes of data can be taken for the later subframes 20e - 2Oh. As shown by arrows 24e, for the first subframe 20e, data can be taken from previous subframes 20d, 20c and 20b and from future subframes 20e, 2Of and 20g. As shown by arrows 24f, for the second subframe 20f, data can be taken from previous subframes 20e, 20d and 20c and from future subframes 2Of, 20g and 2Oh. It is noted that, for the later subframes 20g and 2Oh, there is less future data which can be utilized (in fact, for subframe 2Oh there is none) but there is the same amount of past data which can be utilized.
The present invention searches in the past and future synthesized speech signals, separately determining for them a lag and lead sample position, or index, respectively, at which a window of the past and future signal most closely matches the present subframe. If the match is poor, the window is not utilized. Typically, the search range is within 20 - 146 samples before or after the present subframe, as indicated by arrows 24. The search range is reduced for the future data (e.g. for subframes 20g and 2Oh) .
The synthesized speech signal is then post-filtered using whichever or both of the matched windows.
One embodiment of the pitch post-filter of the present invention is illustrated in Fig. 3 which is a flow chart of the operations for one subframe.
The method begins with initialization (step 30) , where minimum and maximum lag/lead values are set as is a minimum criterion value. In this embodiment, the minimum lag/lead is min(pitch value - delta, 20) and the maximum lag/lead is max(pitch value + delta, 146) . In this embodiment, delta equals 3.
Steps 34 - 44 determine a lag value and steps 60 - 70 determine the lead value, if there is one. Both sections perform similar operations, the first on past data and the second on future data. Therefore, the operations will be described hereinbelow only once. The equations, however, are different, as provided hereinbelow. In step 32, the lag index M_g is set to the minimum value and, in steps 34 and 36, the gain g_g associated with the lag index M_g and the criterion E_g for that lag index are determined. The gain g_g is the ratio of the cross-correlation of the subframe s[n] and a previous window s[n - M_g] with the autocorrelation of the previous window s[n - M_g] , as follows:
g_g = Σ s [ n ] *s [ n - M_g ] / Σ s2[ n - M_g ] , 0 ≤ n 59 ( 1 )
The criterion E_g is the energy in the error signal s[n] - g_g*s[n - M_g] , as follows: E_g = Σ ( s [ n ] - g_g*s [ n - M_g ] ) 2, 0 ≤ n ≤ 59 ( 2 )
If the resultant criterion is less than the minimum value previously determined (step 38) , the present lag index M_g and gain g_g are stored and the minimum value set to the present gain (step 40) . The lag index is increased by one (step 42) and the process repeated until the maximum lag value has been reached.
In steps 46 - 50, the result of the lag determination is accepted only if the lag gain determined in steps 34 - 44 is greater or equal than a predetermined threshold value which, for example, might be 0.625. In step 46, the lag enable flag is initialized to 0 and in step 48, the lag gain g_g is checked against the threshold. In step 50, the result is accepted by setting a lag enable flag to l. Thus, for a previous speech signal which is not similar to the present subframe, for example if the present subframe has speech and the previous does not, the data from the previous subframe will not be utilized.
In steps 52 - 56, a lead enable flag is set only if the sum of the present position N, the length of a subframe (typically 60 samples long) and the maximum lag/lead value are less than a frame long (typically 240 samples long) . In this way, future data is only utilized if enough of it is available. Step 52 initializes the lead enable flag to 0, step 54 checks if the sum is acceptable and, if it is, step 56 sets the lead enable flag to 1. In step 58, the minimum value is reinitialized and the lead index is set to the minimum lag value. As mentioned above, steps 60 - 70 are similar to steps 34 - 44 and determine the lead index which best matches the subframe of interest. The lead is denoted M_d, the gain is denoted g_d and the criterion is denoted E_g and they are defined in equations 3 and 4, as follows: g_d = Σ s [ n ] *s [ n + M_d ] / Σ s2[ n + M_d ] , 0 ≤ n ≤ 59 ( 3 )
E_d = Σ ( s [ n ] - g_d*s [ n + M_d ] ) 2, 0 ≤ n < 59 ( 4 )
Step 60 determines the gain g_d, step 62 determines the criterion E_d, step 64 checks that the criterion E_d is less than the minimum value, step 66 stores the lead M_d and the lead gain g_g and updates the minimum value to the value of E_d. Step 68 increases the lead index by one and step 70 determines whether or not the lead index is larger than the maximum lead index value.
In steps 72 and 74, the lead enable flag is disabled (step 74) if the lead gain determined in steps 60 - 70 is too low (e.g. lower than the predetermined threshold) , which check is performed in step 72.
In step 76 lag and lead weights w_g and w_d, respectively are determined from the lag and lead enable flags. The weights w_g and w_d define the contribution, if any, provided by the future and past data. In this embodiment, the lag weight w_g is the maximum of the (lag enable - (0.5*lead enable) and 0, multiplied by 0.25. The lead weight w_d is the maximum of the (lead enable - (0.5*lag enable) and 0, multiplied by 0.25. In other words, the weights w_g and w_d are both 0.125 when both future and past data are available and match the present subframe, 0.25 when only one of them matches and 0 when neither matches.
In step 78, the output signal p[n], which is a function of the signal s[n], the earlier window s[n - M_g] and a future window s[n + M_d] , is produced. M_g and M_d are the lag and lead indices which have been in storage. Equations 5 and 6 provide the function for signal p[n] for the present embodiment.
P[n] = g_p*{s[n] + w_g*g_g*s[n - M_g] + w_d*g_d*s[n + M_d]}
- 9_P*P'[n] (5) g_p = sgrt(∑ s2[n] / Σ p'2[n]), 0 < n < 59 (6)
Steps 30 - 78 are repeated for each subframe. It will be appreciated that the present invention encompasses all pitch post-filters which utilize both future and past information.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to what has been particularly shown and described hereinabove. Rather the scope of the present invention is defined by the claims which follow:

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1. A method of pitch post-filtering comprising the steps of: receiving a frame of synthesized speech; and for each subframe of said frame of synthesized speech, producing on output a signal which is a function of said subframe and of windows of earlier and later synthesized speech, wherein each window is utilized only when it provides an acceptable match to said subframe.
2. A method according to claim 1 and wherein said step of producing comprises the steps of: matching a window of said earlier synthesized speech to said subframe; accepting said matched window of earlier synthesized speech only when an error between said subframe and a weighted version of said window is at least below a threshold; if there is enough later synthesized speech, matching a window of said later synthesized speech to said subframe; accepting said matched window of later synthesized speech only when an error between said subframe and a weighted version of said window is below a threshold; and creating said output signal as a function of said subframe and said windows of earlier and later synthesized speech.
3. A method according to claim 2 and wherein said steps of matching comprise the steps of determining an earlier and later gain for said windows of earlier and later synthesized speech, respectively.
4. A method according to claim 3 and wherein said step of creating comprises the steps of: determining a signal which is the sum of said subframe, said earlier window of synthesized speech weighted by said earlier gain and a first enabling weight, and said later window of synthesized speech weighted by said later gain and a second enabling weight.
5. A method according to claim 4 and wherein said first and second enabling weights depend on the output of said steps of accepting.
6. A pitch post-filter comprising: means for receiving a frame of synthesized speech; and means for producing, for each subframe of said frame of synthesized speech, an output signal which is a function of said subframe and of windows of earlier and later synthesized speech, wherein each window is utilized only when it provides an acceptable match to said subframe.
7. A filter according to claim 6 and wherein said means for producing comprises: first matching means for matching a window of said earlier synthesized speech to said subframe; first comparison means for accepting said matched window of earlier synthesized speech only when an error between said subframe and a weighted version of said window is at least below a threshold; second matching means, operative if there is enough later synthesized speech, for matching a window of said later synthesized speech to said subframe; second comparison means for accepting said matched window of later synthesized speech only when an error between said subframe and a weighted version of said window is below a threshold; and filtering means for creating said output signal as a function of said subframe and said windows of earlier and later synthesized speech.
8. A filter according to claim 7 and wherein said first and second matching means comprise gain determiners for determining an earlier and later gain for said windows of earlier and later synthesized speech, respectively.
9. A filter according to claim 8 and wherein said filtering means comprise means for determining a signal which is the sum of said subframe, said earlier window of synthesized speech weighted by said earlier gain and a first enabling weight, and said later window of synthesized speech weighted by said later gain and a second enabling weight.
10. A filter according to claim 9 and wherein said first and second enabling weights depend on the output of said first and second comparison means.
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