Entropy Table Selection for Efficient Audio Signal Decoding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current signal processing techniques face limitations in maximizing transmission efficiency, especially in complex communication environments, and there is a need for improved methods to efficiently code and decode data for enhanced audio recovery.

Innovation Solution

The proposed apparatus and method involve obtaining index information, entropy-decoding it, and using an entropy table to reconstruct audio signals by identifying content corresponding to the entropy-decoded index information, employing techniques like pilot-based coding and differential coding to optimize data transmission efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If general entropy decoding is used for all data types, then decoding simplicity is maintained, but transmission efficiency is not optimized

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission efficiencyVSAvoiddecoding complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the decoding process by creating different entropy decoding paths based on data type. Control data uses one decoding path while audio data uses another, allowing each to be optimized independently for transmission efficiency without unnecessarily complicating the overall system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic selection of entropy tables based on the type of data being decoded. The system adapts its decoding approach in real-time by selecting appropriate entropy tables for control data versus audio data, optimizing transmission efficiency without requiring all possible decoding mechanisms to be active simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If separate entropy tables are used for different data types, then transmission efficiency is optimized, but processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata coding efficiencyVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary classification of data types before the actual entropy decoding process. By identifying whether data is control data or audio data in advance, the system can select the appropriate entropy table beforehand, avoiding the need to process through multiple tables and reducing overall processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different entropy table characteristics locally to different data types. Control data receives decoding with one set of entropy table properties while audio data receives decoding with another set, allowing each data type to be processed with the most efficient parameters for its specific characteristics without affecting other data types.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive coding schemes are applied to all data, then decoding accuracy is improved, but transmission overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedecoding accuracyVSAvoidtransmission overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies coding schemes selectively rather than comprehensively to all data. By applying enhanced entropy decoding only where needed (control data with specific entropy tables) and using standard decoding elsewhere, the system achieves sufficient decoding accuracy without the transmission overhead that would result from applying comprehensive coding schemes universally.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS7743016B2Method and apparatus for data processing and encoding and decoding method, and apparatus therefor
Publication Date: 2010.06.22 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

An apparatus for processing a signal and method thereof are disclosed. Data coding and entropy coding are performed with interconnection, and grouping is used to enhance coding efficiency. The present invention includes the steps of obtaining index information and entropy-decoding the index information and identifying a content corresponding to the entropy-decoded index information and selecting entropy table.