Owner Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

Inventors Smithers, Michael J.; Crockett, Brett G.

Agent Chrysiliou Law

Pub. Number AU-B-2002240461

PCT Pub. Number WO2002/097790

Priority 60/351,498 23.01.02 US; 60/293,825 25.05.01 US; PCT/US02/04317 12.02.02 US; 10/045,644 11.01.02 US

Filing date 22 February 2002

Wipo publication date 9 December 2002

Acceptance publication date 17 May 2007

G10L 19/00 (2006.01) Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders

G10L 11/00 (2006.01) Determination or detection of speech or audio characteristics not restricted to a single one of groups

G10L 15/04 (2006.01) Speech recognition

G10L 17/00 (2006.01) Speaker identification or verification

G10L 19/02 (2006.01) Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders

G10L 21/04 (2006.01) Processing of the speech signal to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility

H03M 7/30 (2006.01) Conversion of a code where information is represented by a given sequence or number of digits to a code where the same information is represented by a different sequence or number of digits - Compression

H04N 5/60 (2006.01) Details of television systems - for the sound signals

H04N 5/04 (2006.01) Details of television systems - Synchronising