• ETRI Journal
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.945-948
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• 2011

Object-based audio coding can provide new music applications with interactivity. To efficiently compress a lot of target audio objects, a subband-based parametric coding scheme has been adopted for MPEG spatial audio object coding. In this letter, the time-frequency (T/F) subband analysis structure is investigated. A reconfigured T/F structure is also proposed to enhance the generating performance of sound scenes such as 'karaoke' and 'solo' play in interactive music scenarios. From the experimental results, it was confirmed that the proposed scheme remarkably improves the SNR and sound quality.

• Journal of The Institute of Information and Telecommunication Facilities Engineering
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2006

Lifting scheme based integer transforms provides very useful properties on the multimedia coding. An integer transform outputs the integer form when the input has integer value. This doesn't produce quantization errors on coding, so integer transforms are adequate to lossless coding, In this paper, we present an integer DCT algorithm which is able to transform audio signal with longer length. Also the proposed method can be easily implemented recursively even though input is long time. We present the method to overcome the poor approximation which is produced by recursive lifting step. And we have applied the proposed integer DCT to lossless audio coding.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.153-156
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• 2004

Spatial Audio Coding (SAC)은 낮은 대역폭에서 다채널/다객체 오디오 신호를 전송하기 위해 제안된 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 MPEG 에서 SAC 기술의 평가 방법으로 채택된 Multi-Stimulus test with Hidden Reference and Anchor (MUSHRA) 실험 절차에 대해서 설명한다. 또한 제 69 차 MPEG 회의에서 제안된 4 개 기관의 SAC 기술에 대한 청취실험을 수행하고 그 결과를 분석한다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.538-541
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• 1999

MPEG-2 AAC(Advanced Audio Coding) is the most advanced coding scheme available for high quality audio coding. This MPEG-2 AAC audio Standard allows for ITU-R ‘indistinguishable’ quality according to at data rates of 320 kb/s for five full-bandwidth channel audio signals. The compression ratio is around a factor of 1.4 better compared to MPEG Layer 3, you get the same quality at 70% of the bitrate. This paper suggest optimization method for MDCT/IMDCT (Modified Discrete Cosine Transform/Inverse Modified Discrete Cosine Transform) in Encoder and Decoder for AAC.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.219-222
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• 2006

Virtual source location information (VSLI) has been newly utilized as a spatial cue for compact representation of multichannel audio. This information is represented as the azimuth of the virtual source vector. The superiority of VSLI is confirmed by comparison of the spectral distances, average bit rates, and subjective assessment with a conventional cue.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.137-140
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• 2004

낮은 대역폭에서 다채널 다객체 오디오 신호를 전송하기위해 새롭게 제안된 Spatial Audio Coding 기술은 멀티채널 오디오 신호를 다운믹싱하고 나머지 채널은 음향공간상의 위치정보를 나타내는 파라미터들로 압축하여 표현하는 파라메트릭 압축 방식이다. 본 논문에서는 Spatial Audio Coding 기술중의 하나인 BCC 기술을 이용하여 스테레오 오디오 코덱을 구현하고, 주관듣기평가 실험을 통하여 AAC와 비슷한 성능을 나타내면서도 높은 압축율을 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.635-638
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• 2005

Spatial audio coding (SAC) is an extremely high compact representation of encoded multi-channel audio material. This paper suggests a multi-channel audio service in the terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) system using a novel SAC tool, which is called a virtual source location information (VSLI)-based SAC tool. Intensive experiments are presented to evaluate the validity of the proposed VSLI-based SAC tool, and prototypical systems are also presented to demonstrate the reliability of the proposed multi-channel T-DMB system in real applications.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.365-375
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• 2009

In this paper, a terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) multichannel audio broadcasting system based on spatial audio coding is presented. The proposed system provides realistic multichannel audio service via T-DMB with a small increase of data rate as well as backward compatibility with the conventional stereo-based T-DMB player. To reduce the data rate for additional multichannel audio signals, we compress the multichannel audio signals using the sound source location cue coding algorithm, which is an efficient parametric multichannel audio compression technique. For compatibility, we use the dependent property of an elementary stream descriptor, and this property should be ignored in a conventional T-DMB player. To verify the feasibility of the proposed system, we implement the T-DMB multichannel audio encoder and a prototype player. We perform a compatibility test using the T-DMB multichannel audio encoder and conventional T-DMB players. The test demonstrates that the proposed system is compatible with a conventional T-DMB player and that it can provide a promisingly rich audio service.

• Broadcasting and Media Magazine
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.62-79
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• 1999

In this survey paper the emerging MPEG-4 audio technology is discribed In the previous MPEG-1 and the MPEG-4 audio words, only the natural audio and the speech coding techniques were the standadization objects But in the MPEG-4 audio standadization, not only the natural audio and the speech coding, but also the structured audio and the synthetic speech techniques are inclued, The purpose of this expansion can be summarized as the preparation for the versatile high-quality multimedia services supposed emerge in the 21st century.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.28 no.7
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• pp.599-609
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• 2009

An overview of the recently finalized multi-channel audio coding standard MPEG Surround is provided. This audio coding standard downmixes multi-channel signals to mono or stereo signals and, simultaneously, extracts spatial parameters for its encoding process. In its decoding process, it reconstructs multi-channel signals based on the downmix signals and spatial parameters. Since the downmix signals are coded in conventional audio coding format such as AAC and MP3 and the spatial parameters require a small amount of information MPEG Surround guarantees high sound quality multi-channel audio at low bit rates. Besides, it is backward-compatible to conventional audio coding techniques because the downmix signals can be played on portable audio devices ignoring the spatial parameter information. In this paper, Part 1 presents an overview of the basic structure of MPEG Surround and Part 2 describes various modes and tools including the binaural mode which supports the virtual 5.1-channel playback via headphones or earphones. The listening test results by various companies and organizations are also presented.