VECTOR QUANTIZER, VECTOR INVERSE QUANTIZER, AND THE METHODS

摘要

A vector quantizer which improves the accuracy of vector quantization in switching over a vector quantization codebook on a first stage depending on the type of feature having the correlation with a quantization target vector. In the vector quantizer, a classifier (101) generates classification information representing a type of narrowband LSP vector having the correlation with wideband LSP (Line Spectral Pairs) out of the plural types. A first codebook (103) selects one sub-codebook corresponding to the classification information as a codebook used for the quantization of the first stage from plural sub-codebooks (CBa1 to CBan) corresponding to each of the types of narrowband LSP vectors. A multiplier (107) multiplies the quantization residual vector of the first stage inputted from an adder (104) by a scaling factor corresponding to the classification information out of plural scaling factors stored in a scaling factor determining section (106) and outputs it to an adder (109) as the quantization target of a second stage.