| 摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to improved signal quantization and inter alia addresses the problem of reducing artefacts in the reconstructed signal that arise from unintended statistical correlation between quantization errors and signal values. In one aspect, the invention provides an encoder characterized by the fact that several quantizers (determined by a partition of quantization cells and reconstruction points) are applied, one at a time, in an alternating fashion. In another aspect, the invention provides a decoder characterized by a corresponding alternation of quantizers, so that quantized samples are reconstructed by a corresponding quantizer on the decoder side. The invention further provides a method of manufacturing an encoder, decoder or quantizer according to the invention, which includes designing an ensemble of quantizers.</p> |
