AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE AND AUDIO ENCODING METHOD

摘要

There is provided an audio encoding device capable of generating an appropriate monaural signal from a stereo signal while suppressing the lowering of encoding efficiency of the monaural signal. In a monaural signal generation unit (101) of this device, an inter-channel prediction/analysis unit (201) obtains a prediction parameter based on a delay difference and an amplitude ratio between a first channel audio signal and a second channel audio signal; an intermediate prediction parameter generation unit (202) obtains an intermediate parameter of the prediction parameter (called intermediate prediction parameter) so that the monaural signal generated finally is an intermediate signal of the first channel audio signal and the second channel audio signal; and a monaural signal calculation unit (203) calculates a monaural signal by using the intermediate prediction parameter.