Patent ID: 7747432

Claim:
A speech decoding method for decoding a speech code including a linear prediction parameter code, an adaptive code, and a gain code according to code-excited linear prediction (CELP), the speech decoding method comprising: decoding a linear prediction parameter from the linear prediction parameter code; obtaining an adaptive code vector corresponding to the adaptive code concerning a decoding period from an adaptive codebook; decoding a gain of the adaptive code vector and a gain of an excitation code vector from the gain code; evaluating a noise level related to the speech code concerning the decoding period based on the gain of the adaptive code vector, wherein the evaluated noise level indicates how close the speech code represents unvoiced speech; obtaining an excitation code vector based on the evaluated noise level and an excitation codebook; weighting the adaptive code vector and the excitation code vector by using the decoded gains; obtaining an excitation signal by adding the weighted adaptive code vector and the weighted excitation code vector; and synthesizing a speech by using the excitation signal and the linear prediction parameter.