Patent ID: 8374884

Claim:
A decoding apparatus comprising: a receiving section that receives information including first coding information on a first band of a voice signal or audio signal, the first band being lower than a predetermined frequency, and second coding information on a second band of the voice signal or audio signal, the second band being higher than a predetermined frequency, the first coding information and the second coding information being generated by coding the voice signal or audio signal by a coding apparatus; a first decoding section that decodes the first coding information to generate a signal having a first sampling rate corresponding to the first band of the voice signal or audio signal; a second decoding section that decodes the second coding information to generate a decoded spectrum of the second band, the decoded spectrum corresponding to a predetermined second sampling rate which is larger than the first sampling rate, and generates a decoded signal by converting a sampling rate of the decoded spectrum from the predetermined second sampling rate to a third sampling rate, wherein: the second decoding section comprises: a conversion section that obtains a decoded spectrum of the first band from the signal having the first sampling rate obtained by the first decoding section; a duplication section that duplicates a spectrum of a particular part of the decoded spectrum of the first band; a spectrum generation section that generates, using the second coding information and the duplicated spectrum, a decoded spectrum of the second band which extends a bandwidth of the decoded spectrum of the first band, and generates an extended decoded spectrum by combining the decoded spectrum of the second band with the decoded spectrum of the first band; and a time domain signal generation section that obtains a spectrum of a predetermined band by one of (i) inserting a zero value to a first high frequency band of the extended decoded spectrum, the first high frequency band being located adjacent to a maximum frequency of the extended decoded spectrum and outside the extended decoded spectrum, and (ii) deleting a second high frequency band of the extended decoded spectrum, the second high frequency band being located adjacent to the maximum frequency and inside the extended decoded spectrum, and generates, as the decoded signal, a time domain signal having the third sampling rate by a time domain conversion, from the spectrum of the predetermined band.