Patent ID: 7457746

Claim:
A pitch lag prediction method for use by a speech decoder to generate a predicted pitch lag parameter, the pitch lag prediction method comprising: generating a first summation based on a plurality of previous pitch lag parameters, from previously received speech frames by the speech decoder, wherein the first summation is defined by sum ⁢ ⁢ 0 = ∑ i = 0 n - 1 ⁢ P ⁡ ( i ) , where n is the number of the plurality of previous pitch lag parameters defined by P(i); generating a second summation based on the plurality of previous pitch lag parameters and a position of each of the plurality of previous pitch lag parameters with respect to the predicted pitch lag parameter, wherein the second summation is defined by sum ⁢ ⁢ 1 = ∑ i = 0 n - 1 ⁢ ⁢ i * P ⁡ ( i ) ; calculating a first coefficient using a first equation based on the first summation and the second summation, wherein the first equation is defined by a=(3*sum 0 −sum 1 )/5; calculating a second coefficient using a second equation based on the first summation and the second summation, wherein the second equation is defined by b=(sum 1 −2*sum 0 )/10; predicting the predicted pitch lag parameter based on the first coefficient and the second coefficient; and generating a decoded speech signal using the predicted pitch lag parameter.