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Rate Conversion

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Outline

Problem statement Standard approach

Decimation by a factor D Interpolation by a factor I Sampling rate conversion by a rational factor I/D Sampling rate conversion by an arbitrary factor

Orthogonal projection re-sampling

General theory Spline spaces

Oblique projection re-sampling

General theory Spline spaces
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Problem statement

Given samples of a continuous-time signal taken at times , produce samples corresponding to times that best represent the signal.

Applications:
Conversion between audio formats Enlargement and reduction of images

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Digital Filtering Viewpoint

In the sequel:
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Digital Filtering Viewpoint

Reconstruction filter

Anti-aliasing filter

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Standard Approach
Decimation by a Factor D

Standard choice (for avoiding aliasing):

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Decimation by a Factor D

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Interpolation by a Factor I

Standard choice (for suppressing replicas):

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Interpolation by a Factor I

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Standard Approach
Conversion by a Rational Factor I/D

If the factor is not rational then conventional rate conversion cannot be implemented using up-samplers, down-samplers and digital filters. To retain efficiency, it is custom to resort to non-exact methods such as first and second order approximation.

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Reinterpretation of Standard Approach

Reconstruction filter

Anti-aliasing filter

The prior and re-sampling spaces are related by a scaling of the generating function.
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General Spaces

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General Spaces

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General Spaces

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General Spaces

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Summary

Prefilter

Rate conversion

Postfilter

For splines, there is a closed form for each of the components.

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Splines

Prefilter

Postfilter

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Examples

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Splines

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Interpretation
Prefilter Reconstruction filter Anti-aliasing filter Postfilter

Problem: The exact formula for the conversion block gets very hard to implement for splines of degree greater than 1. Solution: Use a simple anti-aliasing filter, which is not matched to the reconstruction space, and compensate by digital filtering. Thus, instead of orthogonally projecting the reconstructed signal onto the reconstruction space, we oblique-project it.
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Prefilter Reconstruction filter Anti-aliasing filter Postfilter

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Prefilter

Reconstruction filter

Anti-aliasing filter

Postfilter

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Examples

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Examples

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