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Qsound surround synthesis from stereo

US6198826A · kind A · utility

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36Claims
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Filing dateApr 9, 1998
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04S2400/01
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The inventive mechanism produces multiple output signals from a two-channel stereo input signal. The mechanism produces a first pair of output signals which retain the monaural information in the stereo input signal. The first pair of signals each comprise a combination of one of the input channels and filtered signal produced from a difference of both input channels. The mechanism produces a second pair of output signals which lacks the monaural information. The second pair of output signals each comprise a combination of one of the input channels and an inverse filtered signal produced from a difference of both input channels. Q-filters are used to provide the various filtered signals.

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