Three-dimensional sound creation assisted by visual information
US6829018B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 17, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S2420/01
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A sound imaging system and method for generating multi-channel audio data from an audio/video signal having an audio component and a video component. The system comprises: a system for associating sound sources within the audio component to video objects within the video component of the audio/video signal; a system for determining position information of each sound source based on a position of the associated video object in the video component; and a system for assigning sound sources to audio channels based on the position information of each sound source.
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