Audio spatial environment engine
US7853022B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S3/006
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An audio spatial environment engine for flexible and scalable up-mixing from an M channel audio system to an N channel audio system, where M and N are integers and N is greater than M, is provided. The input M channel audio is provided to an analysis filter bank which converts the time domain signals into frequency domain signals. Relevant inter-channel spatial cues are extracted from the frequency domain signals on a sub-band basis and are used as parameters to generate adaptive N channel filters which control the spatial placement of a frequency band element in the up-mixed sound field. The N channel filters are smoothed across both time and frequency to limit filter variability which could cause annoying fluctuation effects. The smoothed N channel filters are then applied to adaptive combinations of the frequency domain input signals and are provided to a synthesis filter bank which generates the N channel time domain output signals.
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