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Audio spatial environment engine

US7929708B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 2004
Grant dateApr 19, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2029

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

Abstract

An audio spatial environment engine for converting from an N channel audio system to an M channel audio system, where N is an integer greater than M, is provided. The audio spatial environment engine includes one or more correlators receiving two of the N channels of audio data and eliminating delays between the channels that are irrelevant to an average human listener. One or more Hilbert transform systems each perform a Hilbert transform on one or more of the correlated channels of audio data. One or more summers receive at least one of the correlated channels of audio data and at least one of the Hilbert transformed correlated channels of audio data and generate one of the M channels of audio data.

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