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Loudness adjustment with self-adaptive gain offsets

US8275135B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Seyed Azizi · Eningen unter Achalm, DE
Wolfgang Hess · Waldbronn, DE
Michael Zeller · Glen Burnie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 2009
Grant date	Sep 25, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2499/13
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for adjusting a loudness of an announcement sound signal relative to a loudness of an entertainment sound signal, the method including the steps of determining the loudness of the entertainment sound signal, and adjusting the loudness of the announcement sound signal relative to the entertainment sound signal by determining a self-adaptive gain offset of the announcement sound signal relative to the entertainment sound signal, the self-adaptive gain offset adapting to the auditory perception of a user to which the entertainment sound signal and the announcement sound signal are output.

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