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Method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal

US8396223B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 2009
Grant dateMar 12, 2013
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04S2420/07
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes obtaining a stereophonic audio signal including a speech component signal and other component signals, obtaining gain values for each channel of the audio signal, determining whether the audio signal is an inverse-phase mono signal including left and right channel whose phase is inverted, inverting a phase of the obtained gain value corresponding to the one channel of the audio signal when the audio signal is an inverse-phase mono signal, modifying the speech component signal based on the inverted phase of the gain value, and generating a modified audio signal including the modified speech component signal, wherein the modified audio signal is in-phase mono signal. Accordingly, a volume of a speech signal of an inverse-phase audio signal and method thereof, in which a sign of a final gain value corresponding to one channel of the audio signal is changed or a value of the final gain corresponding to one channel of the audio signal is adjusted through a process for determining whether an input signal is an inverse-phase mono signal including left and right channel whose phase is inverted.

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