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Audio decoder and decoding method using efficient downmixing

US8868433B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 2012
Grant dateOct 21, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04S3/008
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, an apparatus, a computer readable storage medium configured with instructions for carrying out a method, and logic encoded in one or more computer-readable tangible medium to carry out actions. The method is to decode audio data that includes N.n channels to M.m decoded audio channels, including unpacking metadata and unpacking and decoding frequency domain exponent and mantissa data; determining transform coefficients from the unpacked and decoded frequency domain exponent and mantissa data; inverse transforming the frequency domain data; and in the case M<N, downmixing according to downmixing data, the downmixing carried out efficiently.

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