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Data structure for higher order ambisonics audio data

US9241216B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

Florian Keiler · Hannover, DE
Sven Kordon · Wunstorf, DE
Johannes Boehm · Göttingen, DE
Holger Kropp · Großburgwedel, DE
Johann-Markus Batke · Hannover, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 26, 2011
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 11, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04S2420/11
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is related to a data structure for Higher Order Ambisonics HOA audio data, which data structure includes 2D or 3D spatial audio content data for one or more different HOA audio data stream descriptions. The HOA audio data can have on order of greater than ‘3’, and the data structure in addition can include single audio signal source data and/or microphone array audio data from fixed or time-varying spatial positions.

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