Rendering and playback of spatial audio using channel-based audio systems
US9622014B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 17, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S2420/03
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments are described for a method and system of rendering and playing back spatial audio content using a channel-based format. Spatial audio content that is played back through legacy channel-based equipment is transformed into the appropriate channel-based format resulting in the loss of certain positional information within the audio objects and positional metadata comprising the spatial audio content. To retain this information for use in spatial audio equipment even after the audio content is rendered as channel-based audio, certain metadata generated by the spatial audio processor is incorporated into the channel-based data. The channel-based audio can then be sent to a channel-based audio decoder or a spatial audio decoder. The spatial audio decoder processes the metadata to recover at least some positional information that was lost during the down-mix operation by upmixing the channel-based audio content back to the spatial audio content for optimal playback in a spatial audio environment.
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