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An audio apparatus comprises a receiver (201) which receives an audio signal. A generator (203) generates a multi-channel signal including a primary signal and a secondary signal. For example, the multi-channel signal may include a center speech signal and an ambient signal. A driver (205) generates drive signals for a set of loudspeakers (109-15) which for a loudspeaker will include at least a first signal component from the primary 5 signal and a second signal component from the secondary signal. A position circuit (207) determines the position of the loudspeaker (109) and the driver (205) adjusts a level of the primary signal component relative to a level of the secondary signal component in response to the first position relative to a reference position. The approach may allow automated adaptation of the audio rendering to specific loudspeaker configurations and may in particular 10 support optimized rendering for a plurality of listening zones.

The invention relates to the field of wireless communications and more specifically to an high quality, low power wireless audio system. More specifically, the invention comprises an audio source for receiving audio signals (e.g. music) and audio status information (e.g. song title) from a first external device (e.g. an MP3 player) and transmitting the audio signals and the audio status information over a wireless connection; and at least one audio sink for receiving the audio signals and said audio status information from the audio source and communicating the audio signals and the audio status information to a second external device (e.g. headphones), wherein a specified one of the at least one audio sink receives audio control information (e.g. pause) from the second external device and transmits said audio control information to said audio source via said wireless connection. Among other features, the wireless audio system of the present invention incorporates dynamic channel selection as well as dynamic adjustment of the transmission interval to ensure enhanced audio quality using the lowest possible power.

A method and system for enhancing audio for a viewer watching digital video with sound, such as a movie or video game. The method and system determine where in the scene (40) the viewer's attention is focused, correlate the viewer's focal region with one of a plurality of regions (42a-d) of the video scene (40), preferably associated with a depth map, and enhance the sound corresponding to the focal region of the scene (40) as compared to the sound corresponding to the non-focal regions of the scene (40).

The invention provides an onboard directional sound system, a control method and a vehicle. The onboard directional sound system comprises: a plurality of audio players corresponding to a plurality ofareas in the vehicle one to one in order to produce sound to the corresponding in-vehicle areas, wherein each audio player comprises an ultrasonic transducer; an input signal control module connectedto the plurality of audio players through a plurality of audio channels, and configured to send at least one audio signal to the corresponding audio player through at least one audio channel; and anonboard computer configured to select a target audio player from the plurality of audio players according to a user requirement, and control the input signal control module to turn on the audio channel corresponding to the target audio player in order to play the user-selected audio signal through the target audio player. The onboard directional sound system of the present invention can provide anin-vehicle auditory experience of a private sound field for different users.

A sound processing system receives a stereo signal which, by a segmenter (109) is divided into stereo time-frequency signal segments, each of which may correspond to a frequency domain sample in a given time segment. A decomposer (111) decomposes the time-frequency signal segments by for each pair of stereo time-frequency signal segments performing the steps of: determining a similarity measure indicative of a degree of similarity of the stereo time frequency signal segments; generating a sum time-frequency signal segment as a sum of the stereo time-frequency signal segments; and generating a centre time-frequency signal segment from the sum time-frequency signal segment and a pair of side stereo time-frequency segments from the pair of stereo time-frequency signal segments in response to the similarity measure. A signal generator (113) then generates a multi-channel signal comprising a centre signal generated from the sum time-frequency signal segments and side signals generated from the side stereo time-frequency segments.

A directional loudspeaker provides an enhanced listening environment by producing an indirect sound field of greater amplitude than that of the direct sound field. The directional loudspeaker includes loudspeaker elements positioned to provide a listener located below the loudspeaker elements with an impression of sound spaciousness in a vehicle environment. The loudspeaker elements may include baffles or acoustic lenses to deflect the indirect field away from the path to the listener position. The loudspeaker may also be operated with windows open by channeling the indirect sound field through an acoustic waveguide and deflector to the listener. A sound processor is also provided to accept a sound input, create an indirect and direct sound field, output the sound fields to loudspeaker elements, and also may provide electronic enhancement effects such as multi-channel sound or sound parameter adjustment.

A spatial audio processing apparatus comprises a receiver (101) for receiving audio scene data describing an audio scene comprising spatial audio components and associated position data. The audio components may be provided as audio objects. A distance unit (105) provides a position indication which includes a focus distance that is indicative of a distance from a reference position in the audio scene. An adapter (103) adapts a perceptual emphasis property, such as an audio level, frequency distribution, or degree of diffuseness, of a spatial audio component relative to at least one other spatial audio component of the audio scene in response to a difference measure reflecting a difference between the focus distance and a distance in the audio scene from the reference position to a position of the spatial audio component. An audio renderer (107) renders the resulting audio scene using the received position data. The approach may emphasize audio at the focus distance in the audio scene.

The embodiment of the invention provides a completely immersive stereophonic sound implementation method and system. The method comprises the steps that a front camera of a mobile terminal monitors in real time and transmits imaging data to a DSP in real time to process; the DSP recognizes a human face according to an image recognition algorithm and analyzes whether the human face is within a specified distance or not; human face data is acquired through switching the front camera and a rear camera of the mobile terminal, and the head rotating state of person is monitored; the rotating state of the mobile terminal is monitored through angle detection data of a built-in gyroscope of the mobile terminal, and an actual relative rotating state between the human head and the mobile terminal is comprehensively analyzed; and the DSP processes a standard sound source according to the calculated actual relative rotating state and adjusts virtual surround audio parameters. According to the completely immersive earphone stereophonic sound implementation method, virtual surround sound with an in-head effect can be completely avoided, virtual surround sound which is consistent with image information can be realized no matter where the user head or the handheld mobile terminal stays, and the user experience is greatly improved.

A system and method for enhancing the audio experience on a consumer electronic device is disclosed. A system for enhancing the audio experience on a consumer electronic device including a parametrically configurable processing block is disclosed. An all-digital audio enhancement system suitable for embedding into a low cost, low power application specific integrated circuit is disclosed. A method for configuring an audio enhancement system on a consumer electronic device is also disclosed.

The invention provides an audio parameter adjustment method and device for a mobile device, and belongs to the field of audios. The method comprises: obtaining an audio parameter of a current mobile device; according to an audio parameter of at least one mobile device, generating a standard audio parameter corresponding to the current mobile device, wherein the at least one mobile device and the current mobile device are same in type; and sending the standard audio parameter to the current mobile device for setting the audio parameter of the current mobile device according to the standard audio parameter. The standard audio parameter corresponding to the current mobile device is generated through the audio parameter of the at least one mobile device, so that multiple users obtain the same audio experience in the process of using the mobile device to realize audio interaction, and the interactive experience of the users is improved.

The invention discloses a loudspeaker control method and device and electronic equipment, and belongs to the field of electronic equipment. The control method comprises the steps of obtaining a noisevalue of an environment and crowd information in a preset distance range; determining a target loudspeaker, a target loudspeaking direction and a target volume according to the noise value and the crowd information; and controlling the target loudspeaker to work in the target loudspeaking direction and the target volume. According to the application, the user can hear the sound played by the loudspeaker clearly, and the crowd in the environment where the electronic equipment is located cannot hear the sound played by the loudspeaker clearly, so that the privacy of the user is protected, and the audio experience of the user is improved.

The invention relates to an audio processing method and device, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: receiving an input used for selecting at least one object from a plurality of objects, and enabling each object to correspond to one path of audio signals; according to the received input, distributing respective weights to multiple channels of audio signals corresponding to the multiple objects, wherein the multiple channels of audio signals comprise all channels of audio signals corresponding to the selected at least one object and all channels of audio signals corresponding to unselected objects; and carrying out sound mixing on the multiple paths of audio signals by utilizing the distributed weight to obtain the audio after sound mixing.

The invention relates to a method for dynamic modification of audio content. An audio content theme includes audio information relating to at least one theme variation. The method includes the steps of: receiving an intensity parameter indicative of an amount of audio information being played and a variation parameter indicative of at least one theme variation of the audio information being played; modifying, based on said intensity parameter, the amount of audio information being played, and, based on said variation parameter, the at least one theme variation of the audio information being played. Also described is a computer program configured to be executed on a computer device for dynamic modification of an audio content theme.

The present invention includes a gaming machine with a first control module that includes a main processor for randomly selecting one of a plurality of outcomes of said gaming machine in response to a wager amount and for sending audio information that controls audio output from the gaming machine. An audio control module is separate and distinct from the first control module, and includes an audio processor that receives the audio information from the main processor. The audio control module is coupled to an audio speaker system for broadcasting the audio output corresponding to the audio information. Also, the first control module may include a memory device that stores operating instructions for the gaming machine, while the audio control module may include an audio memory device for storing audio data sets that the audio processor processes to produce the audio output.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system that includes a detection device and a processor. The detection device is configured to sense that a handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface. In response to sensing that the handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface, the detection device is configured to transmit an indicator to the processor. The processor is configured to receive a first audio signal, and determine that the handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface by receiving the indicator from the detection device. In response to determining that the handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface, the processor is further configured to apply a compensating function to the first audio signal to generate a second audio signal, and transmit the second audio signal to a speaker.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an audio adjustment method and device, and the device comprises a capacitor structure and a processing unit. Wherein the capacitor structure is used for determining depth state information of the earphone entering the ear; And the processing unit is used for controlling audio output according to the depth state information of the earphone entering the eardetermined by the capacitor structure. According to the embodiment of the invention, after the depth state information of the earphone entering the ear is acquired according to the capacitor structure, automatic adjustment of audio output is realized, and the audio use experience of a user is improved.

The invention relates to a method for dynamically modifying audio content. An audio content theme includes audio information relating to at least one theme variation. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an intensity parameter indicative of a quantity of the audio information being played and a variation parameter indicative of at least one theme variation of the audio information being played; modifying the quantity of the audio information being played based on said intensity parameter, and based on The variation parameter modifies at least one theme variation of the audio information being played. Also described is a computer program configured to be executed on a computer device for dynamically modifying an audio content theme.

An audio system (30) for a seat headrest, comprises N speakers (32), wherein each speaker is configured to be integrated into the seat headrest, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and anaudio processing device (36) comprising an electronic transmission channel (60) connected to the speaker (32) and configured to transmit at least one audio stream via the speaker (32). The audio system (30) comprises P microphones (34) each configured to be integrated into the headrest, P is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and the audio processing device (36) also comprises an electronic reception channel (62) connected to the microphones (34) and configured to receive at least one sound signal via the P microphones (34).

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method and device for generating reverberation, which obtains the room impulse response RIR of the indoor environment, and the RIR represents the time domain information of the reverberation in the room; determines the target head-related impulse response HRIR in the audio system data, and calculate the energy and length of the target HRIR data; according to the energy of the target HRIR data, the RIR is normalized to obtain the first signal; according to the length of the target HRIR data, the first signal is Perform fade-in processing to obtain a second signal; determine distance information, which is used to represent the distance between the virtual sound source and the user; perform energy adjustment on the second signal according to the distance information to generate a late reverberation signal. It is convenient to obtain the real sampling reverberation in real time; at the same time, the obtained sampling reverberation is processed, adding energy normalization and gain control combined with distance information, which can enhance the external sense of the head in the audio system, and generate different sense of distance.

Methods and systems are provided for enhanced audio experiences in VR / AR applications. The apparatuses of this disclosure are adapted to record multiple binaural stereo pairs and play back select binaural pairs corresponding to users' head positions. A substantially spherical microarray is utilized in various embodiments for recording multiple binaural stereo pairs. A VR / AR headset is further adapted to track a user's head positions and dynamically play back binaural sound pairs corresponding to the head positions.

The invention discloses a smart audio power amplifier calibration device. The device comprises a reset detection module, which is used for detecting whether a calibration identification bit of a smart audio power amplifier in a mobile terminal is in a reset state; a temperature detection module, which is used for detecting whether the current temperature of the mobile terminal is larger than a preset temperature threshold value when the calibration identification bit is in the reset state; and a calibration control module, which is used for starting a calibration function of the smart audio power amplifier for calibration when the current temperature of the mobile terminal is smaller than the preset temperature threshold value. The invention also discloses a smart audio power amplifier calibration method. The smart audio power amplifier calibration method and device prevent the smart audio power amplifier from being calibrated when the temperature is over high, thereby reducing probability of calibration abnormity of the smart audio power amplifier due to influence of the temperature.

Methods and systems are provided for enhanced audio experiences in VR / AR applications. The apparatuses of this disclosure are adapted to record multiple binaural stereo pairs and play back select binaural pairs corresponding to users' head positions. A substantially spherical microarray is utilized in various embodiments for recording multiple binaural stereo pairs. A VR / AR headset is further adapted to track a user's head positions and dynamically play back binaural sound pairs corresponding to the head positions.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system that includes a detection device and a processor. The detection device is configured to sense that a handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface. In response to sensing that the handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface, the detection device is configured to transmit an indicator to the processor. The processor is configured to receive a first audio signal, and determine that the handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface by receiving the indicator from the detection device. In response to determining that the handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface, the processor is further configured to apply a compensating function to the first audio signal to generate a second audio signal, and transmit the second audio signal to a speaker.

A method and device for audio adjustment, wherein the audio adjustment device in the embodiment of the present invention includes: a capacitor structure and a processing unit; wherein the capacitor structure is used to: determine the depth state information of the earphone entering the ear; the processing unit is used to: The structure-determined headphone enters the depth state information of the ear to control the audio output. After the embodiment of the present invention obtains the state information of the depth of the earphone into the ear according to the capacitive structure, automatic adjustment of the audio output is realized, and the user's audio experience is improved.

An audio adjusting method and an audio adjusting device are provided. The audio adjusting method includes the steps of: receiving a plurality of directional audio signals; calculating a displacement amount through a positioning module; calculating a plurality of gain values corresponding to the displacement amount through a processing module; adjusting volume levels of the plurality of directional audio signals according to the plurality of gain values; converting the plurality of directional audio signals into a two- or multi-channel audio signal according to the quantity of two or more channels of a head-mounted playback device; and playing the two-channel or multi-channel audio signal through the head-mounted playback device.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system that includes a detection device and a processor. The detection device is configured to sense that a handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface. In response to sensing that the handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface, the detection device is configured to transmit an indicator to the processor. The processor is configured to receive a first audio signal, and determine that the handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface by receiving the indicator from the detection device. In response to determining that the handheld device has not been placed on or near a surface, the processor is further configured to apply a compensating function to the first audio signal to generate a second audio signal, and transmit the second audio signal to a speaker.