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Audio spatial environment up-mixer

A space environment and audio technology, applied in speech analysis, instruments, etc., can solve the problem of unusable audio data and achieve the effect of improving sound quality and spatial distinction

Active Publication Date: 2007-10-31
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[0005] One problem raised by the increased number of formats or environments is that audio data processed for optimum audio quality in a first environment often cannot be easily used in a second audio environment

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[0025] In the ensuing description, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same parts throughout the specification and drawings. The drawings may not be to scale and some components may be shown in generalized or schematic form and identified by trade names for clarity and conciseness.

[0026] 1 is a diagram of a system 100 for dynamic downmixing from an N-channel audio format to an M-channel audio format using an analysis and correction loop, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. System 100 uses 5.1 channel sound (ie, N=5) and converts 5.1 channel sound to stereo (ie, M=2), although other suitable numbers of input and output channels can also or instead be used.

[0027] The dynamic down-mixing process of system 100 is implemented using reference down-mixing 102 , reference up-mixing 104 , subband vector calculation systems 106 and 108 , and subband correction system 110 . The analysis and correction loop is implemented by reference up...

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An audio spatial environment engine is provided for converting between different formats of audio data. The audio spatial environment engine allows for flexible conversion between N-channel data and M-channel data and conversion from M-channel data back to N'-channel data, where N, M, and N' are integers and where N is not necessarily equal to N'. For example, such systems could be used for the transmission or storage of surround sound data across a network or infrastructure designed for stereo sound data. The audio spatial environment engine provides improved and flexible conversions between different spatial environments due to an advanced dynamic down-mixing unit and a high-resolution frequency band up-mixing unit. The dynamic down-mixing unit includes an intelligent: analysis and correction loop capable of correcting for spectral, temporal, and spatial inaccuracies common to many down-mixing methods. The up-mixing unit utilizes the extraction and analysis of important inter-channel spatial cues across high-resolution frequency bands to derive the spatial placement of different frequency elements. The down-mixing and up-mixing units, when used individually or as a system, provide improved sound quality and spatial distinction.

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[0001] related application [0002] This application claims U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 622,922, filed Oct. 28, 2004, entitled "2-to-N Rendering," U.S. Patent Application 10 / 975,841, U.S. Patent Application 11 / 261,100, also filed hereto, entitled "Audio Spatial Environment Down-Mixer" (Attorney Docket No. 13646.0014), and U.S. Patent Application 11, also filed hereto, entitled "AudioSpatial Environment Up-Mixer" Priority of / 262,029 (Attorney Docket No. 13646.0012), each of which is commonly owned and is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to the field of audio data processing, and more particularly to a system and method for converting between different formats of audio data. Background technique [0004] Systems and methods for processing audio data are known in the art. Most of these systems and methods are used to process audio data in a known audio environment, such as a two-channel stereo envi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G10L19/00
CPCG10L19/008
Inventor 罗伯特·W·里姆斯杰弗里·K·托姆普森阿伦·瓦尔纳
Owner DTS
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