Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090220095 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes an audio signal receiving unit receiving the audio signal including at least one object; a preset metadata receiving unit receiving preset metadata from preset information; a preset rendering data receiving unit obtaining preset matrix from the preset information; a display unit displaying the preset metadata; an input unit receiving command for selecting one of the preset metadata; and an object adjusting unit adjusting output level of the object according to the output channel by using the preset matrix corresponding to the selected preset metadata. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222118 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving the audio signal and preset information; obtaining preset matrix from the preset information, wherein the preset matrix indicates contribution degree of the object to output channel; and adjusting output level of the object by using the preset matrix. | 09-03-2009 |
20090262957 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The preset invention includes
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20090265023 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The preset invention includes a signal receiving unit a plurality of preset informations and preset attribute information; a display unit displaying a plurality of preset metadatas; a preset mode input unit being inputted a select signal selecting one preset metadata; a preset mode select unit selecting the preset metadata and a preset information based on the select signal; a static preset mode receiving unit receiving the preset information and the preset metadata corresponding all data regions of the downmix signal based on the preset attribute information; a dynamic preset mode receiving unit receiving the preset information and the preset metadata corresponding single data region of the downmix signal based on the preset attribute information; and a rendering unit controlling the object by applying the preset information to the all data regions or the single data region of the downmix signal. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265176 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The preset invention includes receiving a downmix signal including at least one object, object information based on attribute of the object, preset information to render the downmix signal and preset attribute information indicating attribute of the preset information; rendering the downmix signal by applying the preset information to all data regions of the downmix signal, if the preset information is included in an extension region of a configuration information region based on the preset attribute information; and rendering the downmix signal by applying the preset information to one corresponding data region of the downmix signal, if the preset information is included in an extension region of a data region based on the preset attribute information. | 10-22-2009 |
20090271015 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The preset invention includes receiving object information and a downmix signal including at least one object, the object information comprising data type information and at least one of object gain and object gain ratio; determining whether preset information to render the object is included in the extension region of the object information, based on the data type information; generating initial preset information to render the object by using at least one of the object gain and the object gain ration, if the preset information is not included in the object information; and rendering the object being included the downmix signal by using the initial preset information. | 10-29-2009 |
20090325524 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A signal processing apparatus and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving a low frequency downmix signal including a multi channel signal, phase shift information and spatial information corresponding to parameter band of the low frequency downmix signal, generating the multi channel signal by applying the spatial information based on the parameter band to a whole frequency downmix signal, generating estimated phase shift information of a parameter band by using the phase shift information, and generating a phase shift multi channel signal by shifting a phase of the multi channel signal based on the phase shift information and the estimated phase shift information. | 12-31-2009 |
20100017002 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The method comprises receiving a downmix signal, object information indicating attribute of the object and including object number information, preset information to render the downmix signal, external preset information being inputted from external, and applied object number information indicating the number of object being applied the external preset information; determining whether the applied object number information is identical to the object number information; and rendering the downmix signal by using the external preset information, if the applied object number information is identical to the object number information, wherein the external preset rendering parameter renders the object being included in the downmix signal and the external preset metadata indicates attribute of the external preset rendering parameter. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017003 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an information receiving unit receiving a downmix signal including and a plurality of preset informations; an external preset information receiving unit receiving a plurality of external preset informations being inputted from external; an external preset applying-determining unit determining whether the plurality of the external preset informations applies to the downmix signal; an external preset information selecting unit selecting one external preset information, if the plurality of external preset informations is selected; and a rendering unit controlling the object by applying the external preset information to the all data regions. | 01-21-2010 |
20100027811 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for controlling a volume of an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which a volume of an input signal can be controlled by using a non-linear gain curve and a target volume of the input signal. The present invention includes receiving an input signal and reference information controlling a volume of the input signal; and adjusting a volume of the input signal with the reference information, wherein the reference information comprises at least one of metadata indicating characteristics of the input signal, output environment information indicating characteristics of an environment in proximity to the apparatus and stored reference information being transmitted from memory. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027812 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for controlling a volume of an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which a volume of an input signal can be controlled by using a non-linear gain curve and a target volume of the input signal. The present invention includes storing a non-linear gain curve indicating relations between volumes of an input signal and an output signal; receiving an input signal and target volume information; determining a first gain by using the volume of the input signal and the target volume information; determining a second gain from one of a) the volume of the input signal and the target volume information or b) the first gain, by using the non-linear gain curve; and adjusting the volume of the input signal by applying the second gain to the input signal, wherein the non-linear gain curve is generated by using non-linearity information. A volume of an input signal of this invention is controlled using a non-linear gain curve indicating a relation between a volume of an input signal and a volume of an output signal. Therefore, the present invention is able to reduce or expand a dynamic range of an output volume. | 02-04-2010 |
20100034394 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method for processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes obtaining a stereophonic audio signal including a speech component signal and other component signals, obtaining gain values for each channel of the audio signal, determining whether the audio signal is an inverse-phase mono signal including left and right channel whose phase is inverted, inverting a phase of the obtained gain value corresponding to the one channel of the audio signal when the audio signal is an inverse-phase mono signal, modifying the speech component signal based on the inverted phase of the gain value, and generating a modified audio signal including the modified speech component signal, wherein the modified audio signal is in-phase mono signal. Accordingly, a volume of a speech signal of an inverse-phase audio signal and method thereof, in which a sign of a final gain value corresponding to one channel of the audio signal is changed or a value of the final gain corresponding to one channel of the audio signal is adjusted through a process for determining whether an input signal is an inverse-phase mono signal including left and right channel whose phase is inverted. | 02-11-2010 |
20100054485 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method for processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes obtaining a plural-channel audio signal including a speech component signal and other component signals, obtaining gain of the audio signal, obtaining modification strength parameter determining the strength of the modification of the speech component signal, modifying the gain based on the modification strength parameter, and modifying the speech component signal based on the modified gain. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061566 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which a local dynamic range of an audio signal can be adaptively normalized as well as a maximum dynamic range of the audio signal. The present invention includes receiving a signal, by an audio processing apparatus; computing a long-term power and a short-term power by estimating power of the signal; generating a slow gain based on the long-term power; generating a fast gain based on the short-term power; obtaining a final gain by combining the slow gain and the fast gain; and, modifying the signal using the final gain. | 03-11-2010 |
20100070284 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an encoded signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which an audio signal can be compressed and reconstructed in higher efficiency. | 03-18-2010 |
20100085117 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which a local dynamic range of an audio signal can be adaptively normalized as well as a maximum dynamic range of the audio signal. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, a signal, and feedback information estimated based on a normalizing gain; generating a noise estimation based on the signal; computing a gain filter for noise canceling, based on the noise estimation and the signal; and, obtaining a restricted gain filter by applying the feedback information to the gain filter. | 04-08-2010 |
20100094443 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes an apparatus for a processing a signal, the apparatus comprising: a wire/wireless communication unit receiving object information and an audio signal which comprises multiple object groups from a multipoint control unit; a signal coding unit obtaining object group information by decoding the object information; a display unit displaying the object group information; and, an input unit receiving selection command designating at least one object group as non-recipient terminal among multiple object groups, based on the object group information; wherein, when the selection command is received, the signal coding unit generates destination information using the selection command, wherein, when the destination information is generated, the wire/wireless communication unit transmits the destination information to the multiple control unit, wherein the multiple object groups comprise first object group of first terminal and second object group of second terminal. | 04-15-2010 |
20100106270 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention comprises receiving downmix signal including object signals, transforming the downmix signal per frequency band, determining a direction of an object signal from the transformed downmix signal, and determining blind information by estimating a level of the object signal corresponding to the direction. Accordingly, the present invention generates blind information in case of using an encoder incapable of generating object information, thereby enabling a gain and panning of object to be controlled using the blind information. | 04-29-2010 |
20100119073 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - Disclosed is a method of processing an audio signal, including obtaining ratio information between a main signal and a sub-signal and gain range information of an object and modifying parameter information including at least one of an object parameter and a control parameter based on the ratio information and the gain range information. Disclosed is a method of processing an audio signal, including generating ratio information using object information, generating gain range information of an object using the ratio information, and modifying parameter information including at least one of an object parameter and a control parameter based on the gain range information. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121470 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - Disclosed is a method of processing an audio signal, including obtaining ratio information between a main signal and a sub-signal and gain range information of an object and modifying parameter information including at least one of an object parameter and a control parameter based on the ratio information and the gain range information. Disclosed is a method of processing an audio signal, including generating ratio information using object information, generating gain range information of an object using the ratio information, and modifying parameter information including at least one of an object parameter and a control parameter based on the gain range information. | 05-13-2010 |
20100142731 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal, a residual signal and object information; extracting at least one of a background-object signal and a foreground-object signal from the downmix signal using the residual signal; receiving mix information comprising gain control information for the background-object signal; generating a downmix processing information based on the object information and the mix information; and, generating a processed downmix signal comprising a modified background-object signal to which an adjusted gain corresponding to the gain control information is applied, by applying the downmix processing information to the at least one of the background-object signal and the foreground-object signal is disclosed. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145487 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving downmix information of at least one downmixed object signal, obtaining side information including object information, and mix information, generating plural channel information based on the side information and the mix information, and generating an output channel signal from the downmix information using the plural channel information, wherein the object information includes at least one of level information of the object signal, correlation information of the object signal, gain information of the object signal and supplementary information thereof. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145711 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving downmix information, object information and mix information, generating and transferring multi-channel information using at least one of the downmix information, the object information and the mix information, and selectively generating and transferring either first gain information or extra multi-channel information including second gain information in accordance with a decoding mode using at least one of the object information and the mix information. | 06-10-2010 |
20100189266 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention comprises receiving a downmix signal, object information and preset information, generating downmix processing information using the object information and the preset information, processing the downmix signal using the downmix processing information, and generating multi-channel information using the object information and the preset information, wherein the preset information is extracted from a bitstream. Accordingly, a gain and panning of an object can be easily controlled without user's setting for each object using preset information set in advance. And, a gain and panning of an object can be controlled using preset information modified based on a selection made by a user. | 07-29-2010 |
20100189281 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof, comprising receiving a downmix signal comprising at least one normal object signal, and bitstream including object information determined when the downmix signal is generated; extracting extension type identifier indicating whether the downmix signal further comprises a multi-channel object signal, from extension part of the bitstream; when the extension type identifier indicates that the downmix signal further comprise multi-channel object signal, extracting first spatial information from the bitstream; and, transmitting at least one of the first spatial information and the second spatial information; wherein the first spatial information is determined when a multi-channel source signal are downmixed into the multi-channel object signal, wherein the second information is generated using the object information and mix information, are disclosed. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191354 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving the audio signal including object information, obtaining correlation information indicating whether an object is grouped with other object from the received audio signal, and obtaining one meta information common to grouped objects based on the correlation information. | 07-29-2010 |
20100198602 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof. The present invention includes receiving a downmix signal comprising plural objects, and a bitstream including object information and downmix gain information, obtaining level guide flag information for all frames indicating whether level guide information is present in the bitstream, obtaining the level guide information representing a limitation of object level applied to at least one object of the plural objects, from the bitstream, based on the level guide flag information, receiving mix information, generating modified mix information by modifying the mix information based on the level guide information and the downmix gain information, and generating at least one of downmix processing information and multi-channel information based on the modified mix information and the object information, wherein the mix information is estimated using object level for at least one object of the plural objects, and wherein the object information and the downmix gain information are determined when the downmix signal is generated. | 08-05-2010 |
20100199204 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof. The present invention includes a receiving unit receiving a downmix signal comprising plural objects, a bitstream including object information and level guide information, and a graphical user interface receiving a user input for controlling level for at least one object among the plural objects, and displaying a representation corresponding to the level guide information, wherein the object information is determined when the downmix signal is generated, the level guide information indicates rendering limit for at least one object of the plural objects, the representation includes a non-recommended rendering region representing the rendering limit and a recommended rendering region representing rendering range except for the rendering limit. | 08-05-2010 |
20100202620 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof. The present invention includes receiving a downmix signal comprising at least one object signal, and a bitstream including object information and downmix channel level difference, when the downmix signal comprises at least two object signals, extracting a relation identifier from the bitstream, the relation identifier indicating whether two object signals among the at least two object signals are related to each other, identifying whether the two object signals correspond to stereo object signals, using the downmix channel level difference and the relation identifier, generating mix information including a first element and a second element using a single user input, and generating at least one of downmix processing information and multi channel information based on the object information and the mix information, wherein the stereo object signals includes a left object signal and a right object signal, the first element is applied to the left object signal of the stereo object signal to output a first channel, the second element is applied to the right object signal of the stereo object signal to output a second channel, and the first element is negatively related to the second element. | 08-12-2010 |
20100228368 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an input signal; extracting a low frequency signal, a mid frequency signal and a high frequency signal from the input signal; obtaining at least one of a low-band gain and a harmonic control factor, based on a loudspeaker characteristic; obtaining mid-band gain based on the loudspeaker characteristic; generating a modified low frequency signal by applying the low-band gain to the low frequency signal; when the harmonic control factor is obtained, generating a harmonic signal from the modified low frequency signal using the harmonic control factor, generating a modified mid frequency signal by applying the mid-band gain to the mid frequency signal; and, generating a mixed signal by mixing the modified mid frequency signal, the high frequency signal, and at least one of the modified low frequency signal and the harmonic signal. | 09-09-2010 |
20100241438 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS OF DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of decoding an audio signal is disclosed, The present invention includes the steps of receiving the audio signal having a plurality of channel signals including an ambient component signal and a source component signal, extracting the ambient component signal and the source component signal of each of the channels based on correlation between the channel signals, modifying the ambient component signal using surround effect information, and generating the audio signal including a plurality of channels using the modified ambient component signal and the source component signal. Accordingly, in an apparatus for decoding an audio signal and method thereof according to the present invention, an ambient component signal is extracted and modified based on correlation and the modified ambient and source component signals are outputted using different signal output units, respectively. Therefore, the present invention enhances a stereo effect of the audio signal. And, a signal output unit for outputting a ambient component signal is arranged to have an output direction different from that of another signal output unit for outputting a source component signal, whereby a listener can be provided with an audio signal of which ambient sound is enhanced. | 09-23-2010 |
20100250259 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS OF DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - The present invention includes an audio signal receiving unit receiving the audio signal having a plurality of channel signals including an ambient component signal and a source component signal; an ambient component signal extracting unit extracting the ambient component signal of each of the channels based on correlation between the channel signals; an ambient component signal modifying unit modifying the ambient component signal using surround effect information; a source component signal extracting unit extracting the source component signal of each of the channels based on the correlation between the channel signals; a first signal output unit outputting the modified ambient component signal and the source component signal; and a second signal output unit outputting the audio signal or the source component signal. Accordingly, in an apparatus for decoding an audio signal and method thereof according to the present invention, an ambient component signal is extracted and modified based on correlation and the modified ambient and source component signals are outputted using different signal output units, respectively. Therefore, the present invention enhances a stereo effect of the audio signal. And, a signal output unit for outputting an ambient component signal is arranged to have an output direction different from that of another signal output unit for outputting a source component signal, whereby a listener can be provided with an audio signal of which ambient sound is enhanced. | 09-30-2010 |
20100274557 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL - A method of processing a signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving extension information and at least one downmix signal of a first downmix signal decoded by a audio coding scheme and a second downmix signal decoded by a speech coding scheme; determining an extension base signal corresponding to a partial region of the downmix signal based on the extension information; and generating an extended downmix signal having a bandwidth extended by reconstructing a high frequency region signal using the extension base signal and the extension information. According to a signal processing method and apparatus of the present invention, signal corresponding to a partial frequency region of the downmix signal is used as the extension base signal. Therefore, the high frequency region of the downmix signal is reconstructed by using the extension base signal having variable bandwidth. | 10-28-2010 |
20100286804 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL - A method of processing a signal is disclosed, which includes receiving a downmix signal, object information and rendering information; obtaining downmix gain flag information indicating whether a downmix gain is included in the object information; and generating downmix processing information using the object information and the rendering information based on the downmix gain flag information, wherein the object information includes modified object level information or object level information, wherein the modified object level information is determined using a level of a modified object generated by applying the downmix gain to an object, and wherein the object level information is determined using a level of the object. Accordingly, in an apparatus for processing a signal and method thereof according to the present invention, the signal is decoded using modified object level information based on downmix gain flag information. Therefore, the present invention enables to select an efficient signal processing method according to an environment. | 11-11-2010 |
20100296669 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an input signal; receiving user gain input; generating a linear gain factor and a non-linear gain factor using the user gain input; modifying the non-linear gain factor using absolute threshold of hearing and power of the input signal to generate a modified non-linear gain factor; and, applying the linear gain factor and the modified non-linear gain factor to the audio signal. | 11-25-2010 |
20100303243 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL - A method of processing a signal is disclosed, which includes receiving a downmix signal, object information and rendering information; and generating downmix processing information using the object information and the rendering information, the object information including modified object level information, wherein the modified object level information is determined using a level of a modified object generated by applying a downmix gain to an object. Accordingly, in an apparatus for processing a signal and method thereof according to the present invention, the signal is decoded using object information including modified object level information. Therefore, since a downmix gain is not transmitted, the present invention is able to reduce a used bit for object information and decode a signal using less information. | 12-02-2010 |
20100305956 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL - A method and apparatus for processing a signal are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes receiving extension information and a downmix signal decoded by either an audio coding scheme or a speech coding scheme, the downmix signal having a bandwidth of a low frequency signal; generating an upmixing signal from the downmix signal by using channel extension; determining an extension base signal corresponding to partial band of the upmixing signal based on the extension information; and generating an extended upmixing signal by applying the extension information to the extension base signal, the extended upmixing signal having a bandwidth extended by reconstructing a high frequency signal. | 12-02-2010 |
20100310085 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an input signal; estimating indicator function using a signal power of the input signal; obtaining an adapted filter using the indicator function and an equalization filter; and, generating an output signal by applying the adapted filter to the input signal. | 12-09-2010 |
20100312551 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL - Disclosed is a method of processing a signal, which includes receiving at least one of a first signal and a second signal, receiving mode information, and coding the at least one of the first signal and the second signal using at least one of a first coding scheme and a second coding scheme according to the mode information, wherein the mode information is information for indicating that a prescribed mode corresponds to which one of at least three modes. | 12-09-2010 |
20110040567 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method for decoding an audio signal comprises receiving a combined downmix, a combined object information, and a mix information, the combined downmix being generating using at least two downmix signals, the combined object information being made by combination of at least two sets of object information, generating a downmix processing information using the combined object information and the mix information, and processing the combined downmix using the downmix processing information. | 02-17-2011 |
20110075855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS - A method for processing an audio signal is disclosed. The method for processing an audio signal includes frequency-transforming an audio signal to generate a frequency-spectrum, deciding a weighting per band corresponding to energy per band using the frequency spectrum, receiving a masking threshold based on a psychoacoustic model, applying the weighting to the masking threshold to generate a modified masking threshold, and quantizing the audio signal using the modified masking threshold. | 03-31-2011 |
20110109722 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A MEDIA SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for processing a media signal, comprising: receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first channel signal and a second channel signal; estimating center sound by applying a band-pass filter to the first channel signal and the second channel signal; obtaining a first ambient sound by subtracting the center sound from the first channel signal; obtaining a second ambient sound by subtracting the center sound from the second channel signal; applying at least one of delay and reverberation filter to at least one of the first ambient sound and the second ambient sound to generate a processed ambient sound; and, generating pseudo surround signal using the center sound and the processed ambient sound is provided. | 05-12-2011 |
20110153335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS - An audio signal processing method is disclosed. The audio signal processing method includes receiving a residual and long term prediction information, performing inverse frequency mapping with respect to the residual to generate a synthesized residual, and performing long term synthesis based on the synthesized residual and the long term prediction information to generate a synthesized audio signal of a current frame, wherein the long term prediction information comprises a final prediction gain and a final pitch lag, the final pitch lag has a range starting with 0, and the long term synthesis is performed based on a synthesized audio signal of a frame comprising a preceding frame. | 06-23-2011 |
20120185257 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 07-19-2012 |
20120239408 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, coding identification information indicating whether to apply a first coding scheme or a second coding scheme to a current frame; when the coding identification information indicates that the second coding scheme is applied to the current frame, receiving window type information indicating a particular window for the current frame, from among a plurality of windows; identifying that a current window is a long stop window based on the window type information, wherein the long stop window is followed by only long window of a following frame, wherein the long stop window includes a gentle long stop window and a steep long stop window; and, when the first coding scheme is applied to a previous frame, applying the gentle long stop window to the current frame, wherein: the gentle long stop window comprise an ascending line with first slope, the steep long stop window comprise an ascending line with second slope, and, the first slope is gentler than the second slope. | 09-20-2012 |
20130013321 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes a method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, the spectral data including a current block, and substitution type information indicating whether to apply a shape prediction scheme to a current block; when the substitution type information indicates that the shape prediction scheme is applied to the current block, receiving lag information indicating an interval between spectral coefficients of the current block and the predictive shape vector of a current frame or a previous frame; obtaining spectral coefficients by substituting for spectral hole included in the current block using the predictive shape vector. | 01-10-2013 |
20130325486 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325487 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 12-05-2013 |
20130332149 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 12-12-2013 |
20140019143 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 01-16-2014 |
20140025387 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025388 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first data of a first block encoded with rectangular coding scheme and a second data of a second block encoded with non-rectangular coding scheme; receiving a compensation signal corresponding to the second block; estimating a prediction of an aliasing part using the first data; and, obtaining a reconstructed signal for the second block based on the second data, the compensation signal and the prediction of aliasing part. | 01-23-2014 |
20140105422 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of processing an audio signal, the method including receiving a downmix signal and a first information, the downmix signal including at least one object, the first information including object information indicating an attribute of the at least one object; receiving a second information, the second information including external preset information and applied object number information, the external preset information being an external input and including an external preset rendering parameter and external preset metadata, the applied object number information indicating a number of objects to which the external preset information is applied; generating downmix processing information controlling panning or gain of the downmix signal by using the object information and the external preset information based on the applied object number information; and modifying the downmix signal by using the downmix processing information. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105423 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof, the method including receiving a downmix signal including at least one normal object signal, and a bitstream including object information determined when the downmix signal is generated; extracting an extension type identifier indicating whether the downmix signal further includes a multi-channel object signal, from an extension part of the bitstream; extracting spatial information from the bitstream when the extension type identifier indicates that the downmix signal further includes the multi-channel object signal; and transmitting spatial information when mode information indicates that the least one normal object signal is to be suppressed. The spatial information is determined when a multi-channel source signal is downmixed into the multi-channel object signal. The mix information is to control an object position or an object level of the at least one normal object signal. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105424 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof, the method including receiving a downmix signal including at least one normal object signal, and a bitstream including object information determined when the downmix signal is generated; extracting, from an extension part of the bitstream, an extension type identifier indicating whether the downmix signal further includes a multi-channel object signal; generating spatial information using the object information and mix information when mode information indicates that the multi-channel object signal is to be suppressed and the extension type identifier indicates that the downmix signal further includes the multi-channel object signal; and transmitting spatial information. The mix information is to control an object position or an object level of the at least one normal object signal. | 04-17-2014 |
20140161285 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of processing an audio signal, and which includes a receiving object information including object level information indicating a level of objects, object gain information and object correlation information; receiving preset presence information and preset number information; receiving preset information based on the preset presence information and the preset number information by an audio decoding apparatus, the preset information including preset metadata representing an attribute mode of the preset information, preset rendering data and preset type information indicating whether the preset rendering data is in a matrix type or not obtaining a preset matrix from the preset rendering data by the audio decoding apparatus, and generating a processed audio signal by controlling a gain or panning of the at least one object included in the audio signal based on the downmix processing information. | 06-12-2014 |
20140177848 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method for processing an audio signal at an audio decoder, the method including receiving a downmix signal, a residual signal, and object information; extracting a background-object signal and a foreground-object signal from the downmix signal using the residual signal and object information; receiving mix information including gain information for the background-object signal; generating a downmix processing information based on the object information and the mix information; and generating an output signal including a modified background-object signal and a modified foreground-object signal. The modified background-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the background-object signal using the mix information. The modified foreground-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the foreground-object signal using the downmix processing information. | 06-26-2014 |