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Encoder/decoder for multidimensional sound fields
Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-07
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Granted: 1997-05-20
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Expires: 2015-06-07
Abstract
Abstract An adaptive high-fidelity perceptual subband encoder for spatially directional multichannel audio signals, using a mixture of individual-channel subband coding with subband-steered composite-channel signal coding that combines the spectral components of the individual channel subbands selected for steering. The composite channel representation includes a subband steering control signal which either conveys the levels of the spectral components from all the steered channels, or represents the apparent directions (net directional vectors) of the spectral components from all the steered channels.
Inventors
- 👤 Mark F. Davis
- 👤 Craig C. Todd
- 👤 Ray Milton Dolby
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 12:17
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10L; G10L19/00; G10L19/008; H; H04; H04S; H04S3/00; H04S3/008
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
140 words
An encoder for encoding a plurality of input signals, comprising steering means responsive to said plurality of input signals for generating a composite signal having its frequency spectrum in a plurality of frequency bands, or one or more individual signals and, under certain conditions, a composite signal, said one or more individual signals and said composite signal having their respective frequency spectra in one frequency band or in a plurality of frequency bands, control means responsive to said steering means for generating a steering control signal having one or more components relating to said one frequency band of said second-recited composite signal or said plurality of frequency bands of said first or second-recited composite signal, and formatting means for assembling said composite signal and said steering control signal into a coded signal having a form suitable for transmission or storage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
140 words
An encoder for encoding a plurality of input signals, comprising steering means responsive to said plurality of input signals for generating a composite signal having its frequency spectrum in a plurality of frequency bands, or one or more individual signals and, under certain conditions, a composite signal, said one or more individual signals and said composite signal having their respective frequency spectra in one frequency band or in a plurality of frequency bands, control means responsive to said steering means for generating a steering control signal having one or more components relating to said one frequency band of said second-recited composite signal or said plurality of frequency bands of said first or second-recited composite signal, and formatting means for assembling said composite signal and said steering control signal into a coded signal having a form suitable for transmission or storage.
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