Center channel enhancement of virtual sound images
First Claim
1. A method for enhancing the front sound image during reproduction in a listening space of a stereo sound program, comprising the steps of:
- receiving left and right channels of the stereo sound program;
generating a virtual center channel signal from the left and right channels of the stereo sound program; and
driving a center channel speaker with the virtual center channel signal, the center channel speaker disposed at a central location in a front portion of the listening space.
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Abstract
The present invention disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises a method for enhancing the front sound image during reproduction in a listening space of a stereo sound program, comprising the steps of receiving left and right channels of the stereo sound program; generating a virtual center channel signal from the left and right channels of the stereo sound program; and driving a center channel speaker with the virtual center channel signal, the center channel speaker disposed at a central location in a front portion of the listening space.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for enhancing the front sound image during reproduction in a listening space of a stereo sound program, comprising the steps of:
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receiving left and right channels of the stereo sound program;
generating a virtual center channel signal from the left and right channels of the stereo sound program; and
driving a center channel speaker with the virtual center channel signal, the center channel speaker disposed at a central location in a front portion of the listening space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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15. A method for enhancing the sound field image during reproduction of multichannel sound, comprising the steps of:
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receiving left and right channels of the stereo sound program;
generating a virtual center channel signal from the left and right channels of the stereo sound program; and
driving a center channel speaker with the virtual center channel signal, the center channel speaker disposed at a central location in a front portion of the listening space; and
feeding respective left and right binauralized output signals resulting from processing the left and right channels of the stereo sound program in a binauralizer to respective left and right localized loudspeakers positioned in rearward-facing orientation in the plane of the zygomatic arch proximate each respective left and right ear of a listener. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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