System for audio signal processing with sound spectrum selection

• US 20060193477A1
• Filed: 12/20/2005
• Published: 08/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zehnle, Guido, Gunther, Ludwig
• Application Number:
  US11/314,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20060193477A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/61
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 5/005 of digital signals
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 5/165 Equalizers; Volume or gain control in limited frequency bands
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/34 using an out-of-band subcarrier signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/13 radio data system/radio broadcast data system [RDS/RBDS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/13 Arrangements for device control affected by the broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/47 for recognising genres
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/04 for correcting frequency response

Abstract

An audio signal processing system where an input audio signal is processed with a suitable sound spectrum to form an audio output signal for outputting via a loudspeaker or other means. The audio signal processing system may include a sound spectrum selection module capable of automatically selecting a sound spectrum from a plurality of different sound spectra suitable for processing the input audio signal and changing that sound spectrum whenever there is a change in the source of the input audio signal.

Claims

1. An audio signal processing system, the system comprising:

an audio signal processing module for processing an input audio signal with a sound spectrum and outputting an audio output signal processed with the sound spectrum; and

a sound spectrum selection module capable of selecting the sound spectrum from a plurality of different sound spectra responsive to additional information that is associated with the input audio signal, where the additional information is available to the audio signal processing module together with or parallel to the input audio signal.

2. The audio signal processing system of claim 1, where at least one source of the input audio signal is selected from the group consisting of a receiver, a playback device, a mobile phone, a memory, and a microphone.

3. The audio signal processing system of claim 1, where the sound spectrum selection module is configured to automatically select the sound spectrum responsive to the additional information associated with the input audio signal.

4. The audio signal processing system of claim 3, where the additional information is contained in a data signal associated with the input audio signal.

5. The audio signal processing system of claim 4, where the data signal associated with the audio signal is transmitted independently of the input audio signal.

6. The audio signal processing system of claim 5, where the additional information contained in the data signal includes program codes or program type codes.

7. The audio signal processing system of claim 3, where the additional information is transmitted independently of the audio sound signal from the audio signal source.

8. The audio signal processing system of claim 3, where the additional information further includes identification of the channel by which the input audio signal is transmitted to the sound spectrum selection module.

9. The audio signal processing system of claim 1, where the sound spectrum selection module is configured to select the sound spectrum responsive to an audio analysis of the input audio signal.

10. The audio signal processing system of claim 9, where the audio analysis of the input audio signal includes a frequency or a dynamic analysis.

11. The audio signal processing system of claim 2, further including a switching device capable of switching the automatic selection of the sound spectrum on and off.

12. The audio signal processing system of claim 2, further including at least one memory in which a plurality of sound spectra are stored.

13. The audio signal processing system of claim 12, where the sound spectra stored in memory are each mapped to a different type of input audio signal.

14. The audio signal processing system of claim 12, further including means for adding, deleting, and modifying the sound spectra accessed by the sound spectrum selection module.

15. A method for processing an audio input signal with a sound spectrum, the method comprising:

receiving the input audio signal from an audio signal source;

receiving additional information from the audio signal source that is associated with the input audio signal;

selecting the sound spectrum from a plurality of sound spectra responsive to the additional information;

processing the input audio signal with the selected sound spectrum; and

producing an output audio signal from the processed input audio signal.

16. The method of claim 15, where the sound spectrum is automatically selected from the plurality of sound spectra responsive to the additional information.

17. The method of claim 15, where the additional information is transmitted together with the input audio signal and includes program codes or program type codes.

18. The method of claim 15, where the additional information is transmitted independently of the input audio signal.

19. The method of claim 15, where the additional information is obtained from an audio analysis of the input audio signal.

20. The method of claim 19, where the audio analysis of the input audio signal includes a frequency or a dynamic analysis.

21. The method of claim 15, where the additional information used to select the sound spectrum includes an identification of the channel by which the input audio signal is received.