SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING AN ACOUSTIC SPACE WITH AUDIO SOURCE CONTENT
First Claim
1. An audio signal processing system for modifying an acoustic space with audio source content, the audio signal processing system comprising:
- a processor;
a memory in communication with the processor;
the memory configured to store a plurality of modules executable by the processor, the modules comprising;
a reverberation generator module configured to adjust an early reflection of an audio signal to modify a user perceived height of a ceiling of a listening space;
a signal modification module configured to create a multi-channel output signal based on the adjusted audio signal, the multichannel output signal comprising a first channel output signal configured to drive a first loudspeaker positioned in a listening space above a listener, and a second channel output signal configured to drive a second loudspeaker positioned in the listening space below an elevation of a listener'"'"'s ears.
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Abstract
An audio signal processing system is configured to separate an audio signal into a dry signal component and one or more reverberant signal components. The dry signal component and the reverberant signal components can be separately modified and then recombined to form a processed audio signal. Alternatively, the dry signal component may be combined with an artificial reverberation component to form the processed audio signal. Modification of the reverberation signal component and generation of the artificial reverberation component may be performed in order to modify the acoustic characteristics of an acoustic space in which the audio signal is driving loudspeakers. The audio signal may be a pre-recorded audio signal or a live audio signal generated inside or outside the acoustic space.
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22 Claims
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1. An audio signal processing system for modifying an acoustic space with audio source content, the audio signal processing system comprising:
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a processor; a memory in communication with the processor;
the memory configured to store a plurality of modules executable by the processor, the modules comprising;a reverberation generator module configured to adjust an early reflection of an audio signal to modify a user perceived height of a ceiling of a listening space; a signal modification module configured to create a multi-channel output signal based on the adjusted audio signal, the multichannel output signal comprising a first channel output signal configured to drive a first loudspeaker positioned in a listening space above a listener, and a second channel output signal configured to drive a second loudspeaker positioned in the listening space below an elevation of a listener'"'"'s ears. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of modifying an acoustic space with audio source content, comprising:
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processing an audio input signal, the audio input signal including a dry component and a reverberant component; adjusting a level and a delay of an early reflection of only the reverberant component of the audio input signal to modify a listener perceived height of a ceiling of a listening space; and outputting an adjusted audio output signal to drive a loudspeaker positioned above a listening position in the listening space, the adjusted audio output signal including at least a portion of the adjusted reverberant component and the dry component. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by a processor to modify an acoustic space with audio source content, the computer readable storage medium comprising:
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instructions executable by the processor to process an audio signal having a dry component and a reverberant component; instructions executable by the processor to calculate an estimate of the direct component and an estimate of the reverberant component from the audio signal; instructions executable by the processor to separately adjust early reflections of the estimated reverberant component to adjust a listener perceived height of a listening space, the early reflections separately adjusted based on a target listening space; instructions executable by the processor to generate output frequency spectra based on the adjusted reverberant component and the dry component; and instructions executable by the processor to generate an audio output channel from the frequency spectra, the audio output channel configured to drive a loudspeaker positioned above the listening space. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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