METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS ON BASIS OF SPEAKER INFORMATION

• US 20180122396A1
• Filed: 02/23/2016
• Published: 05/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Yoon-jae, KIM, Chang-yeong, OH, Eun-mi, KIM, Sun-min, PARK, Hae-kwang, CHANG, Ji-ho, CHO, Jae-youn, HWANG, Seon-ho
• Application Number:
  US15/566,278
• Publication Number:
  US 20180122396A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/26 Pre-filtering or post-filtering
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/02 Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation reducing echo effects in line transmission systems H04B3/20; echo suppression in hands-free telephones H04M9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2205/024 Positioning of loudspeaker enclosures for spatial sound reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/04 Circuit arrangements, e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments combinations of amplifiers H03F3/68; stereophonic systems H04S

Abstract

A method of processing an audio signal includes obtaining filter functions for audio signals, the filter functions determined according to predetermined locations of a plurality of speakers; obtaining location information of the plurality of speakers via which the audio signals are to be output; correcting the filter functions based on the location information; and processing the audio signals by using the corrected filter functions.

Claims

1. A method of processing an audio signal, the method comprising:

obtaining a filter function for enhancing a sound quality of an audio signal;

obtaining location information of a plurality of speakers via which the audio signal is to be output;

correcting the filter function based on the location information; and

processing the audio signal by using the corrected filter function.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting the processed audio signal such that a sound image of the audio signal is located at a predetermined location on a multimedia device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing a change in the location information of at least one of the plurality of speakers;

correcting the filter function based on the sensed changed location information; and

processing the audio signal by using the corrected filter function.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information comprises at least one of a distance and angle between each of the plurality of speakers and a listener.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the correcting of the filter function comprises:

determining parameters based on the location information; and

correcting the filter function by using the parameters.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the parameters comprise at least one of:

a panning gain for correcting directions of a sound image of the audio signal, based on the location information of the plurality of speakers;

a gain for correcting a sound level of the sound image of the audio signal, based on the location information of the plurality of speakers; and

a delay time for compensating for a phase difference between sound images of the audio signal, based on the location information of the plurality of speakers.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the filter function comprise a filter function having flat frequency response characteristics in a predetermined frequency band and configured to add a feeling of elevation to the audio signal, or a filter function configured to add notch characteristics to the audio signal, wherein the notch characteristics are characteristics of an audio signal to which the feeling of elevation is added.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method of claim 1.

8. An apparatus for processing an audio signal, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit for obtaining an audio signal and location information of a plurality of speakers via which the audio signal is to be output;

a control unit for obtaining filter function for enhancing a sound quality of the audio signal, correcting the filter function based on the location information, and processing the audio signal by using the corrected filter function; and

an output unit for outputting the processed audio signal via the plurality of speakers.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the output unit outputs the processed audio signal such that a sound image of the audio signal is located at a predetermined location on a multimedia device.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit senses a change in the location information of at least one of the plurality of speakers, corrects the filter function based on the sensed changed location information, and processes the audio signal by using the corrected filter function.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the location information comprises at least one of a distance and angle between each of the plurality of speakers and a listener.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit determines parameters based on the location information, and corrects the filter function by using the parameters.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the parameters comprise at least one of:

a panning gain for correcting a direction of a sound image of the audio signal, based on the location information of the plurality of speakers;

a gain for correcting a sound level of the sound image of the audio signal, based on the location information of the plurality of speakers; and

a delay time for compensating for a phase difference between sound images of the audio signal, based on the location information of the plurality of speakers.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the filter function comprise a filter function having flat frequency response characteristics in a predetermined frequency band and configured to add a feeling of elevation to the audio signal, or a filter function configured to add notch characteristics to the audio signal, wherein the notch characteristics are characteristics of an audio signal to which the feeling of elevation is added.