Systems and methods of remotely enabling sound enhancement techniques
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1. A method of identifying a surround sound audio technique in an encoded audio stream, the method comprising:
- encoding with a surround sound matrix encoder a first multi-channel audio signal into a first two-channel audio signal, the first multi-channel audio corresponding to audio for a first television commercial, the surround sound matrix encoder comprising a Circle Surround encoder;
encoding with the surround sound matrix encoder a second multi-channel audio signal into a second two-channel audio signal, the second multi-channel audio corresponding to audio for a second television commercial;
embedding a watermark in at least one channel of the first two-channel audio signal to produce a watermarked audio signal, the watermark configured to identify the watermarked audio signal as surround sound matrix encoded audio, the watermark comprising a pattern of data that can be detected by a watermark detector and having a bit rate of at least one bit per three seconds, the watermark being substantially inaudible;
transmitting the watermarked audio signal and the second two-channel audio signal to a watermark detector, the watermark detector configured to;
analyze the watermarked audio signal for a predetermined period of time lasting between approximately 1 millisecond and 3 seconds to detect the watermark;
transmit a first control signal to a matrix decoder in response to detecting the presence of the watermark in the watermarked audio signal, the first control signal indicating the presence of a watermark in the watermarked audio signal;
analyze the second two-channel audio signal for a predetermined period of time lasting between approximately 1 millisecond and 3 seconds to detect the watermark; and
transmit a second control signal to the matrix decoder in response to detecting the presence of the watermark in the watermarked audio signal, the second control signal indicating the lack of a watermark in the second two-channel audio signal; and
transmitting the watermarked audio signal and the second two-channel audio signal to the matrix detector.
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Abstract
A system and method of remotely enabling sound enhancement techniques is disclosed. In an embodiment, a watermark is embedded in an encoded multi-channel audio stream to remotely enable an enhancement decoder portion of a multi-channel audio decoder.
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1. A method of identifying a surround sound audio technique in an encoded audio stream, the method comprising:
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encoding with a surround sound matrix encoder a first multi-channel audio signal into a first two-channel audio signal, the first multi-channel audio corresponding to audio for a first television commercial, the surround sound matrix encoder comprising a Circle Surround encoder; encoding with the surround sound matrix encoder a second multi-channel audio signal into a second two-channel audio signal, the second multi-channel audio corresponding to audio for a second television commercial; embedding a watermark in at least one channel of the first two-channel audio signal to produce a watermarked audio signal, the watermark configured to identify the watermarked audio signal as surround sound matrix encoded audio, the watermark comprising a pattern of data that can be detected by a watermark detector and having a bit rate of at least one bit per three seconds, the watermark being substantially inaudible; transmitting the watermarked audio signal and the second two-channel audio signal to a watermark detector, the watermark detector configured to; analyze the watermarked audio signal for a predetermined period of time lasting between approximately 1 millisecond and 3 seconds to detect the watermark; transmit a first control signal to a matrix decoder in response to detecting the presence of the watermark in the watermarked audio signal, the first control signal indicating the presence of a watermark in the watermarked audio signal; analyze the second two-channel audio signal for a predetermined period of time lasting between approximately 1 millisecond and 3 seconds to detect the watermark; and transmit a second control signal to the matrix decoder in response to detecting the presence of the watermark in the watermarked audio signal, the second control signal indicating the lack of a watermark in the second two-channel audio signal; and transmitting the watermarked audio signal and the second two-channel audio signal to the matrix detector. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of identifying a surround sound audio encoding technique in an audio stream comprising:
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embedding a watermark in multi-channel audio, wherein the watermark identifies the audio as surround sound matrix encoded audio; and encoding with a surround sound matrix encoder the multi-channel audio having the embedded watermark into two-channel audio. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A method of identifying a surround sound audio technique in an encoded audio stream comprising:
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receiving two-channel audio with an embedded watermark, wherein the watermark identifies a surround sound audio encoding process associated with the two-channel audio; detecting the watermark, and activating a surround sound matrix decoder when the watermark identifies a surround sound matrix encoding process; and decoding with the active surround sound matrix decoder the two-channel audio into multi-channel audio for playback through a speaker system. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. An apparatus to identify a surround sound audio technique comprising:
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a watermark encoder to embed a watermark in a multi-channel audio stream, wherein the watermark identifies a surround sound encoding process associated with a surround sound matrix encoder; and the surround sound matrix encoder to encode the multi-channel audio stream with the embedded watermark into a two-channel audio stream. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. An apparatus to remotely enable a surround sound audio decoder comprising:
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a receiver to receive an encoded two-channel audio stream with an embedded watermark, wherein the watermark identifies a surround sound encoding process associated with the two-channel audio stream; a watermark detector to detect the watermark and to enable a surround sound audio decoder when the watermark identifies the surround sound encoding process associated with the surround sound audio decoder; and the enabled surround sound audio decoder to decode the two-channel audio stream into a multi-channel audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An apparatus to remotely enable an enhanced audio decoder comprising:
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a watermark encoder to embed a watermark in a multi-channel audio stream, wherein the watermark identifies an audio encoding process associated with an enhanced audio encoder; and the enhanced audio encoder to encode the multi-channel audio stream with the embedded watermark into a two-channel audio stream. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An apparatus to remotely enable an enhanced audio decoder comprising:
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a receiver to receive an encoded two-channel audio stream with an embedded watermark, wherein the watermark identifies an audio encoding process associated with the two-channel audio stream; a watermark detector to detect the watermark and to enable an enhanced audio decoder when the watermark identifies the audio encoding process associated with the enhanced audio decoder; and the enabled enhanced audio decoder to decode the two-channel audio stream. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method of identifying a sound enhancement technique in an encoded audio stream comprising:
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enhancing audio with an audio enhancement technique; and incorporating a watermark into the enhanced audio to produce a watermarked audio stream, wherein the watermark identifies the audio enhancement technique. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method of identifying a sound enhancement technique in an encoded audio stream comprising:
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receiving an enhanced audio stream with an embedded watermark, wherein the watermark identifies an audio enhancement process associated with the enhanced audio stream; detecting the watermark; and activating an enhanced audio decoder to decode the enhanced audio stream when the detected watermark indicates the enhancement process associated with the enhanced audio decoder. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. An apparatus to identify Circle Surround encoded audio comprising:
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a means to embed a watermark in an audio stream indicating the audio stream is a Circle Surround encoded audio stream; and a Circle Surround matrix encoder to encode the audio stream as the Circle Surround encoded audio.
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28. An apparatus to remotely enable a Circle Surround matrix decoder comprising:
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a receiving means to receive a Circle Surround encoded audio stream with an embedded watermark, wherein the watermark identifies the audio stream as the Circle Surround encoded audio stream; a means to detect the watermark; and a means to activate a Circle Surround matrix decoder to decode the Circle Surround encoded audio stream when the watermark is detected.
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