Immersive audio rendering system
First Claim
1. A method of modulating a perspective enhancement applied to an audio signal, the method comprising:
- receiving left and right audio signals, the left and right audio signals each comprising information about a spatial position of a sound source relative to a listener;
calculating difference information in the left and right audio signals;
applying at least one perspective filter to the difference information in the left and right audio signals to yield left and right output signals; and
applying a gain to the left and right output signals, a value of the gain based at least in part on the calculated difference information;
wherein at least said applying the gain is performed by one or more processors.
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Abstract
A depth processing system can employ stereo speakers to achieve immersive effects. The depth processing system can advantageously manipulate phase and/or amplitude information to render audio along a listener'"'"'s median plane, thereby rendering audio along varying depths. In one embodiment, the depth processing system analyzes left and right stereo input signals to infer depth, which may change over time. The depth processing system can then vary the phase and/or amplitude decorrelation between the audio signals over time to enhance the sense of depth already present in the audio signals, thereby creating an immersive depth effect.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of modulating a perspective enhancement applied to an audio signal, the method comprising:
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receiving left and right audio signals, the left and right audio signals each comprising information about a spatial position of a sound source relative to a listener; calculating difference information in the left and right audio signals; applying at least one perspective filter to the difference information in the left and right audio signals to yield left and right output signals; and applying a gain to the left and right output signals, a value of the gain based at least in part on the calculated difference information; wherein at least said applying the gain is performed by one or more processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for modulating a perspective enhancement applied to an audio signal, the system comprising:
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a signal analysis component configured to analyze a plurality of audio signals by at least; receiving left and right audio signals, the left and right audio signals each comprising information about a spatial position of a sound source relative to a listener, and obtaining a difference signal from the left and right audio signals; and a surround processor comprising one or more physical processors, the surround processor configured to apply at least one perspective filter to the difference signal to yield left and right output signals, wherein an output of the at least one perspective filter is modulated based at least in part on the difference signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Non-transitory physical computer storage comprising instructions stored therein configured to implement, in one or more processors, operations for modulating a perspective enhancement applied to an audio signal, the operations comprising:
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receiving left and right audio signals, the left and right audio signals each comprising information about a spatial position of a sound source relative to a listener; calculating difference information in the left and right audio signals; applying at least one perspective filter to the difference information to yield left and right output signals; and modulating said application of the at least one perspective filter based at least in part on the calculated difference information.
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20. A system for modulating a perspective enhancement applied to an audio signal, the system comprising:
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means for receiving left and right audio signals, the left and right audio signals each comprising information about a spatial position of a sound source relative to a listener; means for calculating difference information in the left and right audio signals; means for applying at least one perspective filter to the difference information to yield left and right output signals; and means for modulating said application of the at least one perspective filter based at least in part on the calculated difference information.
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