IP Library Granted Patent US 8,064,615
Granted Patent B2
US 8,064,615 · App. 12/430,988 · Granted Nov 22, 2011

Audio signal processing apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,064,615
App. No.
12/430,988
Granted
Nov 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio signal processing apparatus comprising: an audio data generation part for generating third audio data from first audio data and second audio data, the first audio data including first L-channel data and first R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in a word unit, the second audio data including second L-channel data and second R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in the word unit, and the third audio data including the first L-channel data and the second L-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in the word unit; a DA conversion part for dividing the third audio data into the first L-channel data and the second L-channel data and converting the first L-channel data and the second L-channel data into a first analog signal and a second analog signal, respectively; and a combining part for combining the first analog signal with the second analog signal to form a third analog signal.

Claims (39)

1. An audio signal processing apparatus comprising:

an audio data generation part for generating third audio data from first audio data and second audio data, the first audio data including first L-channel data and first R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in a word unit, the second audio data including second L-channel data and second R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in the word unit, and the third audio data including the first L-channel data and the second L-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in the word unit;

a DA conversion part for dividing the third audio data into the first L-channel data and the second L-channel data and converting the first L-channel data and the second L-channel data into a first analog signal and a second analog signal, respectively; and

a combining part for combining the first analog signal with the second analog signal to form a third analog signal.

2. The audio signal processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a switching part for switching between a first output state in which only the first analog signal and the second analog signal are outputted, and a second output state in which at least the third analog signal is outputted.

3. The audio signal processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the audio data generation part further generates fourth audio data including the first R-channel data and the second R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in the word unit,

the audio signal processing apparatus further comprises:

a second DA conversion part for dividing the generated fourth audio data into the first R-channel data and the second R-channel data and converting the first R-channel data and the second R-channel data into a fourth analog signal and a fifth analog signal, respectively; and

a second combining part for combining the fourth analog signal with the fifth analog signal to form a sixth analog signal, and

when an output state is switched to the first output state by the switching part, only the first analog signal, the second analog signal, the fourth analog signal, and the fifth analog signal are outputted, and when an output state is switched to the second output state, at least the third analog signal and the sixth analog signal are outputted.

4. The audio signal processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the audio data generation part, the DA conversion part, the second DA conversion part, the combining part, and the second combining part each are provided in at least two pieces,

six 9.2ch audio data units are inputted, and

when an output state is switched to the first output state by the switching part, the first analog signal, the second analog signal, the fourth analog signal, and the fifth analog signal are outputted as 9.2ch analog signals, and when an output state is switched to the second output state by the switching part, the third analog signal and the sixth analog signal are outputted as 5.1ch analog signals.

5. The audio signal processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the audio data generation part accepts as input a word clock which is inverted in the word unit; the first audio data with which a low level of the word clock and the first L-channel data are synchronized; and the second audio data with which a high level of the word clock and the second L-channel data are synchronized, and

the audio data generation part includes:

a first AND circuit that generates first extracted audio data by extracting the first L-channel data by computing an AND of the first audio data and an inverted clock obtained by inverting the word clock;

a second AND circuit that generates second extracted audio data by extracting the second L-channel data by computing an AND of the second audio data and the word clock; and

an OR circuit that generates the third audio data by computing an OR of the first extracted audio data and the second extracted audio data.

6. The audio signal processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first audio data is I2S-format digital audio data and the second audio data is data obtained by switching L-channel data and R-channel data of I2S-format digital audio data.

7. The audio signal processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the audio data generation part further generates fourth audio data including the first R-channel data and the second R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in the word unit,

the audio signal processing apparatus further comprises:

a second DA conversion part for dividing the generated fourth audio data into the first R-channel data and the second R-channel data and converting the first R-channel data and the second R-channel data into a fourth analog signal and a fifth analog signal, respectively; and

a second combining part for combining the fourth analog signal with the fifth analog signal to form a sixth analog signal.

8. An audio signal processing apparatus comprising:

an audio data generation part for generating third audio data from first audio data and second audio data, the first audio data including first L-channel data and first R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in a word unit, the second audio data including second L-channel data and second R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in the word unit, and the third audio data including the first R-channel data and the second R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in the word unit;

a DA conversion part for dividing the third audio data into the first R-channel data and the second R-channel data and converting the first R-channel data and the second R-channel data into a first analog signal and a second analog signal, respectively; and

a combining part for combining the first analog signal with the second analog signal to form a third analog signal.

9. The audio signal processing apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising a switching part for switching between a first output state in which only the first analog signal and the second analog signal are outputted, and a second output state in which at least the third analog signal is outputted.

10. The audio signal processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the audio data generation part accepts as input a word clock which is inverted in the word unit; the first audio data with which a high level of the word clock and the first R-channel data are synchronized; and the second audio data with which a low level of the word clock and the second R-channel data are synchronized, and

the audio data generation part includes:

a first AND circuit that generates first extracted audio data by extracting the first R-channel data by computing an AND of the first audio data and the word clock;

a second AND circuit that generates second extracted audio data by extracting the second R-channel data by computing an AND of the second audio data and an inverted clock obtained by inverting the word clock; and

an OR circuit that generates the third audio data by computing an OR of the first extracted audio data and the second extracted audio data.

11. The audio signal processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first audio data is I2S-format digital audio data and the second audio data is data obtained by switching L-channel data and R-channel data of I2S-format digital audio data.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jan 19, 2011
From: ONKYO CORPORATION
To: ONKYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025656/0442 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2009
From: MURAKAMI, KAZUTOSHI
To: ONKYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022636/0381 →