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US 8,670,575 · App. 12/632,334 · Granted Mar 11, 2014

Method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal

Inventors: Hyen-O Oh (Seoul, KR); Yang Won Jung (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,670,575
App. No.
12/632,334
Granted
Mar 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal, a residual signal and object information; extracting at least one of a background-object signal and a foreground-object signal from the downmix signal using the residual signal; receiving mix information comprising gain control information for the background-object signal; generating a downmix processing information based on the object information and the mix information; and, generating a processed downmix signal comprising a modified background-object signal to which an adjusted gain corresponding to the gain control information is applied, by applying the downmix processing information to the at least one of the background-object signal and the foreground-object signal is disclosed.

Claims (28)

1. A method for processing an audio signal at an audio decoder, comprising:

receiving a downmix signal, a residual signal, and an object information;

extracting a background-object signal and a foreground-object signal from the downmix signal using the residual signal and the object information, wherein the object information includes information configured to recreate object signals from the downmix signal;

receiving a mix information comprising a gain information for the background-object signal;

generating a downmix processing information and a multi-channel processing information based on the object information and the mix information; and

generating a processed downmix signal comprising a modified background-object signal and a modified foreground-object signal, wherein the modified background-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the background-object signal using the mix information, and wherein the modified foreground-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the foreground-object signal using the downmix processing information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the background-object signal corresponds to one of a mono signal and a stereo signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the processed downmix signal corresponds to a time-domain signal.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a multi-channel signal using the multi-channel information and the processed downmix signal, the multi-channel information including channel level difference (CLD) information.

5. An audio decoder for processing an audio signal, comprising:

a multiplexer receiving a downmix signal, a residual signal, and an object information;

an extracting unit extracting a background-object signal and a foreground-object signal from the downmix signal using the residual signal and the object information, wherein the object information includes information configured to recreate object signals from the downmix signal;

an information generating unit receiving a mix information comprising a gain information for the background-object signal, and generating a downmix processing information and a multi-channel processing information based on the object information and the mix information; and

a rendering unit generating a processed downmix signal comprising a modified background-object signal and a modified foreground-object signal, wherein the modified background-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the background-object signal using the mix information, and wherein the modified foreground-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the foreground-object signal using the downmix processing information.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the background-object signal corresponds to one of a mono signal and a stereo signal.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processed downmix signal corresponds to a time-domain signal.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising:

a multichannel decoder generating a multi-channel signal using multi-channel information and the processed downmix signal,

wherein the multi-channel information includes a channel level difference (CLD) information.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving a downmix signal, a residual signal, and an object information;

extracting a background-object signal and a foreground-object signal from the downmix signal using the residual signal and the object information, wherein the object information includes information configured to recreate object signals from the downmix signal;

receiving a mix information comprising a gain information for the background-object signal;

generating a downmix processing information and a multi-channel processing information based on the object information and the mix information; and

generating a processed downmix signal comprising a modified background-object signal and a modified foreground-object signal, wherein the modified background-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the background-object signal using the mix information, and wherein the modified foreground-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the foreground-object signal using the downmix processing information.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the executed instructions cause the processor to perform further operations of:

generating a multi-channel signal using the multi-channel information and the processed downmix signal, the multi-channel information including channel level difference (CLD) information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2010
From: OH, HYEN-O; JUNG, YANG WON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2009-0119980 · Dec 4, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61120057 · Dec 5, 2008
Related Publication 20100142731A1 · Jun 10, 2010