IP Library Granted Patent US 10,375,500
Granted Patent B2
US 10,375,500 · App. 14/901,165 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Propagation delay correction apparatus and propagation delay correction method

Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto (Motomiya, JP); Tetsuo Watanabe (Hasuda, JP); Yasuhiro Fujita (Kashiwa, JP); Kazutomo Fukue (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
H04S7/302H03H17/0009H03H17/0213H03H17/08H04R3/04H04S1/00H04R2499/13H04S2420/07
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Patent No.
US 10,375,500
App. No.
14/901,165
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A propagation delay tune correction apparatus comprising a means for generating a frequency spectrum signal by performing short-term Fourier transform on an audio signal; a means for setting a propagation delay time for each of a plurality of predetermined frequency bands; a means for calculating a phase control amount for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the propagation delay time set for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands; a means for generating a phase control signal by smoothing the calculated phase control amount for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands; a means for controlling a phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the generated phase control signal; and a means for generating an audio signal on which a propagation delay correction is performed by performing inverse short-term Fourier transform on the frequency spectrum signal of which the phase is controlled for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands.

Claims (18)

1. A propagation delay time correction method for adjusting a propagation delay time of an audio signal of each of a plurality of channels to suppress sound image localization bias by Haas effect, comprising:

generating a frequency spectrum signal by performing short-term Fourier transform on the audio signal;

determining whether propagation delay times for respective frequency bands of a plurality of predetermined frequency bands are changed by a user, if the propagation delay times are changed,

calculating phase control amounts for respective frequency bands of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands based on the propagation delay times respectively set for the plurality of predetermined frequency bands, the calculated phase control amounts representing a first phase control signal, and generating a second phase control signal by smoothing the first phase control signal in a frequency domain;

controlling a phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the second phase control signal; and

generating an audio signal on which a propagation delay correction is applied by performing an inverse short-term Fourier transform on the frequency spectrum signal of which the phase is controlled for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands.

2. The propagation delay time correction method according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the controlling the phase of the frequency spectrum signal, the phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands is rotated and offset on the basis of the second phase control signal.

3. The propagation delay time correction method according to claim 1 , further comprising specifying at least one of a number and a width of frequency bands to which the propagation delay time is to be set.

4. A propagation delay time correction method for adjusting a propagation delay time of an audio signal of one of right and left channels to suppress sound image localization bias by Haas effect, comprising:

generating a frequency spectrum signal by performing short-term Fourier transform on the audio signal;

determining whether propagation delay times for respective frequency bands of a plurality of predetermined frequency bands are changed by a user, if the propagation delay times are changed,

calculating phase control amounts for respective frequency bands of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands based on the propagation delay times respectively set for the plurality of predetermined frequency bands, the calculated phase control amounts representing a first phase control signal, and generating a second phase control signal by smoothing the first phase control signal in a frequency domain;

controlling a phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the second phase control signal; and

generating an audio signal on which a propagation delay correction is applied by performing an inverse short-term Fourier transform on the frequency spectrum signal of which the phase is controlled for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands.

5. The propagation delay time correction method according to claim 4 ,

wherein, in the controlling the phase of the frequency spectrum signal, the phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands is rotated and offset on the basis of the second phase control signal.

6. The propagation delay time correction method according to claim 4 , further comprising specifying at least one of a number and a width of frequency bands to which the propagation delay time is to be set.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 3, 2025
From: CLARION CO., LTD.
To: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072826/0179 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2015
From: HASHIMOTO, TAKESHI; WATANABE, TETSUO; FUJITA, YASUHIRO; FUKUE, KAZUTOMO
To: CLARION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037363/0298 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-134808 · Jun 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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