IP Library Granted Patent US 10,063,986
Granted Patent B2
US 10,063,986 · App. 15/230,584 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Audio processing device

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Patent No.
US 10,063,986
App. No.
15/230,584
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an audio processing device having a first output route and a second output route, to be able to reproduce the same audio signal as the first output rote at the second output route. A microcomputer 2 connects a Zone 2 reproduction device 6 with a DAC 10 for a surround back by a switch 17 and the DAC 10 for the surround back with a surround back analog output terminal 15 by a switch 18 in case that the DSD data is reproduced at a Zone 2 output route.

Claims (37)

1. An audio processing device having a first output route and a second output route comprising:

a first reproduction device that is included in the first output route;

a second reproduction device that is included in the second output route;

a first D/A converter that D/A-converts a first digital audio signal and a second digital audio signal in which data format is different from the first digital audio signal;

a second D/A converter that D/A converts the second digital audio signal;

a first analog output terminal that is included in the first output route;

a second analog output terminal that is included in the second output route;

a first switch that connects the first reproduction device with the first D/A converter or the second D/A converter and connects the second reproduction device with the first D/A converter or the second D/A converter;

a second switch that connects the first D/A converter with the first analog output terminal or the second analog output terminal and connects the second D/A converter with the first analog output terminal or the second analog output terminal; and

a controller that connects the second reproduction device with the first D/A converter by the first switch and connects the first D/A converter with the second analog output terminal by the second switch in case that the first digital audio signal is reproduced at the second output route.

2. The audio processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller connects the second reproduction device with the first D/A converter by the first switch and connects the first D/A converter with the second analog output terminal by the second switch in case that the first digital audio signal is reproduced at the second output route if a digital audio signal is not input to the first D/A converter.

3. The audio processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller connects the first reproduction device with the second D/A converter by the first switch, connects the second reproduction device with the first D/A converter by the first switch, connects the second D/A converter with the first analog output terminal by the second switch, and connects the first D/A converter with the second analog output terminal by the second switch in case that the second digital audio signal is reproduced at the first output route and the first digital audio signal is reproduced at the second output route.

4. An audio processing device having a first output route and a second output route comprising:

a first reproduction device that is included in the first output route;

a second reproduction device that is included in the second output route;

a first D/A converter that D/A-converts a digital audio signal;

a second D/A converter that D/A-converts the digital audio signal and in which performance is inferior in the first D/A converter;

a first analog output terminal that is included in the first output route;

a second analog output terminal that is included in the second output route;

a first switch that connects the first reproduction device with the first D/A converter or the second D/A converter and connects the second reproduction device with the first D/A converter or the second D/A converter;

a second switch that connects the first D/A converter with the first analog output terminal or the second analog output terminal and connects the second D/A converter with the first analog output terminal or the second analog output terminal; and

a controller that connects the second reproduction device with the first D/A converter by the first switch and connects the first D/A converter with the second analog output terminal by the second switch in case that the digital audio signal is reproduced at the second output route.

5. The audio processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first output route reproduces a 7.1 channels digital audio signal,

the second output route reproduces a 2 channels digital audio signal,

the first D/A converter includes four D/A converters that respectively D/A-convert a 2 channels digital audio signal,

the second D/A converter is a D/A converter that D/A-converts a 2 channels digital audio signal,

the first switch connects a surround back port that outputs a surround back left digital audio signal and a surround back right digital audio signal of the first reproduction device with a surround back D/A converter for the surround back left digital audio signal and the surround back right digital audio signal of the first D/A converter or the second D/A converter and connects the second reproduction device with the surround back D/A converter or the second D/A converter, and

the second switch connects the surround back D/A converter with a surround back analog output terminal for the surround back left analog audio signal and the surround back right audio signal of the first analog output terminal or the second analog output terminal and connects the second D/A converter with the surround back analog output terminal or the second analog output terminal.

6. The audio processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first output route reproduces a 5.1 channels digital audio signal,

the second output route reproduces a 2 channels digital audio signal,

the first D/A converter includes three D/A converters that respectively D/A-convert a 2 channels digital audio signal,

the second D/A converter is a D/A converter that D/A-converts a 2 channels digital audio signal,

the first switch connects a surround port that outputs a surround left digital audio signal and a surround right digital audio signal of the first reproduction device with a surround D/A converter for a surround left digital audio signal and a surround right digital audio signal among the first D/A converter or the second D/A converter and connects the second reproduction device with the surround D/A converter or the second D/A converter, and

the second switch connects the surround D/A converter with a surround analog output terminal for the surround left analog audio signal and the surround right analog audio signal of the first analog output terminal or the second analog output terminal and connects the second D/A converter with the surround analog terminal or the second analog output terminal.

7. The audio processing device according to claim 1 , wherein data amount of the first digital audio signal is larger than data amount of the second digital audio signal.

8. The audio processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first digital signal is DSD data, and

the second digital audio signal is PCM data.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2021
From: ONKYO HOME ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
To: ONKYO TECHNOLOGY KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058163/0455 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 8, 2021
From: ONKYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA DBA ONKYO CORPORATION
To: ONKYO HOME ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057862/0659 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2016
From: KOBAYASHI, JUNICHI; KOAZE, SUSUMU
To: ONKYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039369/0091 →