IP Library Granted Patent US 9,848,275
Granted Patent B2
US 9,848,275 · App. 15/300,273 · Granted Dec 19, 2017

Audio signal processing method and device

Inventors: Taegyu Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyun Oh Oh (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Wilus Institute Of Standards And Technology Inc.
H04S7/307H04S3/008H04S7/303H04S2400/01H04S2400/11H04S2420/01H04S2420/07
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,848,275
App. No.
15/300,273
Granted
Dec 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, which synthesizes an object signal and a channel signal and effectively binaural-render the synthesized signal. To this end, the present invention provides a method for processing an audio signal, including: receiving an input audio signal including at least one of a multi-channel signal and a multi-object signal; receiving type information of a filter set for binaural filtering of the input audio signal, the type of the filter set being one of a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, a parameterized filter in a frequency domain, and a parameterized filter in a time domain; receiving filter information for binaural filtering based on the type information; and performing the binaural filtering for the input audio signal by using the received filter information, wherein when the type information indicates the parameterized filter in the frequency domain, in the receiving of the filter information, a subband filter coefficient having a length determined for each subband of a frequency domain is received, and in the performing of the binaural filtering, each subband signal of the input audio signal is filtered by using the subband filter coefficient corresponding thereto and an apparatus for processing an audio signal by using the same.

Claims (24)

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

receiving an input audio signal including at least one of a multi-channel signal and a multi-object signal;

receiving type information of a filter set for binaural filtering of the input audio signal, the type of the filter set being one of a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, a parameterized filter in a frequency domain, and a parameterized filter in a time domain;

receiving filter information for binaural filtering based on the type information; and

performing the binaural filtering for the input audio signal by using the received filter information,

wherein when the type information indicates the parameterized filter in the frequency domain,

the receiving filter information step receives subband filter coefficients having a length determined for each subband of a frequency domain, and

the performing the binaural filtering step filters each subband signal of the input audio signal by using the subband filter coefficients corresponding thereto.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the length of each subband filter coefficients is determined based on reverberation time information of the corresponding subband, which is obtained from proto-type filter coefficients, and

the length of at least one subband filter coefficients obtained from the same proto-type filter coefficients is different from the length of another subband filter coefficients.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

when the type information indicates the parameterized filter in the frequency domain,

receiving information on the number of frequency bands to perform the binaural rendering and information on the number of frequency bands to perform convolution;

receiving a parameter for performing tap-delay line filtering with respect to each subband signal of a high-frequency subband group having a frequency band to perform the convolution as a boundary; and

performing the tap-delay line filtering for each subband signal of the high-frequency group by using the received parameter.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the number of subbands of the high-frequency subband group performing the tap-delay line filtering is determined based on a difference between the number of frequency bands to perform the binaural rendering and the number of frequency bands to perform the convolution.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the parameter includes delay information extracted from the subband filter coefficients corresponding to each subband signal of the high-frequency group and gain information corresponding to the delay information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the type information indicates the FIR filter, the receiving the filter information step receives the proto-type filter coefficients corresponding to each subband signal of the input audio signal.

7. An apparatus for processing an audio signal for performing binaural rendering of an input audio signal including at least one of a multi-channel signal and a multi-object signal, wherein the apparatus for processing an audio signal is configured to:

receive type information of a filter set for binaural filtering of the input audio signal, the type of the filter set being one of a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, a parameterized filter in a frequency domain, and a parameterized filter in a time domain,

receive filter information for binaural filtering based on the type information, and

perform the binaural filtering for the input audio signal by using the received filter information, and

wherein when the type information indicates the parameterized filter in the frequency domain,

the apparatus for processing an audio signal receives subband filter coefficients having a length determined for each subband of a frequency domain and filters each subband signal of the input audio signal by using the subband filter coefficients corresponding thereto.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2021
From: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.; GCOA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056610/0624 →
TERMINATION AGREEMENT OF EXCLUSIVE LICENSE Recorded Jul 16, 2020
From: BINAURAL AUDIO TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
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TERMINATION OF PATENT PLEDGE Recorded Jul 13, 2020
From: KOREA PATENT INVESTMENT CORP.
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2018
From: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: KOREA PATENT INVESTMENT CORP.
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LICENSE Recorded Feb 12, 2018
From: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: BINAURAL AUDIO TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 044905/0601 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2016
From: LEE, TAEGYU; OH, HYUN OH
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 039898/0461 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0081226 · Jun 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61973868 · Apr 2, 2014
Provisional Application 62019958 · Jul 2, 2014
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