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Granted Patent B2
US 11,323,812 · App. 17/023,619 · Granted May 3, 2022

Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and signal processing system

Inventors: Kazuaki Taguchi (Kanagawa, JP); Takeshi Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04R3/12H04R2420/01
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Patent No.
US 11,323,812
App. No.
17/023,619
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal processing apparatus includes: an audio signal processing unit configured to perform wavefront synthesis processing for at least part of a plurality of sound source data; a first output unit configured to output N-channel audio signals output from the audio signal processing unit to a first speaker device; a mix processing unit configured to mix the N-channel audio signals output from the audio signal processing unit; and a second output unit configured to output an audio signal output from the mix processing unit to a second speaker device.

Claims (34)

1. A signal processing apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

perform wavefront synthesis processing for sound source data to output N-channel audio signals;

limit the N-channel audio signals output from the wavefront synthesis processing to a band of frequencies equal to or higher than a predetermined frequency;

output the limited N-channel audio signals to a first speaker device;

mix the N-channel audio signals output from the wavefront synthesis processing; and

output the mixed N-channel audio signals to a second speaker device.

2. The signal processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined frequency is set between 100 and 200 Hz.

3. The signal processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein,

the second speaker device includes X-channel speaker units, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to perform mix processing after separating the N-channel audio signals into N/X-channel audio signals.

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

X is set to 1 or 2.

5. The signal processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to separate the N-channel audio signals into the N/X-channel audio signals on a basis of a number of channels of the first speaker device.

6. The signal processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first speaker device and the second speaker device are connectable.

7. A signal processing method comprising:

performing wavefront synthesis processing for sound source data to output N-channel audio signals;

limiting the N-channel audio signals output from the wavefront synthesis processing to a band of frequencies equal to or higher than a predetermined frequency;

outputting the limited N-channel audio signals to a first speaker device;

mixing the N-channel audio signals output from the wavefront synthesis processing; and

outputting the mixed N-channel audio signals to a second speaker device.

8. A signal processing system comprising:

a first speaker device;

a second speaker device; and

processing circuitry to which the first speaker device and the second speaker device are connected, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to

perform wavefront synthesis processing for sound source data to output N-channel audio signals,

limit the N-channel audio signals output from the wavefront synthesis processing to a band of frequencies equal to or higher than a predetermined frequency,

output the limited N-channel audio signals to the first speaker device,

mix the N-channel audio signals output from the wavefront synthesis processing, and

output the mixed N-channel audio signals to the second speaker device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2020
From: TAGUCHI, KAZUAKI; YAMAGUCHI, TAKESHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054533/0800 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-170066 · Sep 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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