IP Library Granted Patent US 11,435,977
Granted Patent B2
US 11,435,977 · App. 17/047,616 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Method for transmitting and receiving audio data related to transition effect and device therefor

Inventors: Tungchin Lee (Seoul, KR); Sejin Oh (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G06F3/165G06F3/0346G06T19/006H04N21/47217
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,435,977
App. No.
17/047,616
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method for receiving audio data by a device for receiving audio data, according to the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: receiving, from a device for transmitting audio data, playback information of three-dimensional audio content and an encoded three-dimensional audio signal of the three-dimensional audio content; decoding the encoded three-dimensional audio signal; and rendering the decoded three-dimensional audio signal on the basis of the playback information of the three-dimensional audio content, wherein the playback information comprises information about a transition effect of the three-dimensional audio content.

Claims (37)

1. A method of receiving audio data, performed by an audio data reception apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving an encoded audio data and metadata;

decoding the encoded audio data; and

rendering the decoded audio data based on the metadata;

wherein the metadata includes reproduction information for the audio data,

wherein the reproduction information includes audio transition effect information,

wherein the audio transition effect information includes audio scene index information for identifying each audio scene,

wherein the audio transition effect information further includes transition position index information for identifying a transition position of the each audio scene, and

wherein the audio transition effect information further includes information about a total number of at least one audio scene included in the audio data, and information for a total number of transition positions defined for each of the at least one audio scene.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio transition effect information further includes at least one of transition position information, index information of an audio scene to be reproduced at a transition position, information for a type of the audio transition effect, information for whether a gain value is present in an audio signal to be used when applying the audio transition effect, or information about the gain value.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information for the type of the audio transition effect includes at least one of a natural sound type, a synthetic sound type, or a spoken text type, and wherein the spoken text type includes at least one of a spoken guide text type, a spoken information text type, or a spoken direction text type.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving receives a transition effect interaction information based on input of a user, wherein the transition effect interaction information includes at least one of information for whether the audio transition effect is applied, index information of an audio scene selected by the user, information for whether predefined position information is used, index information representing a predefined transition position, or information about a non-predefined transition position.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the audio transition effect information further includes a transition effect audio index for identifying each audio transition effects applied to one scene.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the transition effect interaction information further includes selection information for a transition effect type and selection information for an audio signal type used when applying the audio transition effect.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reproduction information is included in a 3D audio stream and the 3D audio stream includes a packet including the audio transition effect information.

8. The method of claim 3 , wherein the information for the type of the audio transition effect further includes a transition effect audio Pulse-Code Modulation (PCM) type indicating that the audio signal to be used when applying the audio transition effect is a PCM signal.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a payload syntax of a packet supporting the PCM signal includes PCM related information when the type of the audio signal is the transition effect audio PCM type.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the PCM related information includes at least one of information about a total number of PCM signals, information about a total number of PCM signals to be used when applying the audio transition effect, information about a sampling rate of the PCM signal, information about the number of bits per sample of the PCM signal, information about a frame size of the PCM signal, information about a fixed frame size of the PCM signal, identification (ID) information for identifying the PCM signal, information about whether the PCM signal is used when applying the audio transition effect, information about a loudness value of the PCM signal, information about an attenuation gain value applied to another audio signal when reproducing the PCM signal, information about whether the audio signal is interleaved, information about a total number of PCM signals in a frame, information about a total number of PCM signals to be used when applying the transition effect in the frame, or information about a variable frame size of the PCM signal.

11. A method of transmitting audio data, performed by an audio data transmission apparatus, the method comprising:

acquiring audio data and generating metadata;

encoding the audio data; and

transmitting the encoded audio data and the metadata;

wherein the metadata includes reproduction information for the audio data,

wherein the reproduction information includes audio transition effect information,

wherein the audio transition effect information includes audio scene index information for identifying each audio scene,

wherein the audio transition effect information further includes transition position index information for identifying a transition position of the each audio scene, and

wherein the audio transition effect information further includes information about a total number of at least one audio scene included in the audio data, and information for a total number of transition positions defined for each of the at least one audio scene.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the audio transition effect information further includes at least one of transition position information, index information of an audio scene to be reproduced at a transition position, information for a type of the audio transition effect, information for whether a gain value is present in an audio signal to be used when applying the audio transition effect, or information about the gain value.

13. An audio data reception apparatus for receiving audio data, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive audio data and metadata;

a decoder configured to decode the encoded audio data; and

a renderer configured to render the decoded audio data based on the metadata,

wherein the metadata includes a reproduction information,

wherein the reproduction information includes audio transition effect information for the audio data,

wherein the audio transition effect information includes audio scene index information for identifying each audio scene,

wherein the audio transition effect information further includes transition position index information for identifying a transition position of the each audio scene, and

wherein the audio transition effect information further includes information about a total number of at least one audio scene included in the audio data, and information for a total number of transition positions defined for each of the at least one audio scene.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2020
From: LEE, TUNGCHIN; OH, SEJIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0045841 · Apr 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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