Electronic device, method and computer program
An electronic device having circuitry, which is configured to estimate a distraction level of an audio object stream, and to modify the audio object stream based on the estimated distraction Audio object level to obtain a modified audio object stream.
1. An electronic device comprising:
circuitry configured to
estimate a distraction level of an audio object stream,
perform a field-of-listening evaluation on the audio object stream to estimate a position distraction level corresponding to the distraction level, and
modify the audio object stream based on the estimated distraction level to obtain a modified audio object stream.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to modify the audio object stream based on the estimated distraction level by an audio object stream modification including a decision tree.
3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to evaluate the decision tree to determine a list of actions.
4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to perform an action block to obtain the modified audio object stream.
5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the list of actions includes an amplitude reduction of an audio object, a low-pass/median filtering, and/or a modification of position.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to perform a sound signature estimation on the audio object stream to estimate an aural distraction level.
7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is configured to perform the sound signature estimation on the audio object stream using a deep neural network.
8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to perform a distance calculation on the audio object stream to obtain a distance estimation.
9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the distance estimation comprises a perceived distance, a perceived velocity vector, a cross-correlation, and/or an auto-correlation.
10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to extract coordinates and a bitstream to obtain the perceived distance, the perceived velocity vector, the cross-correlation, and/or the auto-correlation.
11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to perform a driving situation analysis based on acquired vehicle data to estimate a driving situation.
12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein a level of criticalness of a current driving situation is estimated based on the driving situation.
13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to perform a song history analysis on a history of songs to estimate a novelty factor related to the audio object stream.
14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to extract coordinates of an audio object in the audio object stream.
15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the coordinates of an audio object represent a position of the audio object in a field of listening.
16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to extract spectral and temporal characteristics of the audio object stream from a bitstream.
17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein an aural distraction level is estimated based on the obtained audio bitstream.
18. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to perform distraction minimization in the audio object stream to obtain the modified audio object stream.
19. A method comprising:
estimating a distraction level of an audio object stream;
performing a field-of-listening evaluation on the audio object stream to estimate a position distraction level corresponding to the distraction level; and
modifying the audio object stream based on the estimated distraction level to obtain a modified audio object stream.
20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
estimating a distraction level of an audio object stream;
performing a field-of-listening evaluation on the audio object stream to estimate a position distraction level corresponding to the distraction level; and
modifying the audio object stream based on the estimated distraction level to obtain a modified audio object stream.