公开(公告)号：US09792924B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-17

申请号：US15319707

申请日：2015-06-22

Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION

Inventor： Alexander Krueger ,  Sven Kordon

IPC: H04S5/02 ,  H04S3/00 ,  G10L19/20 ,  G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/02

CPC classification number: G10L19/20 ,  G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/02 ,  H04S2420/11

Abstract: When compressing an HOA data frame representation, a gain control (15, 151) is applied for each channel signal before it is perceptually encoded (16). The gain values are transferred in a differential manner as side information. However, for starting decoding of such streamed compressed HOA data frame representation absolute gain values are required, which should be coded with a minimum number of bits. For determining such lowest integer number {β e) of bits the HOA data frame representation (C(k)) is rendered in spatial domain to virtual loudspeaker signals lying on a unit sphere, followed by normalisation of the HOA data frame representation (C(k)). Then the lowest integer number of bits is set to (AA).

公开(公告)号：US12277948B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-15

申请号：US18390546

申请日：2023-12-20

Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

Inventor： Sven Kordon ,  Alexander Krueger ,  Oliver Wuebbolt

IPC: H04R5/00 ,  G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/20 ,  H04S3/00

Abstract: Higher Order Ambisonics represents three-dimensional sound independent of a specific loudspeaker set-up. However, transmission of an HOA representation results in a very high bit rate. Therefore compression with a fixed number of channels is used, in which directional and ambient signal components are processed differently. For coding, portions of the original HOA representation are predicted from the directional signal components. This prediction provides side information which is required for a corresponding decoding. By using some additional specific purpose bits, a known side information coding processing is improved in that the required number of bits for coding that side information is reduced on average.

公开(公告)号：US11869523B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17970118

申请日：2022-10-20

Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

Inventor： Sven Kordon ,  Alexander Krueger ,  Oliver Wuebbolt

IPC: H04R5/00 ,  G10L19/20 ,  G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/00

CPC classification number: G10L19/20 ,  G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/008 ,  H04S2420/11

Abstract: Higher Order Ambisonics represents three-dimensional sound independent of a specific loudspeaker set-up. However, transmission of an HOA representation results in a very high bit rate. Therefore compression with a fixed number of channels is used, in which directional and ambient signal components are processed differently. For coding, portions of the original HOA representation are predicted from the directional signal components. This prediction provides side information which is required for a corresponding decoding. By using some additional specific purpose bits, a known side information coding processing is improved in that the required number of bits for coding that side information is reduced on average.

公开(公告)号：US11722830B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17864708

申请日：2022-07-14

Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

Inventor： Sven Kordon ,  Alexander Krueger ,  Oliver Wuebbolt

IPC: H04S3/00 ,  H04S7/00 ,  G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/24

CPC classification number: H04S3/008 ,  G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/24 ,  H04S7/30 ,  H04S2400/01 ,  H04S2420/11

Abstract: A method for compressing a HOA signal being an input HOA representation with input time frames (C(k)) of HOA coefficient sequences comprises spatial HOA encoding of the input time frames and subsequent perceptual encoding and source encoding. Each input time frame is decomposed (802) into a frame of predominant sound signals (XPS(k−1)) and a frame of an ambient HOA component ({tilde over (C)}AMB(k−1)). The ambient HOA component ({tilde over (C)}AMB(k−1)) comprises, in a layered mode, first HOA coefficient sequences of the input HOA representation (cn(k−1)) in lower positions and second HOA coefficient sequences (cAMB,n(k−1)) in remaining higher positions. The second HOA coefficient sequences are part of an HOA representation of a residual between the input HOA representation and the HOA representation of the predominant sound signals.

公开(公告)号：US11540076B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US17711029

申请日：2022-04-01

Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

Inventor： Sven Kordon ,  Alexander Krueger

IPC: H04S3/02 ,  G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/00

Abstract: There are two representations for Higher Order Ambisonics denoted HOA: spatial domain and coefficient domain. The invention generates from a coefficient domain representation a mixed spatial/coefficient domain representation, wherein the number of said HOA signals can be variable. An aspect of the invention further relates to methods and apparatus decoding multiplexed and perceptually encoded HOA signals, including transforming a vector of PCM encoded spatial domain signals of the HOA representation to a corresponding vector of coefficient domain signals by multiplying the vector of PCM encoded spatial domain signals with a transform matrix and de-normalizing the vector of PCM encoded and normalized coefficient domain signals, wherein said de-normalizing comprises. The methods may include combining a vector of coefficient domain signals and the vector of de-normalized coefficient domain signals to determine a combined vector of HOA coefficient domain signals that can have a variable number of HOA coefficients.

公开(公告)号：US11488614B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US17558550

申请日：2021-12-21

Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

Inventor： Sven Kordon ,  Alexander Krueger ,  Oliver Wuebbolt

IPC: H04R5/00 ,  G10L19/20 ,  G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/00

Abstract: Higher Order Ambisonics represents three-dimensional sound independent of a specific loudspeaker set-up. However, transmission of an HOA representation results in a very high bit rate. Therefore compression with a fixed number of channels is used, in which directional and ambient signal components are processed differently. For coding, portions of the original HOA representation are predicted from the directional signal components. This prediction provides side information which is required for a corresponding decoding. By using some additional specific purpose bits, a known side information coding processing is improved in that the required number of bits for coding that side information is reduced on average.

公开(公告)号：US11211078B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US16925334

申请日：2020-07-10

Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

Inventor： Sven Kordon ,  Alexander Krueger ,  Oliver Wuebbolt

IPC: H04R5/00 ,  G10L19/20 ,  G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/00

Abstract: Higher Order Ambisonics represents three-dimensional sound independent of a specific loudspeaker set-up. However, transmission of an HOA representation results in a very high bit rate. Therefore compression with a fixed number of channels is used, in which directional and ambient signal components are processed differently. For coding, portions of the original HOA representation are predicted from the directional signal components. This prediction provides side information which is required for a corresponding decoding. By using some additional specific purpose bits, a known side information coding processing is improved in that the required number of bits for coding that side information is reduced on average.

公开(公告)号：US20210027795A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16925334

申请日：2020-07-10

Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

Inventor： Sven Kordon ,  Alexander Krueger ,  Oliver Wuebbolt

IPC: G10L19/20 ,  G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/00

Abstract: Higher Order Ambisonics represents three-dimensional sound independent of a specific loudspeaker set-up. However, transmission of an HOA representation results in a very high bit rate. Therefore compression with a fixed number of channels is used, in which directional and ambient signal components are processed differently. For coding, portions of the original HOA representation are predicted from the directional signal components. This prediction provides side information which is required for a corresponding decoding. By using some additional specific purpose bits, a known side information coding processing is improved in that the required number of bits for coding that side information is reduced on average.

公开(公告)号：US10516958B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-24

申请号：US16210957

申请日：2018-12-05

Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION

Inventor： Sven Kordon ,  Alexander Krueger

IPC: H04S3/02 ,  H04S5/02 ,  H04S3/00 ,  G10L19/008

Abstract: When compressing an HOA data frame representation, a gain control (15, 151) is applied for each channel signal before it is perceptually encoded (16). The gain values are transferred in a differential manner as side information. However, for starting decoding of such streamed compressed HOA data frame representation absolute gain values are required, which should be coded with a minimum number of bits. For determining such lowest integer number (βe) of bits the HOA data frame representation (C(k)) is rendered in spatial domain to virtual loudspeaker signals lying on a unit sphere, followed by normalisation of the HOA data frame representation (C(k)). Then the lowest integer number of bits is set to βe=┌log2(┌log2(√{square root over (KMAX)}·O)┐+1)┐.

公开(公告)号：US10515645B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-24

申请号：US16457501

申请日：2019-06-28

Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION

Inventor： Florian Keiler ,  Sven Kordon ,  Alexander Krueger

IPC: G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/00 ,  H04S3/02

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for encoding an HOA signal representation (c(t)) of a sound field having an order of N and a number O=(N+1)2 of coefficient sequences to a mezzanine HOA signal representation (wMEZZ(t)) is generated that consists of an arbitrary number I of virtual loudspeaker signals wMEZZ,1(t), wMEZZ,2(t), . . . , wMEZZ,I(t). The present invention further relates to methods and apparatus for decoding a reconstructed HOA signal representation from the mezzanine HOA signal representation.