Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for determining an encoding parameter for an audio channel signal of a multi-channel audio signal, the method comprising: determining for the audio channel signal a set of functions from the audio channel signal and a reference audio signal; determining a first set of encoding parameters based on a smoothing of the set of functions with respect to a frame sequence of the multi-channel audio signal, the smoothing being based on a first smoothing coefficient; determining a second set of encoding parameters based on a smoothing of the set of functions with respect to the frame sequence of the multi-channel audio signal, the smoothing being based on a second smoothing coefficient; and determining the encoding parameter based on a quality criterion with respect to the first set of encoding parameters and/or the second set of encoding parameters.
Abstract:
According to the invention, a device (101, 101′) for postprocessing at least one channel signal of a plurality of channel signals of a multi-channel signal is described, the at least one channel signal being generated from a decoded downmix signal by a low-bit-rate audio coding/decoding system, the device comprising: a receiver (103; 103′) for receiving the at least one channel signal generated from the decoded downmix signal, a time envelope of the decoded downmix signal and a classification indication indicating a transient type of the at least one channel signal, wherein the classification indication is associated to the at least one channel signal, and a postprocessor (105; 105′) for postprocessing the at least one channel signal based on the time envelope of the decoded downmix signal weighted by a respective weighting factor and in dependence on the classification indication.
Abstract:
Methods and devices for a low complex inter-channel difference estimation are provided. A method for the estimation of inter-channel differences (ICDs), comprises applying a transformation from a time domain to a frequency domain to a plurality of audio channel signals, calculating a plurality of ICD values for the ICDs between at least one of the plurality of audio channel signals and a reference audio channel signal over a predetermined frequency range, each ICD value being calculated over a portion of the predetermined frequency range, calculating, for each of the plurality of ICD values, a weighted ICD value by multiplying each of the plurality of ICD values with a corresponding frequency-dependent weighting factor, and calculating an ICD range value for the predetermined frequency range by adding the plurality of weighted ICD values.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a portable electronic device, comprising: at least two directional microphones for stereo sound pickup, each one of the two directional microphones defining a direct sound direction and an opposite sound direction towards which the directional microphones are directed; and a housing comprising for each of the directional microphones a first hole and a second hole, the first hole being located at a different side of the portable electronic device than the second hole.
Abstract:
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of generating an encoded audio signal, the method includes estimating a time-frequency energy of an input audio signal from a time-frequency filter bank, computing a global variance of the time-frequency energy, determining a post-processing method according to the global variance, and transmitting an encoded representation of the input audio signal along with an indication of the determined post-processing method.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for generating an acoustic signal with an enhanced spatial effect, said apparatus comprising a signal filter bank adapted to filter a difference audio signal with a filter characteristic to limit a bandwidth of said difference audio signal, wherein said bandwidth limited difference audio signal is applied to at least one pair of loudspeakers for dipole sound emission.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a parametric audio encoder, comprising a parameter generator, the parameter generator being configured to determine a first set of encoding parameters and reference audio signal values, wherein the reference audio signal is another audio channel signal or a downmix audio signal derived from at least two audio channel signals of the plurality of multi-channel audio signals, to determine a first encoding parameter average based on the first set of encoding parameters of the audio channel signal, to determine a second encoding parameter average based on the first encoding parameter average of the audio channel signal and at least one other first encoding parameter average of the audio channel signal, and to determine the encoding parameter based on the first encoding parameter average of the audio channel signal and the second encoding parameter average of the audio channel signal.