Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Audio signal output device, audio system, and audio signal output method
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Application No.: US16951934Application Date: 2020-11-18
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Publication No.: US11308968B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Akihiko Suyama , Ryotaro Aoki
- Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Shizuoka
- Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
- Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Shizuoka
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-221387 20191206
- Main IPC: G10L19/008
- IPC: G10L19/008

Abstract:
An audio signal output device includes an audio signal acquisition unit configured to acquire audio signals of a plurality of channels, a first electronic controller, and an output unit. The first electronic controller includes a quantization bit expansion unit configured to expand the number of quantization bits of each of the audio signals to generate an expansion region for each of the audio signals, and an audio signal processing unit configured to generate an output signal in which the plurality of channels are downmixed such that an audio signal of at least one channel from among the plurality of channels is arranged at a reference bit position different from a reference bit position for an audio signal of a different channel of the plurality of channels, by using the expansion region. The output unit is configured to output the output signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210174814A1 AUDIO SIGNAL OUTPUT DEVICE, AUDIO SYSTEM, AND AUDIO SIGNAL OUTPUT METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-06-10
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