公开(公告)号：US11722832B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US16762304

申请日：2018-10-31

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Minoru Tsuji ,  Toru Chinen ,  Mitsuyuki Hatanaka

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04S3/00

CPC classification number: H04S7/302 ,  H04S3/008 ,  H04S7/308 ,  H04S2400/01 ,  H04S2400/11 ,  H04S2420/01

Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and method, and a program that can easily determine a localization position of a sound image.
A signal processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information associated with a localization position of a sound image of an audio object in a listening space specified in a state where the listening space viewed from a listening position is displayed; and a generation unit configured to generate a bit stream on the basis of the information associated with the localization position. The present technology can be applied to the signal processing apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US11716586B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US17278178

申请日：2019-09-13

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Yuki Yamamoto ,  Toru Chinen ,  Minoru Tsuji

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  G06N20/20 ,  G10L19/008

CPC classification number: H04S7/305 ,  G06N20/20 ,  G10L19/008 ,  H04S2400/11

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, a method, and a program that enable easy production of 3D Audio content.
The information processing device includes a determination unit that determines one or more parameters constituting the metadata of an object on the basis of one or more pieces of attribute information of the object. The present technology can be applied to information processing devices.

公开(公告)号：US11140505B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-05

申请号：US16734211

申请日：2020-01-03

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Yuki Yamamoto ,  Toru Chinen ,  Minoru Tsuji

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/00 ,  H04S5/02

Abstract: The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that make it possible to obtain sound of higher quality. An acquisition unit acquires an audio signal and metadata of an object. A vector calculation unit calculates, based on a horizontal direction angle and a vertical direction angle included in the metadata of the object and indicative of an extent of a sound image, a spread vector indicative of a position in a region indicative of the extent of the sound image. A gain calculation unit calculates, based on the spread vector, a VBAP gain of the audio signal in regard to each speaker by VBAP. The present technology can be applied to an audio processing apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US10812925B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US16883004

申请日：2020-05-26

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Minoru Tsuji ,  Toru Chinen

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04S3/00 ,  H04R1/40

Abstract: An input unit receives input of an assumed listening position of sound of an object, which is a sound source, and outputs assumed listening position information indicating the assumed listening position. A position information correction unit corrects position information of each object on the basis of the assumed listening position information to obtain corrected position information. A gain/frequency characteristic correction unit performs gain correction and frequency characteristic correction on a waveform signal of an object on the basis of the position information and the corrected position information. A spatial acoustic characteristic addition unit further adds a spatial acoustic characteristic to the waveform signal resulting from the gain correction and the frequency characteristic correction on the basis of the position information of the object and the assumed listening position information. The present technology is applicable to an audio processing device.

公开(公告)号：US10708707B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-07

申请号：US16303717

申请日：2017-05-17

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Hiroyuki Honma ,  Minoru Tsuji

IPC: H04R5/02 ,  H04S7/00 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that are configured to adjust audio characteristics more easily.This audio processing apparatus has a display control unit configured, on the basis of object positional information of an audio object, to cause a display unit to display an audio object information image indicative of a position of the audio object and a selection unit configured to select the predetermined audio object from among one or a plurality of the audio objects. The present technology is applicable to video/audio processing apparatuses.

公开(公告)号：US10694310B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US16392228

申请日：2019-04-23

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Minoru Tsuji ,  Toru Chinen

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04S3/00 ,  H04R1/40

Abstract: An input unit receives input of an assumed listening position of sound of an object, which is a sound source, and outputs assumed listening position information indicating the assumed listening position. A position information correction unit corrects position information of each object on the basis of the assumed listening position information to obtain corrected position information. A gain/frequency characteristic correction unit performs gain correction and frequency characteristic correction on a waveform signal of an object on the basis of the position information and the corrected position information. A spatial acoustic characteristic addition unit further adds a spatial acoustic characteristic to the waveform signal resulting from the gain correction and the frequency characteristic correction on the basis of the position information of the object and the assumed listening position information. The present technology is applicable to an audio processing device.

公开(公告)号：US20170309278A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

申请号：US15508286

申请日：2015-08-27

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Toru Chinen ,  Mitsuyuki Hatanaka ,  Minoru Tsuji ,  Hiroyuki Honma

IPC: G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/03

CPC classification number: G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/00 ,  G10L19/02 ,  G10L19/03 ,  G10L19/167 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/8106

Abstract: The present technology relates to a coding device and method, and a decoding device and method, and a program capable of reducing the amount of calculations for decoding.A separating unit separates a supplied bit stream into coded data of channel sources including a dialog source, coded data of additional data sources, and coded data of dialog information. A dialog information decoding unit decodes the coded data of the dialog information. When the dialog information acquired by the decoding is presented to a viewer, the viewer selects one source from the dialog source and some additional dialog sources. An additional dialog source decoding unit decodes only the coded data of an additional dialog source selected by the viewer. An additional dialog selection unit outputs a viewer-selected audio signal from among the audio signals of the dialog source and additional dialog sources in response to the selection instruction of the viewer. The present technology is applicable to coding devices and decoding devices.

公开(公告)号：US20170194009A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

申请号：US15314263

申请日：2015-05-22

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Mitsuyuki Hatanaka ,  Toru Chinen ,  Minoru Tsuji ,  Hiroyuki Honma

IPC: G10L19/008 ,  H04S3/02 ,  H04S3/00 ,  G10L19/032 ,  H04R5/00

CPC classification number: G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/032 ,  H04R5/00 ,  H04S3/008 ,  H04S3/02 ,  H04S7/30 ,  H04S2400/01 ,  H04S2400/03 ,  H04S2400/09 ,  H04S2400/13 ,  H04S2420/03

Abstract: The present technology relates to an audio signal processing device and method, an encoding device and method, and a program, which are capable of obtaining a higher quality sound. A selection unit selects, from supplied multichannel audio signals, audio signals of a channel of a dialogue sound and audio signals of a channel to be downmixed. A downmixing unit downmixes the audio signals of the channel to be downmixed. An addition unit adds the audio signals of the channel of a dialogue sound to audio signals of a predetermined channel among audio signals of one or more channels obtained in the downmixing. The present technology can be applied to a decoder.

公开(公告)号：US11223921B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-11

申请号：US17062800

申请日：2020-10-05

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Minoru Tsuji ,  Toru Chinen

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04S3/00 ,  H04R1/40

Abstract: An input unit receives input of an assumed listening position of sound of an object, which is a sound source, and outputs assumed listening position information indicating the assumed listening position. A position information correction unit corrects position information of each object on the basis of the assumed listening position information to obtain corrected position information. A gain/frequency characteristic correction unit performs gain correction and frequency characteristic correction on a waveform signal of an object on the basis of the position information and the corrected position information. A spatial acoustic characteristic addition unit further adds a spatial acoustic characteristic to the waveform signal resulting from the gain correction and the frequency characteristic correction on the basis of the position information of the object and the assumed listening position information. The present technology is applicable to an audio processing device.

公开(公告)号：US10477337B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US15110176

申请日：2015-01-06

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Minoru Tsuji ,  Toru Chinen

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04S3/00 ,  H04R1/40

Abstract: The present technology relates to an audio processing device, a method therefor, and a program therefor capable of achieving more flexible audio reproduction.An input unit receives input of an assumed listening position of sound of an object, which is a sound source, and outputs assumed listening position information indicating the assumed listening position. A position information correction unit corrects position information of each object on the basis of the assumed listening position information to obtain corrected position information. A gain/frequency characteristic correction unit performs gain correction and frequency characteristic correction on a waveform signal of an object on the basis of the position information and the corrected position information. A spatial acoustic characteristic addition unit further adds a spatial acoustic characteristic to the waveform signal resulting from the gain correction and the frequency characteristic correction on the basis of the position information of the object and the assumed listening position information. The present technology is applicable to an audio processing device.