Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method for evaluating an electronic device. The method comprises determining, with an acoustic tube, a value of a first parameter, the value of the first parameter being indicative of the acoustic impedance of a reference termination. The method further comprises determining, with the acoustic tube, a value of a second parameter, the value of the second parameter being indicative of the acoustic impedance of the reference termination, when occluded by the electronic device. The method then comprises calculating a value of a third parameter, the value of the third parameter being indicative of the acoustic impedance of the electronic device, based on the value of the first parameter and the value of the second parameter.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to an audio signal processing apparatus for processing a plurality of audio signals defining a plurality of audio signal spectra, the audio signals to be transmitted to a listener in such a way that the listener perceives the audio signals to originate from virtual positions of a plurality of audio signal sources. The audio signal processing apparatus comprises a selector configured to select a spatial arrangement of the virtual positions of the audio signal sources relative to the listener from a plurality of possible spatial arrangements, and a filter configured to filter the plurality of audio signals on the basis of the selected spatial arrangement.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to an apparatus for manipulating an input audio signal associated to a spatial audio source within a spatial audio scenario, wherein the spatial audio source has a certain distance to a listener within the spatial audio scenario. The apparatus comprises an exciter adapted to manipulate the input audio signal to obtain an output audio signal, and a controller adapted to control parameters of the exciter for manipulating the input audio signal based on the certain distance.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for processing a multi-channel audio signal which carries a plurality of audio channel signals. The method comprises determining a time-scaling position using the plurality of audio channel signals and time-scaling each audio channel signal of the plurality of audio channel signals according to the time-scaling position to obtain a plurality of time scaled audio channel signals.
Abstract:
An apparatus provides personalized binaural audio rendering of an input signal. The apparatus has a left ear transducer configured to generate a left ear audio signal and a right ear transducer configured to generate a right ear audio signal. Moreover, the apparatus has processing circuitry configured to determine, based on a current target direction of the input signal, an adjusted current target direction using a personalized adjustment function that describes a functional relationship between a plurality of reference target directions of a reference sound signal and a plurality of perceived reference target directions of the reference sound signal as perceived by a user. The processing circuitry is further configured to implement a target direction renderer configured to generate based on the input signal and the adjusted target direction a first driving signal for driving the left ear transducer and a second driving signal for driving the right ear transducer.
Abstract:
A method for processing an audio signal, the method including: processing the audio signal according to a pair of mouth to ear transfer functions to obtain a processed audio signal; filtering the processed audio signal, using a pair of equalization filters, to obtain a filtered audio signal, where a parameter of the equalization filter is depends on an acoustic impedance of a headphone; and outputting the filtered audio signal to the headphone. Accordingly, this method counteracts the occlusion effect and to provides a natural perceived sound pressure.
Abstract:
A signal processing apparatus for dereverberating a number of input audio signals, where the signal processing apparatus includes a processor configured to transform the number of input audio signals into a transformed domain to obtain input transformed coefficients, the input transformed coefficients being arranged to form an input transformed coefficient matrix, determine filter coefficients upon the basis of eigenvalues of a signal space, the filter coefficients being arranged to form a filter coefficient matrix, convolve input transformed coefficients of the input transformed coefficient matrix by filter coefficients of the filter coefficient matrix to obtain output transformed coefficients, and the output transformed coefficients being arranged to form an output transformed coefficient matrix.
Abstract:
An audio signal processing apparatus, comprising a memory configured to store a set of pairs of predefined left ear and right ear transfer functions, which are predefined for a plurality of reference positions relative to the listener, a processor configured to determine a pair of left ear and right ear transfer functions on the basis of the set of predefined pairs of predefined left ear and right ear transfer functions for the azimuth angle and the elevation angle of the virtual target position and an adjustment filter configured to filter the input audio signal on the basis of the determined pair of left ear and right ear transfer functions and an adjustment function configured to adjust a delay between the left ear transfer function and the right ear transfer function to obtain a left ear output audio signal and a right ear output audio signal.
Abstract:
An audio signal processing apparatus, comprising a memory configured to store a set of pairs of predefined left ear and right ear transfer functions, which are predefined for a plurality of reference positions relative to the listener, a processor configured to determine a pair of left ear and right ear transfer functions on the basis of the set of predefined pairs of predefined left ear and right ear transfer functions for the azimuth angle and the elevation angle of the virtual target position and an adjustment filter configured to filter the input audio signal on the basis of the determined pair of left ear and right ear transfer functions and an adjustment function configured to adjust a delay between the left ear transfer function and the right ear transfer function to obtain a left ear output audio signal and a right ear output audio signal.
Abstract:
A signal processing apparatus for dereverberating a number of input audio signals, where the signal processing apparatus includes a processor configured to transform the number of input audio signals into a transformed domain to obtain input transformed coefficients, the input transformed coefficients being arranged to form an input transformed coefficient matrix, determine filter coefficients upon the basis of eigenvalues of a signal space, the filter coefficients being arranged to form a filter coefficient matrix, convolve input transformed coefficients of the input transformed coefficient matrix by filter coefficients of the filter coefficient matrix to obtain output transformed coefficients, and the output transformed coefficients being arranged to form an output transformed coefficient matrix.