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20130282386 | MULTI-CHANNEL ENCODING AND/OR DECODING - A method comprising: receiving input signals for multiple channels; and parameterizing the received input signals into parameters defining multiple different object spectra and defining a distribution of the multiple different object spectra in the multiple channels. | 10-24-2013 |
20130332837 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SOUND MANAGEMENT - Systems and techniques for location based sound management. Information associated with a display is defined or selected based on user inputs and sounds associated with responsive locations of the display. Defining of the information associated with the display may be based at least in part on user touches to a touch screen display. Parameters for playback are also selected, such as a number of audio channels, based on user inputs that may similarly comprise user touches to the touch screen display. Playback parameters may be changed during playback based on user inputs occurring during playback. | 12-12-2013 |
20140029767 | Downmixing Control - An apparatus including an audio mixer configured to mix at least two audio channels of an audio signal; and a sensor configured to sense motion and/or orientation of the apparatus. The audio mixer is configured to change mixing of the at least two audio channels based, at least partially, on an output from the sensor regarding the sensed motion and/or orientation of the apparatus. | 01-30-2014 |
20140169754 | Spatial Seeking In Media Files - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided in order to playback video and/or audio files wherein a desired segment is selected and played back based on its spatial audio content. In the context of a method, playback of media data is provided. The method may include generating one or more spatial seek points for the media data and causing display of information corresponding to the one or more spatial seek points. The method may further include performing the generation of the one or more seek points based on receiving a request for spatial seek points, automatically upon receiving the media data or upon starting playback of the media data, or based on the format of the media data. The method may further include receiving a selection of one of the one or more spatial seek points and providing for playback of the media data from a time point corresponding to the selected spatial seek point. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program product are also provided. | 06-19-2014 |
20140337742 | METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINATION OF AN AUDIO TRACK - An audio processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprising an audio analysis unit configured to obtain a group of audio signals, each audio signal associated with an image of a group of images, the group of images being provided for a presentation having an assigned overall viewing time with each image having an assigned viewing time, and to analyze at least one of the audio signals to determine one or more intermediate audio signals for determination of an audio track having a first duration, which first duration essentially covers said assigned overall viewing time. The apparatus further comprises an audio track determination unit configured to compose the audio track having said first duration on basis of said one or more intermediate audio signals. The apparatus may further comprise a classification unit configured to obtain a plurality of audio signals, each audio signal associated with an image of a plurality of images, to obtain a plurality of location indicators, each location indicator associated with an image of the plurality of images, and to determine the group of images as a subset of the plurality of images such that the group comprises images having location indicator referring to a first location associated therewith. | 11-13-2014 |
20140341547 | AN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AUDIO STABILIZING - A method comprising: determining a spatial audio signal; determining an apparatus motion parameter; and stabilizing the spatial audio signal dependent on the apparatus motion parameters. | 11-20-2014 |
20140369506 | METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MODIFICATION OF A COMPOSITE AUDIO SIGNAL - The present invention provides an arrangement, e.g. a method, an apparatus and a computer program. The arrangement comprises obtaining information indicative of spatial positions of one or more sound sources within an audio image of a composite audio signal, obtaining information indicative of the types of the one or more sound sources, determining, for each of the one or more sound sources, a position in a display of the apparatus indicative of the spatial position of the sound source and causing an apparatus to display an item representing the sound source in the determined position in the display, wherein the item representing the sound source is determined on basis of the type of the sound source. The arrangement further comprises receiving an indication of a user action associated with an item indicative of a first sound source, determining an indication of a user selected modification of the audio image on basis of the user action, and modifying the composite audio signal in accordance with the user selected modification. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372107 | AUDIO PROCESSING - A technique for creating audio objects on basis of a source audio signal is provided. According to an example embodiment, the technique comprises obtaining a plurality of frequency sub-band signals, each representing a directional component of a source audio signal in the respective frequency sub-band, obtaining an indication of dominant sound source direction for one or more of said frequency sub-band signals, and creating one or more audio objects on basis of said plurality of frequency sub-band signals and said indications, said creating comprising deriving one or more audio object signals, each audio object signal comprising a respective directional signal determined on basis of frequency sub-band signals for which dominant sound source direction falls within a respective predetermined range of source directions and deriving one or more audio object direction indications for said one or more audio object signals, each audio object direction indication derived on basis of dominant sound source directions for the frequency sub-band signals used for determining the respective directional signal. | 12-18-2014 |
20150039302 | SPATIAL AUDIO SIGNALING FILTERING - An apparatus comprising: an analyser configured to analyse at least one input to determine one or more expression within the at least one input; and a controller configured to control at least one audio signal associated with the at least one input dependent on the determination of the one or more expression. | 02-05-2015 |
20150098571 | AUDIO SCENE APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising: a first audio signal analyser configured to analyse a first audio signal to determine at least one audio source, wherein the at least one audio source has a virtual location; a second audio signal analyser configured to analyse a second audio signal to determine at least one localised audio source, wherein the second audio signal is generated from the apparatus audio environment; and a repositioner configured to reposition the virtual location of the at least one audio source dependent on the at least one localised audio source. | 04-09-2015 |
20150179179 | BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE AUDIO REPRESENTATION - It is inter alia disclosed to provide a left signal representation associated with a left audio channel and a right signal representation associated with a right audio channel, each of the left and right signal representations being associated with a plurality of subbands of a frequency range, and to provide directional information associated with at least one subband of the plurality of subbands associated with the left and the right signal representation, the directional information being at least partially indicative of a direction of a sound source with respect to the left and right audio channel. | 06-25-2015 |
20150248896 | CAUSATION OF RENDERING OF SONG AUDIO INFORMATION - A method comprising receiving microphone audio information from at least one microphone, identifying a song based, at least in part, on the microphone audio information, receiving song audio information based, at least in part, on the identification of the song, causing display of, at least a portion of, a song indicator that represents the song, receiving information indicative of a song rendering input in relation to the song indicator, and causing rendering of the song audio information based, at least in part, on the song rendering input is disclosed. | 09-03-2015 |
20150268917 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ALIGNING IMAGES VIEWED ACROSS MULTIPLE DISPLAYS - Mechanisms are described for sensing and compensating for the misalignment of multiple displays that are cooperating to present an image. A unitary viewing area is determined across the multiple displays that includes a portion of the first display and a portion of the second display based on a location of a linear component of a single user input applied to both displays, such as a hovering gesture provided by a user's finger. The unitary viewing area is determined in such a way that the portion of the image presented on the first display is horizontally aligned with the portion of the image presented on the second display within the viewing area. In this way, the image appears continuous to the viewer across the displays, regardless of the misalignment of the user devices. | 09-24-2015 |
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20130202114 | Controllable Playback System Offering Hierarchical Playback Options - A first apparatus performs the following: determining, using at least two microphone signals corresponding to left and right microphone signals and using at least one further microphone signal, directional information of the left and right microphone signals; outputting a first signal corresponding to the left microphone signal; outputting a second signal corresponding to the right microphone signal; and outputting a third signal corresponding to the determined directional information. Another apparatus performs the following: performing at least one of the following: outputting first and second signals as stereo output signals; or converting the first and second signals to mid and side signals, and converting, using directional information for the first and second signals, the mid and side signals to at least one of binaural signals or multi-channel signals, and outputting the corresponding binaural signals or multi-channel signals. Additional apparatus, program products, and methods are disclosed. | 08-08-2013 |
20130289754 | Methods And Apparatus For Audio Processing - Systems and techniques for determining characteristics to be exhibited by a sound phrase. A user draws traces on an input device indicating characteristics, such as duration and direction, of sounds such as sounds to be captured by a microphone array. In response to the user inputs, signals from the microphone array are processed to produce a signal exhibiting the characteristics. The signal is stored to create a sound phrase, and the sound phrase may later be played. Additional inputs may be received specifying a direction from which the sound phrase is to be played, or playback may come from a default direction. Further inputs may be received during playback to control characteristics of the playback. In addition to specifying characteristics to be imparted to recorded or stored phrases, user inputs may specify characteristics for generated sounds or may specify characteristics to be exhibited by sounds being played. | 10-31-2013 |
20140086414 | EFFICIENT AUDIO CODING HAVING REDUCED BIT RATE FOR AMBIENT SIGNALS AND DECODING USING SAME - An apparatus creates first data stream(s) by processing first audio signal(s) and creates second data stream(s) by processing second audio signal(s). The processing includes detecting phase information from at least one of the second audio signal(s) so as to eliminate the phase information. The second data stream(s) are created without the phase information from the at least one second audio signal. The first and second data streams are output. Another apparatus receives first data stream(s) including first audio signal(s) and receives second data stream(s) including second audio signal(s). The second audio signal(s) include at least one second audio signal where phase information has been eliminated. Phase information is detected from one of a selected first audio signal or a selected second audio signal and is added into the at least one second audio signal. Output audio is rendered using the first and second audio signal(s). | 03-27-2014 |
20140270182 | Sound For Map Display - A method including associating a sound with a first location in a virtual three dimensional (3D) map; and during navigation of a user from a second location to the first location with use of the virtual 3D map, playing the sound by an apparatus based, at least partially, upon information from the virtual 3D map. | 09-18-2014 |
20150116519 | Noise Reduction - An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to generate a signal from at least one sound transducer of an apparatus, where the signal is generated based upon sound received at the at least one sound transducer, where the sound includes acoustic noise generated by a component of the apparatus; and remove a noise component from the signal, where the noise component at least partially corresponds to the acoustic noise generated by the component. | 04-30-2015 |
20150208168 | Controllable Playback System Offering Hierarchical Playback Options - A first apparatus performs the following: determining, using microphone signals corresponding to a left microphone signal from a left microphone and a right microphone signal from a right microphone and using at least one further microphone signal, directional information of the left and right microphone signals corresponding to a location of a sound source; outputting a first signal corresponding to the left microphone signal; outputting a second signal corresponding to the right microphone signal; and outputting a third signal corresponding to the determined directional information. A second apparatus performs the following: determining, using microphone signals corresponding to a left microphone signal from a left microphone and a right microphone signal from a right microphone and using at least one further microphone signal, directional information of the left and right microphone signals corresponding to a location of a sound source; converting the left microphone signal, the right microphone signal and the directional information into a high quality left microphone signal and a high quality right microphone signal; and outputting a first signal corresponding to the high quality left microphone signal; and outputting a second signal corresponding to the high quality right microphone signal. Additional apparatus, program products, and methods are disclosed. | 07-23-2015 |
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20140074488 | ENCODING OF STEREOPHONIC SIGNALS - A stereophonic signal is converted into a mid channel signal and a side channel signal. Noise is added to the side channel signal. The amount of noise is selected depending on masking thresholds for at least two channels of the stereophonic signal. The mid channel signal and the modified side channel signal are quantized for transmission. Alternatively or in addition, a set of quantization parameter for the quantization of the side channel signal is selected depending on the masking thresholds. | 03-13-2014 |
20140254817 | Orientation Free Handsfree Device - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided to indicate or automatically configure headphone channel orientation based on a physical orientation determination. An apparatus is provided that is configured to at least determine an orientation of the headphone device; analyze the determined orientation; and provide an indication of the determined orientation or adjust the output channel configuration of the apparatus for the headphone device. The apparatus may be further configured to determine the orientation of the headphone device based on at least one of: a head turn position; a direction of one or more audio signals; a direction of movement, wherein the movement is determined based on a determination of acceleration or trajectory of the headphone device; two or more compass data, wherein at least one compass is located in each of the apparatus and the headphone device; and a difference in characteristics of one or more audio signals. | 09-11-2014 |
20140270710 | OPTIMIZED AUDIO ENABLED CINEMAGRAPH - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided according to example embodiments in order to create optimized audio enabled cinemagraphs. In the context of a apparatus, the apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program instructions, the at least one memory and the computer program instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive at least two image frames and audio, wherein the duration of the audio is longer than the duration of the at least two image frames; receive a selection of a segment of the at least two image frames; define an output image by looping the selected segment of the at least two image frames; define an output audio from the received audio based at least on a start time and a stop time of the selected segment; and produce an animated image by at least combining the output image and the output audio. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20150033123 | AUDIO-VISUAL INTERFACE FOR APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code is configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: associating at least one user interface visual display element and at least one user interface audio display element with a data representation; determining a user interface position for the data representation determining whether the user interface position for the data representation is within a visual display region; outputting the at least one visual display element when the user interface position is within the visual display region; and outputting the at least one audio display element with the user interface position wherein the outputting of at least one audio display element is generated based on the user interface position relative to the visual display region. | 01-29-2015 |
20150077421 | CREATING A CINEMAGRAPH - An apparatus receives first image data that is based on image data captured by a first camera and second image data that is based on image data captured by a second camera. The apparatus then creates a cinemagraph using the first image data for a static part of the cinemagraph and using the second image data for an animated part of the cinemagraph. Another apparatus could provide at least one of the first and second image data based on a detected corresponding element. | 03-19-2015 |
20150110275 | Multi-Channel Audio Capture in an Apparatus with Changeable Microphone Configurations - An apparatus comprises at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: provide an audio capture event wherein one or more microphone configurations are configured to provide one or more audio signals based on at least one acoustic signal from at least one acoustic source, at least one of the one or more microphone configurations being defined by a first position of a first microphone configuration on a first portion and a second position of a second microphone configuration on a second portion, the second portion being movable relative to the first portion. | 04-23-2015 |
20150113401 | Method and Apparatus for Rendering of a Media Item - A method comprising determining that a first separate apparatus is proximate to the apparatus, receiving information indicative of a first media item candidate from the first separate apparatus, such that the first media item is associated with the first separate apparatus, determining that a second separate apparatus is proximate to the apparatus, receiving information indicative of a second media item candidate from the second separate apparatus, such that the second media item is associated with the second separate apparatus, determining a rendering media item based, at least in part, on the first media item candidate and the second media item candidate, and causing rendering of the rendering media item is disclosed. | 04-23-2015 |
20150124167 | FLEXIBLE SPATIAL AUDIO CAPTURE APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising: at least one determiner configured to determine at least one characteristic associated with a flexible part of a further apparatus; a signal processor configured to process at least one signal dependent on the at least one characteristic associated with the flexible part of the further apparatus, wherein the signal is at least one of an audio and a video signal; and an user interface generator configured to generate at least one user interface indication dependent on the characteristic associated with a flexible part of the further apparatus. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124972 | AUDIO PROCESSING FOR MONO SIGNALS - It is inter alia disclosed to generate a signal representation at least based on a noise reduced component from a signal and on a noise component from the signal, said signal representation comprising at least two channel representations. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124980 | DETECTION OF A MICROPHONE - An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at least two microphone signals associated with at least one acoustic source; an audio source determiner configured to determine from at least part of the at least two microphone signals at least one audio source based on the at least one acoustic source; an audio source direction determiner configured to determine at least one direction associated with the determined at least one audio source; a calibrator configured to calibrate at least one of the at least two microphone signals based on the at least one direction. | 05-07-2015 |
20150138370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING AN AUDIO PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate calibration of an audio playback system with a video presented upon a display. In the context of a method, an image including a display from a first location is received. The method also includes determining a dimension of the display within the image and determining an angle of the display based upon the dimension of a display determined within the image and the first location. The method further includes permitting an audio playback system associated with the display to be calibrated, such as with a video to be presented upon the display, based upon the determined angle. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 05-21-2015 |
20150245158 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING RECORDED AUDIO WITH CORRECT SPATIAL DIRECTIONALITY - An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive from at least one co-operating apparatus at least one audio signal; an audio signal analyser configured to analyse the at least one audio signal to determine at least one audio component position relative to the at least one co-operating apparatus recording position; and a processor configured to determine an position value based on the at least one cooperating recording position and the apparatus position, and further configured to apply the position value to the at least one audio component position, such that the at least one audio component position is substantially aligned with the apparatus position. | 08-27-2015 |
20150280669 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOUND PLAYBACK CONTROL - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to coordinate the control of the volume levels of both the playback sound and the ambient sound delivered to a user via headphones. In the context of a method for controlling sound reproduction from an electronic device, a control signal is received in response to user actuation of a single input. The method also receives both playback sound and ambient sound around the electronic device. In response to the control signal, the method controls volume levels of both the playback sound and the ambient sound provided to an output channel configuration of a headphone device. | 10-01-2015 |