Lg Electronics Inc.

Yonsei University

Hyen O Oh

Yang Won Jung

Jae Hyun Lim

Dong Soo Kim

Hee Suk Pang

Yang-Won Jung

Hyo Jin Kim

In Hwan Choi

Jin Woo Kim

Kook Yeon Kwak

Hyoung Gon Lee

Byoung Gill Kim

Won Gyu Song

Myung Hoon Lee

Jong Ha Moon

Joon Il Lee

Christof Faller

Chul Soo Lee

Sung Yong Yoon

Sung Young Yoon

Hee Suck Pang

Alexis Favrot

Chang Heon Lee

Hong Goo Kang

Jung Wook Song

Jeong Ook Song

Hee-Suk Pang

Alex Favrot

Hee Suk c/o Sejong University Pang

A digital broadcasting system which is robust against an error when mobile service data is transmitted and a method of processing data are disclosed. The mobile service data is subjected to an additional coding process and the coded mobile service data is transmitted. Accordingly, it is possible to cope with a serious channel variation while applying robustness to the mobile service data.

Broadcasting receiver and broadcast signal processing method

A method of processing an audio signal is provided. A decoding apparatus receives the audio signal, which includes a plurality of objects. The decoding apparatus further receives object information, object gain information, and object correlation information, preset presence information, preset number information, preset information based on the preset presence information and the preset number information, and preset rendering data. The preset information exists in a header region or in each frame. The decoding apparatus obtains a preset matrix from the user by an input unit of the audio decoding apparatus when the preset type information indicates the preset rendering data is defined by the user, and adjusts an output level of the plurality of objects for an output channel based on the object information and the preset matrix. The decoding apparatus outputs an adjusted audio signal including the plurality of objects with an adjusted output level.

Method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal

An apparatus for decoding an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving the audio signal and spatial information, identifying a type of modified spatial information, generating the modified spatial information using the spatial information, and decoding the audio signal using the modified spatial information, wherein the type of the modified spatial information includes at least one of partial spatial information, combined spatial information and expanded spatial information. Accordingly, an audio signal can be decoded into a configuration different from a configuration decided by an encoding apparatus. Even if the number of speakers is smaller or greater than that of multi-channels before execution of downmixing, it is able to generate output channels having the number equal to that of the speakers from a downmix audio signal.

Method and apparatus for decoding an audio signal

An encoding method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus are provided. The decoding method includes skipping extension information included in an input bitstream, extracting a three-dimensional (3D) down-mix signal and spatial information from the input bitstream, removing 3D effects from the 3D down-mix signal by performing a 3D rendering operation on the 3D down-mix signal, and generating a multi-channel signal using a down-mix signal obtained by the removal and the spatial information. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently encode multi-channel signals with 3D effects and to adaptively restore and reproduce audio signals with optimum sound quality according to the characteristics of an audio reproduction environment.

Apparatus and method for encoding/decoding signal

A method for processing an audio signal at an audio decoder, the method including receiving a downmix signal, a residual signal, and object information; extracting a background-object signal and a foreground-object signal from the downmix signal using the residual signal and object information; receiving mix information including gain information for the background-object signal; generating a downmix processing information based on the object information and the mix information; and generating an output signal including a modified background-object signal and a modified foreground-object signal. The modified background-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the background-object signal using the mix information. The modified foreground-object signal is obtained by modifying a gain of the foreground-object signal using the downmix processing information.

A method of processing an audio signal, the method including receiving a downmix signal and a first information, the downmix signal including at least one object, the first information including object information indicating an attribute of the at least one object; receiving a second information, the second information including external preset information and applied object number information, the external preset information being an external input and including an external preset rendering parameter and external preset metadata, the applied object number information indicating a number of objects to which the external preset information is applied; generating downmix processing information controlling panning or gain of the downmix signal by using the object information and the external preset information based on the applied object number information; and modifying the downmix signal by using the downmix processing information.

A method and apparatus for processing a signal, and more particularly, to an apparatus for processing a mix signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which a mix signal such as an audio signal and a video signal can be encoded/decoded. The present invention includes receiving at least one of a mix signal and source signals and generating a unified side information corresponding to a unified source signal using the mix signal and the at least one of the source signals, wherein the unified source signal is generated by grouping at least one source signal.

Apparatus for processing a mix signal and method thereof

A method of processing an audio signal, and which includes a receiving object information including object level information indicating a level of objects, object gain information and object correlation information; receiving preset presence information and preset number information; receiving preset information based on the preset presence information and the preset number information by an audio decoding apparatus, the preset information including preset metadata representing an attribute mode of the preset information, preset rendering data and preset type information indicating whether the preset rendering data is in a matrix type or not obtaining a preset matrix from the preset rendering data by the audio decoding apparatus, and generating a processed audio signal by controlling a gain or panning of the at least one object included in the audio signal based on the downmix processing information.

Method and apparatus for processing audio signals are provided. The method for decoding an audio signal includes extracting a downmix signal and spatial information from a received audio signal, generating surround converting information using the spatial information and rendering the downmix signal to generate a pseudo-surround signal in a previously set rendering domain, using the surround converting information. The apparatus for decoding an audio signal includes a demultiplexing part extracting a downmix signal and spatial information from a received audio signal, an information converting part generating surround converting information using the spatial information and a pseudo-surround generating part rendering the downmix signal to generate a pseudo-surround signal in a previously set rendering domain, using the surround converting information.

A method and apparatus for signal processing which enable data compression and recovery with high transmission efficiency are disclosed. Data coding and entropy coding are performed with correlation and grouping is used to increase coding efficiency. A method for signal processing according to this invention, the method includes decapsulating the signal received over an Internet protocol network, obtaining data coding identification information from the de-capsulated signal and data-decoding data according to a data coding scheme indicated by the data coding identification information, wherein the data coding scheme includes at least a pilot coding scheme, the pilot coding scheme decodes the data using a pilot reference value corresponding to a plurality of data and a pilot difference value, and the pilot difference value is generated using the data and the pilot reference value.

Method of processing a signal and apparatus for processing a signal

A method and apparatus for processing an audio signal is disclosed. Herein, the method includes receiving a downmix information having at least one independent object and a background object downmixed therein; receiving an object information and a mix information; and extracting at least one independent object from the downmix information using the object information and the enhanced object information.

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