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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Interdigital Ce Patent Holdings, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Rolf Guldener, Oetwil am See, CH;

Anton Werner Keller, Arni, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/00 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); G10L 19/008 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04N 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 3/008 (2013.01); G10L 19/008 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); H04N 21/4398 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/43635 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04S 3/002 (2013.01); H04L 12/2838 (2013.01); H04N 5/60 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/05 (2013.01);
Abstract

A television and a home cinema device work together in various embodiments to render an audio signal including at least a left channel, a right channel and a center channel. The left and right channels are rendered by left and right speakers coupled to the home cinema device, while the center channel is rendered by the left and right speakers of the television. The television can receive the audio signal, decode and render the center channel and send the audio, possibly reencoded left and right channels, to the home cinema device. The television can also send the audio to the home cinema device the returns the, possibly reencoded, center channel for rendering on the television. Alternatively, the home cinema device can receive the audio signal and provide the possibly reencoded center channel to the television. In an alternative, the center channel can be rendered by a soundbar coupled to the television.


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