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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:
Mar. 21, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Dolby International Ab, Amsterdam Zuidoost, NL;

Inventors:

Giulio Cengarle, Barcelona, ES;

Antonio Mateos Solé, Barcelona, ES;

Assignee:

Dolby International AB, Amsterdam Zuidoost, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 25/06 (2013.01); G10L 25/60 (2013.01); G11B 27/031 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 25/06 (2013.01); G10L 25/60 (2013.01); G11B 27/031 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for synchronizing audio signals captured by multiple independent devices during an audio event are described. Multiple recording devices, e.g. several smartphones, record the audio event. A computer system receives audio signals from the devices. The system determines a first delay between two audio signals based on cross-correlation of waveforms of the two audio signals. Subsequently, the system detects attacks that are present in each audio signal by computing the derivative of a respective envelope for each audio signal. The system determines a second delay between the two audio signals based on cross-correlation of attacks of the two audio signals. The system synchronizes the audio signals using the second delay upon determining that using the second delay improves sound quality over using the first delay.


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