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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Mikko-Ville Laitinen, Espoo, FI;
Juha Vilkamo, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/364 (2015.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/30 (2013.01); H04B 17/364 (2015.01); H04R 1/323 (2013.01); H04S 1/002 (2013.01); H04R 2430/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including circuitry configured to: obtain a binaural audio signal; obtain, based on the binaural audio signal, at least one direction parameter of at least one frequency band of the binaural audio signal; process the binaural audio signal to generate at least two audio signals for loudspeaker reproduction by modifying an inter-channel difference of the at least one frequency band of the binaural audio signal based on the at least one direction parameter for the at least one frequency band; and output the at least two audio signals for loudspeaker reproduction.