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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H03G 3/32 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01); H03G 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 7/002 (2013.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H03G 3/3089 (2013.01); H03G 3/32 (2013.01); H03G 5/165 (2013.01); H03G 7/007 (2013.01); H04M 7/006 (2013.01); H04M 2203/305 (2013.01);
Abstract
Volume leveler controller and controlling method are disclosed. In one embodiment, A volume leveler controller includes an audio content classifier for identifying the content type of an audio signal in real time; and an adjusting unit for adjusting a volume leveler in a continuous manner based on the content type as identified. The adjusting unit may configured to positively correlate the dynamic gain of the volume leveler with informative content types of the audio signal, and negatively correlate the dynamic gain of the volume leveler with interfering content types of the audio signal.