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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Christian Borss, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G10L 19/022 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/001 (2013.01); G10L 19/022 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04S 7/301 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for combining three or more audio signals is described. The apparatus includes a segmentation block for segmenting each audio signal into segments, a weight determination block, which is configured to determine a weight value for each of the temporally weighted audio signal segments, a combination block for combining the temporally weighted audio signal segments of each audio signal, and a synthesis block for generating an output audio signal. A method for combining three or more audio signals and a computer program product are also described.