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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2021
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichiro Nishigori, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A decoder according to the present technology includes a first decoding unit configured to, for encoded data obtained by encoding a tactile signal, decode a first band signal being a signal of a first frequency band in the tactile signal, the encoded data including data obtained by encoding the first band signal and tactile strength information indicative of a tactile strength for a second frequency band different from the first frequency band in the tactile signal, a second decoding unit configured to decode a second band signal being a signal of the second frequency band in the tactile signal on the basis of the tactile strength information in the encoded data, and a synthesis unit configured to synthesize the first band signal decoded by the first decoding unit and the second band signal decoded by the second decoding unit.