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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:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
May. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Dolby International Ab, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Christian Schindler, Nuremberg, DE;
Malte Schmidt, Feucht, DE;
Assignee:
Dolby International AB, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G11B 27/031 (2006.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G11B 27/031 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein is a method for improving dialogue intelligibility during playback of audio data on a playback device, wherein the audio data comprise dialogue audio data, and at least one of music and effects audio data, the method including the steps of: determining a volume mixing ratio based on a volume value for playback; mixing the dialogue audio data and the at least one of music and effects audio data based on said volume mixing ratio; and outputting the mixed audio data for playback. Described are further a respective playback device and a respective computer program product.