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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dolby International Ab, Dublin, IE;
Christof Fersch, Neumarkt, DE;
Scott Gregory Norcross, San Rafael, CA (US);
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
Described herein is a method of metadata-based dynamic processing of audio data for playback, the method including: receiving, by a decoder, a bitstream including audio data and metadata for dynamic loudness adjustment; decoding, by the decoder, the audio data and the metadata to obtain decoded audio data and the metadata; determining, by the decoder, from the metadata, one or more processing parameters for dynamic loudness adjustment based on a playback condition; applying the determined one or more processing parameters to the decoded audio data to obtain processed audio data; and outputting the processed audio data for playback. Described is further a method of encoding audio data and metadata for dynamic loudness adjustment into a bitstream. Moreover, described are a respective decoder and encoder, a respective system and computer program products.