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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2001
Tsukuru Ishito, Kyoto, JP;
Masaharu Matsumoto, Katano, JP;
Shuji Miyasaka, Neyagawa, JP;
Takeshi Fujita, Takatsuki, JP;
Takashi Katayama, Katano, JP;
Masahiro Sueyoshi, Neyagawa, JP;
Kazutaka Abe, Kadoma, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Iizuka, JP;
Eiji Otomura, Ibaraki, JP;
Akihisa Kawamura, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
An audio decoding apparatus is provided for receiving a bit stream on a block-by-block basis, decoding one block of the bit stream to form decoded audio data for a plurality of channels, and storing the decoded audio data for each of the plurality of channels in a memory device, thereby down-mixing the decoded audio data for each of the plurality of channels. The audio decoding apparatus includes an operation section for down-mixing the decoded audio data for each of the plurality of channels corresponding to a first block of the bit stream in the memory section while a second block of the bit stream is decoded.