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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2005
Jeong Ii Seo, Daejeon, KR;
Han Gil Moon, Seoul, KR;
Seung Kwon Beack, Daejeon, KR;
Kyeong OK Kang, Daejeon, KR;
IN Seon Jang, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Koeng MO Sung, Seoul, KR;
Min Soo Hahn, Daejeon, KR;
Jin Woo Hong, Daejeon, KR;
Jeong II Seo, Daejeon, KR;
Han Gil Moon, Seoul, KR;
Seung Kwon Beack, Daejeon, KR;
Kyeong Ok Kang, Daejeon, KR;
In Seon Jang, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Koeng Mo Sung, Seoul, KR;
Min Soo Hahn, Daejeon, KR;
Jin Woo Hong, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Seoul National University Industry Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a multi-channel audio signal. The apparatus for encoding a multi-channel audio signal includes a frame converter for converting the multi-channel audio signal into a framed audio signal; means for downmixing the framed audio signal; means for encoding the downmixed audio signal; a source location information estimator for estimating source location information from the framed multi-channel audio signal; means for quantizing the estimated source location information; and means for multiplexing the encoded audio signal and the quantized source location information, to generate an encoded multi-channel audio signal.