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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2006
Pasi Ojala, Kirkkonummi, FI;
Julia Turku, Espoo, FI;
Pasi Ojala, Kirkkonummi, FI;
Julia Turku, Espoo, FI;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Inputting of a parametrically encoded audio signal comprising at least one combined signal of a plurality of audio channels and one or more corresponding sets of side information describing a multi-channel sound image and including channel configuration information is shown along with deriving, from the channel configuration information, audio source location data describing at least one of horizontal and vertical positions of audio sources in the binaural audio signal; selecting, from a predetermined set of head-related transfer function filters, a left-right pair of head-related transfer function filters matching closest to the audio source location data, wherein the left-right pair of head-related transfer function filters is searched in a stepwise motion in a horizontal plane; and synthesizing a binaural audio signal from the at least one processed signal according to side information and the channel configuration information.