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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Sunil Bharitkar, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Chris Kyriakakis, Altadena, CA (US);
Sunil Bharitkar, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Chris Kyriakakis, Altadena, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for stereo expansion includes a step to remove the effects of actual relative speaker to listener positioning and head shadow and a step to introduce an artificial effect based on a desired virtual relative speaker to listener positioning using the inter-aural delay and the head-shadow models for the virtual speakers at desired angles relative to the listener thereby creating the impression of a widened and centered sound stage and an immersive listening experience. Known methods drown out vocals and add mid-range coloration thereby defeating equalization. The present method includes the integration of a novel binaural listening model and speaker-room equalization techniques to provide widening while not defeating equalization.