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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2007
Yuhki Mitsufuji, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Chinen, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Honma, Chiba, JP;
Kenichi Makino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuhki Mitsufuji, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Chinen, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Honma, Chiba, JP;
Kenichi Makino, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A player apparatus for playing an input signal after band-extending the input signal includes: an extension controller to determine an extension start band for the input signal in accordance with information relating to the input signal; and a band divider to divide the input signal into a plurality of sub-band signals. The frequency band is extended on the basis of a plurality of the sub-band signals on a side lower than the extension start band, among the plurality of sub-band signals into which the input signal is band-divided by the band divider.