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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2010
Satoshi Higuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Niitsuma, Chiba, JP;
Keisuke Satou, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichiro Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Higuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Niitsuma, Chiba, JP;
Keisuke Satou, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichiro Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An audio processing apparatus includes: a transmission signal input/output unit that inputs or outputs a video signal, an audio signal, and a control signal; a reproduction processing unit that reproduces the audio signal inputted to the transmission signal input/output unit or an audio signal inputted to any other audio signal input unit; an output unit that outputs the audio signal, which is processed by the reproduction processing unit, through a loudspeaker; and a control unit that when detecting that a control signal signifying that a predetermined mode concerning the display image quality represented by the video signal should be designated is inputted to the transmission signal input/output unit, instructs the reproduction processing unit to perform predetermined sound-field processing or sound-quality processing during the reproduction.