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Patent No.:

US 8494190 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013

Filed:

May. 19, 2011
Applicant:

Kazuki Sakai, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kazuki Sakai, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An audio signal processing apparatus includes: a test signal supply unit to supply a test signal to each speaker of a multi-channel speaker including a center speaker and others; a speaker angle calculation unit to calculate an installation angle of each speaker with an orientation of a microphone as a reference, based on test audio output from each speaker and collected by the microphone; a speaker angle determination unit to determine an installation angle of each speaker with a direction of the center speaker from the microphone as a reference, based on the installation angle of the center speaker and the installation angles of the other speakers with the orientation of the microphone as a reference; and a signal processing unit to perform correction processing on an audio signal based on the installation angles of the speakers with the direction of the center speaker from the microphone as a reference.


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