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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2008
Grégory Pallone, Trelevern, FR;
Jean-philippe Thomas, Trevou Treguignec, FR;
Grégory Pallone, Trelevern, FR;
Jean-Philippe Thomas, Trevou Treguignec, FR;
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A conference bridge of a conference system having a plurality of conference stations, the bridge comprising: reception means for receiving dual-channel audio signals coming from the conference station; determination means for determining at least one processing function per conference station of the conference system; application means for applying respective weighing functions to the received dual-channel signals; build-up means for building up one hybrid dual-channel signal for forwarding per conference station by means for summing a portion of the process dual-channel audio signals; and forwarding means for forwarding the respective hybrid dual-channel audio signal to each of the various conference stations of the conference system. A method of forwarding a spatialized audio scene and implemented by a conference bridge is also disclosed.