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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Tomokazu Ishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Norimatsu, Hyogo, JP;
Huan Zhou, Singapore, SG;
Zhong Hai Shan, Singapore, SG;
Kok Seng Chong, Singapore, SG;
Tomokazu Ishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Norimatsu, Hyogo, JP;
Huan Zhou, Singapore, SG;
Zhong Hai Shan, Singapore, SG;
Kok Seng Chong, Singapore, SG;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object decoding unit receives a plurality of pieces of coded acoustic information coded on an object basis and decodes the received coded acoustic information on an object basis to generate object signals. A rendering unit positions, for each acoustic signal resulting from synthesizing the object signals, a virtual sound source of each of the object signals resulting from the object-based decoding, in a listening space, and priority information indicating a priority of the acoustic signal is multiplexed with the coded acoustic information. The rendering unit determines, with reference to the priority indicated in the priority information or the number of object signals included in the acoustic signal, a size of an area of the listening space which is allocated to the acoustic signal, and positions, within the area, the virtual sound source of each of the object signals included in the acoustic signal.