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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2009
Nam-suk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Chul-woo Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Jong-hoon Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Han-gil Moon, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-wook Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-hoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Nam-Suk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Chul-woo Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Jong-hoon Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Han-gil Moon, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-wook Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-hoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A multi-channel audio signal encoding and decoding method and apparatus are provided. The multi-channel audio signal encoding method, the method including: obtaining semantic information for each channel; determining a degree of similarity between multi-channels based on the obtained semantic information for each channel; determining similar channels among the multi-channels based on the determined degree of similarity between the multi-channels; and determining spatial parameters between the similar channels and down-mixing audio signals of the similar channels.