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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Nam-suk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Chul-woo Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Inventors:
Nam-suk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Chul-Woo Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/00 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 1/00 (2013.01); H04S 2400/03 (2013.01); H04S 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
An encoding apparatus includes a down-mixing unit for down-mixing first and second input signals, and controlling a spatial parameter comprising or not comprising a first parameter which indicates a correlation between the first and second input signals to be transmitted to a decoding apparatus according to whether any one of the first and second input signals has a magnitude that is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value; and a transmitting unit for transmitting the spatial parameter to the decoding apparatus.