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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejon, KR;
Seung-Kwon Beack, Seoul, KR;
Jeong-Il Seo, Daejon, KR;
Tae-Jin Lee, Daejon, KR;
Yong-Ju Lee, Daejon, KR;
In-Seon Jang, Daejon, KR;
Jae-Hyoun Yoo, Daejon, KR;
Dae-Young Jang, Daejon, KR;
Jin-Woo Hong, Daejon, KR;
Jin-Woong Kim, Daejon, KR;
Kyeong-Ok Kang, Daejon, KR;
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method for coding and decoding a multi-object audio signal. The apparatus includes a down-mixer for down-mixing the audio signals into one down-mixed audio signal and extracting supplementary information including header information and spatial cue information for each of the audio signals, a coder for coding the down-mixed audio signal, and a supplementary information coder for generating the supplementary information as a bit stream. The header information includes identification information for each of the audio signals and channel information for the audio signals.