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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Yasuhiro Toguri, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Matsumura, Saitama, JP;
Yasuhiro Toguri, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Matsumura, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an audio encoder comprising a determination part determining, based on frequency spectra of audio signals of a plurality of channels, a mixing ratio as a ratio, relative to a frequency spectrum after mixing for each channel of the plurality of channels, of the frequency spectrum for another channel, a mixing part mixing the frequency spectra of the plurality of channels for each channel based on the mixing ratio determined by the determination part, and an encoding part encoding the frequency spectra of the plurality of channels after mixing by the mixing part.