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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Dolby International Ab, Amsterdam Zuidoost, NL;
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Harald Mundt, Fürth, DE;
Jeffrey Riedmiller, Penngrove, CA (US);
Karl J. Roeden, Solna, SE;
Michael Ward, San Francisco, CA (US);
Phillip Williams, Alameda, CA (US);
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dolby International AB, Amsterdam Zuidoost, NL;
Abstract
The present document relates to audio encoding/decoding. In particular, the present document relates to a method and system for improving the quality of encoded multi-channel audio signals. An audio encoder configured to encode a multi-channel audio signal according to a total available data-rate is described. The multi-channel audio signal is representable as a basic group () of channels for rendering the multi-channel audio signal in accordance to a basic channel configuration, and as an extension group () of channels, which—in combination with the basic group ()—is for rendering the multi-channel audio signal in accordance to an extended channel configuration. The basic channel configuration and the extended channel configuration are different from one another.