Audio system and method for predicting acoustic feature
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsJeong Il Seo, Tae Jin Park, Jae Hyoun Yoo, Yong Ju Lee, Jung Woo Choi
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Abstract
An audio system and method using indoor response estimation are disclosed. An acoustic feature prediction method of the audio system may include generating a detection signal based on an input signal and a modulation code; generating an acoustic signal based on the detection signal and outputting the acoustic signal to a plurality of speakers; measuring acoustic signals output from the speakers where the speakers are installed; and predicting acoustic features related to the speakers based on the measured acoustic signals and the modulation code.
Claims12
A method of predicting an acoustic feature performing by an audio system, the
- method comprising:
- generating, by an acoustic feature prediction apparatus of the audio system, a detection signal based on an input signal and a modulation code;
- generating, by an acoustic feature prediction apparatus of the audio system, an acoustic signal based on the detection signal and outputting the acoustic signal to a plurality of speakers;
- measuring, by an acoustic feature prediction apparatus of the audio system, acoustic signals output from the speakers where the speakers are installed;
- and
- predicting, by an acoustic feature prediction apparatus of the audio system, acoustic features related to the speakers based on the measured acoustic signals and the modulation code,
- wherein the acoustic features comprise effects of acoustics on a user based upon user location and environment where the speakers are located,
- wherein the generating of the detection signal comprises a plurality of channels based on the single-channel input signal and reversing polarity of the at least one channel of the plurality of channels with the modulation code to generate the detection signal.
A method of generating an audio signal performing by audio system, the method of comprising:
- receiving, by an audio signal generation apparatus of the audio system, predicted acoustic features with respect to a plurality of speakers;
- modulating, by an audio signal generation apparatus of the audio system, an audio signal based on the acoustic features to generate an audio signal optimized for a space where the speakers are installed;
- and
- generating, by an audio signal generation apparatus of the audio system, an acoustic signal based on the optimized audio signal to output the acoustic signal to the speakers,
- wherein the acoustic features comprise effects of acoustics on a user based upon user location and environment where the speakers are located,
- wherein the acoustic features are predicted based on measured acoustic signals and a modulation code by generating a detection signal based on a single-channel input signal and the modulation code and measuring an acoustic signal output based on the detection signal where the speakers are installed,
- wherein the generating the detection signal comprises generating a plurality of channels based on the single-channel input signal and reversing polarity of the at least one channel of the plurality of channels with the modulation code to generate the detection signal.
An acoustic feature prediction apparatus of the audio system, the acoustic feature prediction apparatus executes the below steps:
- generate a detection signal based on a single-channel input signal and a modulation code;
- generate an acoustic signal based on the detection signal and to output the acoustic signal to a plurality of speakers;
- measure acoustic signals output from the speakers where the speakers are installed;
- and
- predict acoustic features related to the speakers based on the measured acoustic signals and the modulation code,
- wherein the acoustic features comprise effects of acoustics on a user based upon user location and environment where the speakers are located,
- wherein instructions to generate the detection signal generate a plurality of channels based on a single-channel input signal and reverses polarity of the at least one channel of the plurality of channels with the modulation code to generate the detection signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.