# US 10,375,500 B2 · Propagation delay correction apparatus and propagation delay correction method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,375,500 B2 - Document ID: US10375500B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/901,165 - Filed: 2014-06-19 - Published: 2016-05-12 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-06-27 - Assignees: Clarion Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Clarion Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto; Tetsuo Watanabe; Yasuhiro Fujita; Kazutomo Fukue - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375500B2 ## CPC - H04S 7/302: {Electronic adaptation of stereophonic sound system to listener position or orientation (H04S7/301 takes precedence)} - H03H 17/0009: {Time-delay networks} - H03H 17/0213: {Frequency domain filters using Fourier transforms} - H03H 17/08: Networks for phase shifting - H04R 3/04: for correcting frequency response - H04S 1/00: Two-channel systems (H04S5/00, H04S7/00 take precedence) - H04R 2499/13: Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles - H04S 2420/07: Synergistic effects of band splitting and sub-band processing - H04S: STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS - H03H: IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (waveguides, resonators, lines or other devices of the waveguide type H01P) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) ## Abstract A propagation delay tune correction apparatus comprising a means for generating a frequency spectrum signal by performing short-term Fourier transform on an audio signal; a means for setting a propagation delay time for each of a plurality of predetermined frequency bands; a means for calculating a phase control amount for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the propagation delay time set for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands; a means for generating a phase control signal by smoothing the calculated phase control amount for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands; a means for controlling a phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the generated phase control signal; and a means for generating an audio signal on which a propagation delay correction is performed by performing inverse short-term Fourier transform on the frequency spectrum signal of which the phase is controlled for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A propagation delay time correction method for adjusting a propagation delay time of an audio signal of each of a plurality of channels to suppress sound image localization bias by Haas effect, comprising: generating a frequency spectrum signal by performing short-term Fourier transform on the audio signal; determining whether propagation delay times for respective frequency bands of a plurality of predetermined frequency bands are changed by a user, if the propagation delay times are changed, calculating phase control amounts for respective frequency bands of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands based on the propagation delay times respectively set for the plurality of predetermined frequency bands, the calculated phase control amounts representing a first phase control signal, and generating a second phase control signal by smoothing the first phase control signal in a frequency domain; controlling a phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the second phase control signal; and generating an audio signal on which a propagation delay correction is applied by performing an inverse short-term Fourier transform on the frequency spectrum signal of which the phase is controlled for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The propagation delay time correction method according to claim 1, wherein, in the controlling the phase of the frequency spectrum signal, the phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands is rotated and offset on the basis of the second phase control signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The propagation delay time correction method according to claim 1, further comprising specifying at least one of a number and a width of frequency bands to which the propagation delay time is to be set. ### Claim 4 A propagation delay time correction method for adjusting a propagation delay time of an audio signal of one of right and left channels to suppress sound image localization bias by Haas effect, comprising: generating a frequency spectrum signal by performing short-term Fourier transform on the audio signal; determining whether propagation delay times for respective frequency bands of a plurality of predetermined frequency bands are changed by a user, if the propagation delay times are changed, calculating phase control amounts for respective frequency bands of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands based on the propagation delay times respectively set for the plurality of predetermined frequency bands, the calculated phase control amounts representing a first phase control signal, and generating a second phase control signal by smoothing the first phase control signal in a frequency domain; controlling a phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the second phase control signal; and generating an audio signal on which a propagation delay correction is applied by performing an inverse short-term Fourier transform on the frequency spectrum signal of which the phase is controlled for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The propagation delay time correction method according to claim 4, wherein, in the controlling the phase of the frequency spectrum signal, the phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands is rotated and offset on the basis of the second phase control signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The propagation delay time correction method according to claim 4, further comprising specifying at least one of a number and a width of frequency bands to which the propagation delay time is to be set.