Methods, apparatus and systems for position-based gain adjustment of object-based audio
AssigneesDolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, Dolby International AB
InventorsNicolas R. Tsingos, David S. McGrath, Freddie Sanchez, Antonio Mateos Sole
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Abstract
The positions of a plurality of speakers at a media consumption site are determined. Audio information in an object-based format is received. Gain adjustment value for a sound content portion in the object-based format may be determined based on the position of the sound content portion and the positions of the plurality of speakers. Audio information in a ring-based channel format is received. Gain adjustment value for each ring-based channel in a set of ring-based channels may be determined based on the ring to which the ring-based channel belongs and the positions of the speakers at a media consumption site.
Claims3
A method for decoding audio data, comprising:
- receiving, by a media device connected with a plurality of speakers that are at a media consumption site to play the audio data, an object-based audio item of the audio data and metadata, wherein the metadata includes positional information for the object-based audio item;
- receiving, by the media device, speaker configuration information, wherein the speaker configuration information includes an indication that the plurality of speakers are present in a plurality of different specific positions of the media consumption site;
- adjusting, by the media device, a gain value for rendering the object-based audio item's sound content portion based at least in part on the plurality of different specific positions;
- determining, by the media device, information regarding a screen that represents where the audio object item will be heard at the media consumption site;
- adjusting, by the media device, position information for the object-based audio item based on information regarding the screen;
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- rendering, by the media device by way of the plurality of speakers, the object-based audio item into channel based loudspeaker signals based on the adjusted gain value, the speaker configuration information and the object-based audio item's adjusted position information.
An apparatus for decoding audio data, comprising:
- a receiver, in a media device connected with a plurality of speakers that are at a media consumption site to play the audio data, an object-based audio item of the audio data and metadata, wherein the metadata includes positional information for the object-based audio item,
- wherein the receiver is further configured to receive speaker configuration information, wherein the speaker configuration information includes an indication that the plurality of speakers are present in a plurality of different specific positions of the media consumption site;
- a first processor for adjusting a gain value for rendering the object-based audio item's sound content portion based at least in part on the plurality of different specific positions;
- a second processor for determining information regarding a screen that represents where the audio object item will be heard at the media consumption site;
- a third processor for adjusting position information for the object-based audio item based on information regarding the screen;
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- a renderer for rendering, by the media device by way of the plurality of speakers, the object-based audio item into channel based loudspeaker signals based on the adjusted gain value, the speaker configuration information and the object-based audio item's adjusted position information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.