Information processing apparatus and sound control method therefor
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorTakahiro Nakazato
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an amplifying unit configured to allow switching between a first gain characteristic and a second gain characteristic to be performed and a switching unit for performing switching between the first gain characteristic and the second gain characteristic. The first gain characteristic enables obtainment of a substantially linear input-output characteristic. The second gain characteristic has a gain higher than that of the first gain characteristic and enables obtainment of an input-output characteristic having a saturation characteristic.
Claims9
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an amplifying unit configured to allow switching between a first gain characteristic and a second gain characteristic to be performed, the first gain characteristic enabling obtainment of a substantially linear input-output characteristic, the second gain characteristic having a gain higher than that of the first gain characteristic and enabling obtainment of an input-output characteristic having a saturation characteristic;
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- switching means for performing switching between the first gain characteristic and the second gain characteristic.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an audio codec unit for generating an analog sound signal;
- an amplifying unit for amplifying the analog sound signal generated by the audio codec unit in accordance with a gain characteristic, the amplifying unit configured to allow switching between a first gain characteristic and a second gain characteristic to be performed, the first gain characteristic securing prevention of saturation occurrence even when a signal at a maximum level within an input range is input, the second gain characteristic showing a saturation characteristic when a signal at a level higher than a predetermined level is input and having a gain higher than that of the first gain characteristic;
- switching means for performing switching between the first gain characteristic and the second gain characteristic;
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- a speaker unit for outputting sound on the basis of the analog sound signal that has been amplified by the amplifying unit in accordance with the gain characteristic changed by the switching means.
A sound control method for an information processing apparatus that includes an output unit for outputting sound and an amplifying unit for amplifying a sound signal to be input into the output unit, the sound control method comprising the steps of:
- (a) amplifying the sound signal in accordance with a first gain characteristic or a second gain characteristic, the first gain characteristic enabling obtainment of a substantially linear input-output characteristic, the second gain characteristic having a gain higher than that of the first gain characteristic and enabling obtainment of an input-output characteristic having a saturation characteristic;
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- (b) switching between the first gain characteristic and the second gain characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.