Sound reproducing device adding audio data to decoded sound using processor selected based on trade-offs

A sound reproducing device, comprising:

• a decoder section configured to decode an audio-signal bit stream input from the outside world, and to generate a decoded PCM signal;
• a control section configured to identify reproduction conditions from reproduction-instruction information obtained from the outside world and decoding information obtained from the decoder section, and to provide a reproduction instruction;
• an acoustic processing section configured to perform acoustic processing on the decoded PCM signal generated in the decoder section;
• and
• an additional-audio addition section configured to process additional audio data input from the outside world, to add a result with the decoded PCM signal on which the acoustic processing is performed by the acoustic processing section, and to output a result as an output PCM signal,
• wherein the additional-audio addition section includes
• an additional-audio generation section configured to process the additional audio data input from the outside world so that the additional audio data can be added with the decoded PCM signal, and to output a result as an additional-audio PCM signal, and
• an adder configured to mix the additional-audio PCM signal and the decoded PCM signal,
• the control section identifies processing load based on the reproduction-instruction information and the decoding information, and identifies acoustic processing conditions in the acoustic processing section according to the processing load, and
• the acoustic processing section performs the acoustic processing on the decoded PCM signal according to the acoustic processing conditions identified by the control section.

A sound reproducing device, comprising:

• a decoder section configured to decode an audio-signal bit stream input from the outside world, and to generate a decoded PCM signal;
• a control section configured to identify reproduction conditions from reproduction-instruction information obtained from the outside world and decoding information obtained from the decoder section, and to provide a reproduction instruction;
• a sampling-frequency conversion section configured to perform sampling-frequency conversion processing on the decoded PCM signal generated in the decoder section, according to the reproduction instruction transmitted from the control section;
• an acoustic processing section configured to perform acoustic processing on the decoded PCM signal output from the decoder section or output from the sampling-frequency conversion section, according to the reproduction instruction transmitted from the control section;
• and
• an additional-audio addition section configured to process additional audio data input from the outside world, to add a result with the decoded PCM signal output from the decoder section or output from the acoustic processing section, and to output a result as an output PCM signal,
• wherein the additional-audio addition section includes
• an additional-audio generation section configured to process the additional audio data input from the outside world so that the additional audio data can be added with the decoded PCM signal, and to output a result as an additional-audio PCM signal, and
• an adder configured to mix the additional-audio PCM signal and the decoded PCM signal, and
• the control section identifies processing load based on the reproduction-instruction information and the decoding information, and determines, depending on the processing load, a processing order of the sampling-frequency conversion processing by the sampling-frequency conversion section and the processing and the additive processes of the additional audio data by the additional-audio addition section.

A sound reproducing device, comprising:

• a decoder section configured to decode an audio-signal bit stream input from the outside world, and to generate a decoded PCM signal;
• a control section configured to identify reproduction conditions from reproduction-instruction information obtained from the outside world and decoding information obtained from the decoder section, and to provide a reproduction instruction;
• an internally-installed-additional-audio-data buffer configured to store additional audio data installed in the sound reproducing device (internally-installed additional audio data);
• and
• an additional-audio addition section configured to process additional audio data input from the outside world (externally-input additional audio data) or the internally-installed additional audio data, to add a result with the decoded PCM signal, and to output a result as an output PCM signal,
• wherein the control section identifies the externally-input additional audio data or the internally-installed additional audio data based on the reproduction-instruction information and the decoding information, and
• the additional-audio addition section includes
• an additional-audio generation section configured to process the externally-input additional audio data or the internally-installed additional audio data, whichever has been identified by the control section, so that the identified additional audio data can be added with the decoded PCM signal, and to output a result as an additional-audio PCM signal, and
• an adder configured to mix the additional-audio PCM signal and the decoded PCM signal, and
• wherein the sound reproducing device is implemented on a single processor (system) together with other processing devices, and
• the control section identifies the externally-input additional audio data or the internally-installed additional audio data based on system load information and on the reproduction-instruction information obtained from the outside world, and on the decoding information.

A sound reproducing device, comprising:

• a decoder section configured to decode an audio-signal bit stream input from the outside world, and to generate a decoded PCM signal;
• a control section configured to identify reproduction conditions from reproduction-instruction information obtained from the outside world and decoding information obtained from the decoder section, and to provide a reproduction instruction;
• an additional-audio addition section configured to process additional audio data input from the outside world, to add a result with the decoded PCM signal, and to output a result as an output PCM signal;
• and
• a PCM output buffer configured to accumulate the output PCM signals output from the additional-audio addition section,
• wherein the additional-audio addition section includes
• an additional-audio generation section configured to process the additional audio data so that the additional audio data can be added with the decoded PCM signal, and to output a result as an additional-audio PCM signal, and
• an adder configured to mix the additional-audio PCM signal and the decoded PCM signal,
• the additional-audio generation section includes
• a plurality of processing means depending on a trade-off between the amount of load of computation process in the processing and acoustic properties of a processing result,
• the control section includes a PCM-output-buffer remaining-amount monitoring means configured to monitor a remaining amount of the output PCM signals of the PCM output buffer, and identifies one of the plurality of processing means based on the remaining amount status of the output PCM signals of the PCM output buffer, and
• the additional-audio generation section processes the additional audio data by the processing means identified by the control section.

A sound reproducing device, comprising:

• a decoder section configured to decode an audio-signal bit stream input from the outside world, and to generate a decoded PCM signal;
• a control section configured to identify reproduction conditions from reproduction-instruction information obtained from the outside world and decoding information obtained from the decoder section, and to provide a reproduction instruction;
• an additional-audio-data input buffer configured to accumulate additional audio data input from the outside world;
• and
• an additional-audio addition section configured to process the additional audio data accumulated in the additional-audio-data input buffer, to add a result with the decoded PCM signal, and to output a result as an output PCM signal,
• wherein the additional-audio addition section includes
• an additional-audio generation section configured to process the additional audio data so that the additional audio data can be added with the decoded PCM signal, and to output a result as an additional-audio PCM signal, and
• an adder configured to mix the additional-audio PCM signal and the decoded PCM signal,
• the additional-audio generation section includes
• a plurality of processing means depending on a trade-off between the amount of load of computation process in the processing and acoustic properties of a processing result,
• the control section includes an additional-audio-data-input-buffer remaining-amount monitoring means configured to monitor a remaining amount of the additional audio data of the additional-audio-data input buffer, and identifies one of the plurality of processing means based on the remaining amount status of the additional audio data of the additional-audio-data input buffer, and
• the additional-audio generation section processes the additional audio data by the processing means identified by the control section.