Signal processor and signal processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11609783-B2
Application number	US-202117482677-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2021
Priority date	Apr 5, 2019
Publication date	Mar 21, 2023
Grant date	Mar 21, 2023

Abstract

A signal processor and a signal processing method thereof. The signal processor obtain a first audio signal of a first channel, obtains a second audio signal of a second channel. The signal processor performs a first signal processing on the input first audio signal. The signal processor, when it does not obtain the second audio signal, performs a second signal processing on the input first audio signal having undergone the first signal processing and output a further processed first audio signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A signal processor comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor that implements the stored instructions to execute a plurality of tasks, including:
a first input task configured to obtain a first audio signal of a first channel;
a second input task configured to obtain a second audio signal of a second channel;
a first signal processing task configured to perform a first signal processing on the input first audio signal and output a processed first audio signal;
a second signal processing task configured to perform a second signal processing on the a select first input second audio signal, and output a processed first select audio signal; and
a control task configured to automatically select:
in a first state where the first audio signal is obtained and the second audio signal is obtained, the second audio signal as the select first input audio signal so that the second signal processing is performed only on the second audio signal; and
in a second state where the first audio signal is obtained and the second audio signal is not obtained, the processed first audio signal as the select first input audio signal so that the second signal processing is performed only on the processed first audio signal.

2. The signal processor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tasks further include:
a third input task configured to obtain a third audio signal of a third channel; and
a third signal processing task configured to perform a third signal processing on a select second input audio signal, and output a processed second select audio signal,
wherein the control task automatically selects:
in a third state where the first audio signal is obtained, the second audio signal is obtained, and the third audio signal is obtained, the third audio signal as the select second input audio signal so that the third signal processing is performed only on the third audio signal; and
in a fourth state where the first audio signal is obtained and the second and third audio signals are not obtained, the processed first select audio signal as the select second input audio signal so that the third signal processing is performed only on the processed first select audio signal.

3. The signal processor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tasks further include an object processing task configured to extract an audio signal of each object from contents data and assign the extracted audio signal of each object to the first channel or the second channel.

4. The signal processor according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of tasks further include a localization processing task configured to perform sound image localization of each object based on position data indicating a position of the respective object obtained by the object processing task.

5. The signal processor according to claim 1 , wherein a kind of the first signal processing is the same as that of the second signal processing.

6. The signal processor according to claim 1 , wherein a kind of the first signal processing is different from that of the second signal processing.

7. The signal processor according to claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of tasks further include a temporary storing task configured to temporarily store information in a temporary storage,
the control task allocates the temporary storage in advance for a resource of the first signal processing and a resource of the second signal processing.

8. The signal processor according to claim 1 , wherein the control task causes the first signal processing task and the second signal processing task to perform a plurality of kinds of signal processing.

9. The signal processor according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal processing task performs the first signal processing on the input first audio signal for each frame.

10. A signal processing method for a signal processor including an input interface for inputting an audio signal, the signal processing method comprising:
obtaining a first audio signal of a first channel input to the input interface;
obtaining a second audio signal of a second channel input to the input interface;
performing a first signal processing on the input first audio signal and outputting a processed first audio signal;
performing a second signal processing on a select first input audio signal, and outputting a processed first select audio signal;
automatically selecting, in a first state where the first audio signal is obtained and the second audio signal is obtained, the second audio signal as the select first input audio signal so that the second signal processing is performed only on the second audio signal; and
automatically selecting, in a second state where the first audio signal is obtained and the second audio signal is not obtained, the processed first audio signal as the select first input audio signal so that the second signal processing is performed only on the processed first audio signal.

11. The signal processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
obtaining a third audio signal of a third channel input to the input interface;
performing a third signal processing on a select second input audio signal, and outputting a processed second select audio signal;
automatically selecting, in a third state where the first audio signal is obtained, the second audio signal is obtained, and the third audio signal is obtained, the third audio signal as the select second input audio signal so that the third signal processing is performed only on the third audio signal; and
automatically selecting, in a fourth state where the first audio signal is obtained and the second and third audio signals are not obtained, the processed first select audio signal as the select second input audio signal so that the third signal processing is performed only on the processed first select audio signal.

12. The signal processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
extracting an audio signal for each object from content data; and
assigning the extracted audio signal of each object to the first channel or the second channel.

13. The signal processing method according to claim 12 , further comprising performing sound image localization of each object based on position data indicating a position of the obtained respective object.

14. The signal processing method according to claim 10 , wherein a kind of the first signal processing is the same as that of the second signal processing.

15. The signal processing method according to claim 10 , wherein a kind of the first signal processing is different from that of the second signal processing.

16. The signal processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising allocating a temporary storage in advance for a resource of the first signal processing and a resource of the second signal processing, to temporarily store information.

17. The signal processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the first signal processing and the second signal processing each perform a plurality of kinds of signal processing.

18. The signal processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the second signal processing is performed after performing the first signal processing on the input first audio signal.

Assignees

• Yamaha Corp

Inventors

• Aoki Ryotaro
• Suyama Akihiko
• Fukuyama Tatsuya

Classifications

• H04S7/30 Primary

  Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field · CPC title

• H04S3/00 Primary

  Systems employing more than two channels, e.g. quadraphonic (H04S5/00, H04S7/00 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F9/48 Primary

  Program initiating; Program switching, e.g. by interrupt · CPC title

• G06F9/3836

  Instruction issuing, e.g. dynamic instruction scheduling or out of order instruction execution · CPC title

• H04S2400/11

  Positioning of individual sound objects, e.g. moving airplane, within a sound field (H04S2420/13 takes precedence) · CPC title