Correction of sound signal based on shift of listening point

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9894455-B2
Application number	US-201314016922-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2013
Priority date	Oct 2, 2012
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

A sound processing device includes a shift detection unit that detects a shift of a listening point on which a user listens to a sound in a sound field space from a standard reference listening point, and a correction unit that corrects a sound signal based on first sound field correction data for correcting a sound field when the listening point is the standard reference listening point and second sound field correction data for correcting a sound field of the listening point when the listening point is shifted from the standard reference listening point.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sound processing device, comprising:
a shift detection unit configured to detect a shift of a listening point, at which a user listens to a sound in a sound field space, from a standard reference listening point;
a position detection unit configured to detect a first position of a microphone with respect to the standard reference listening point; and
a correction unit configured to correct a first sound signal at the listening point shifted from the standard reference listening point based on a sum of first sound field correction data, second sound field correction data, and the detected first position of the microphone,
wherein the first sound field correction data enables correction of a first sound field at the standard reference listening point, and
wherein the second sound field correction data enables correction of a second sound field at the listening point shifted from the standard reference listening point.

2. The sound processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the second sound field correction data includes a peripheral reference listening point in a second position shifted from the standard reference listening point.

3. The sound processing device according to claim 2 , wherein, based on a third position of the listening point that is different from the second position of the peripheral reference listening point, a third sound field correction data on a nearest peripheral reference listening point is the second sound field correction data of the listening point.

4. The sound processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the shift of the listening point from the standard reference listening point is detected based on collection of a measurement sound generated from the listening point.

5. The sound processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the shift of the listening point from the standard reference listening point is detected from the third position of the listening point with respect to a fourth position in which the measurement sound generated from the listening point is collected and a fifth position in which the measurement sound is collected with respect to the standard reference listening point.

6. The sound processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the third position of the listening point, with respect to the fourth position in which the measurement sound generated from the listening point is collected, is detected from a second sound signal obtained based on the collection of the measurement sound generated from the listening point.

7. The sound processing device according to claim 6 , wherein the fifth position, in which the measurement sound is collected with respect to the standard reference listening point, is detected from position information of a sound emitting unit that emits a sound that the user listens to on the listening point in the sound field space with respect to the fourth position in which the measurement sound is collected and the position information of the sound emitting unit with respect to the standard reference listening point.

8. The sound processing device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a measurement unit configured to obtain the first sound field correction data based on measurement of a sound field of the sound field space.

9. The sound processing device according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a storage unit configured to store the second sound field correction data.

10. The sound processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the storage unit is further configured to store the first sound field correction data measured by the measurement unit.

11. The sound processing device according to claim 10 , wherein a parameter calculated from the sum of the first sound field correction data and the second sound field correction data is set in the correction unit.

12. The sound processing device according to claim 10 , wherein the first sound field correction data and the second sound field correction data are set as individual parameters in different correction units.

13. The sound processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the position detection unit is further configured to:
specify least-squares solutions of simultaneous equations that include a plurality of linear equations as first positions of a sound source and a virtual sound source, and
detect the first position of the microphone with respect to the standard reference listening point based on a solution of the simultaneous equations.

14. A sound processing method, comprising:
detecting a shift of a listening point, at which a user listens to a sound in a sound field space, from a standard reference listening point;
detecting a position of a microphone with respect to the standard reference listening point; and
correcting a sound signal at the listening point shifted from the standard reference listening point based on a sum of first sound field correction data, second sound field correction data, and the detected position of the microphone,
wherein the first sound field correction data enables correction of a first sound field at the standard reference listening point, and
wherein the second sound field correction data enables correction of a second sound field at the listening point shifted from the standard reference listening point.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
detecting a shift of a listening point, at which a user listens to a sound in a sound field space, from a standard reference listening point;
detecting a position of a microphone with respect to the standard reference listening point; and
correcting a sound signal at the listening point shifted from the standard reference listening point based on a sum of first sound field correction data, second sound field correction data, and the detected position of the microphone,
wherein the first sound field correction data enables correction of a first sound field at the standard reference listening point, and
wherein the second sound field correction data enables correction of a second sound field at the listening point shifted from the standard reference listening point.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Watanabe Tadatoshi

Classifications

• G01S3/8083

  determining direction of source · CPC title

• H04S7/301

  Automatic calibration of stereophonic sound system, e.g. with test microphone · CPC title

• H04S7/302 Primary

  Electronic adaptation of stereophonic sound system to listener position or orientation (H04S7/301 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01S5/26

  Position of receiver fixed by co-ordinating a plurality of position lines defined by path-difference measurements (G01S5/28 takes precedence) · CPC title