EP0357402A3 - Sound imaging method and apparatus - Google Patents
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- EP0357402A3 EP0357402A3 EP19890308778 EP89308778A EP0357402A3 EP 0357402 A3 EP0357402 A3 EP 0357402A3 EP 19890308778 EP19890308778 EP 19890308778 EP 89308778 A EP89308778 A EP 89308778A EP 0357402 A3 EP0357402 A3 EP 0357402A3
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R5/00—Stereophonic arrangements
- H04R5/02—Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS
- H04S5/00—Pseudo-stereo systems, e.g. in which additional channel signals are derived from monophonic signals by means of phase shifting, time delay or reverberation
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS
- H04S1/00—Two-channel systems
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS
- H04S1/00—Two-channel systems
- H04S1/002—Non-adaptive circuits, e.g. manually adjustable or static, for enhancing the sound image or the spatial distribution
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS
- H04S2400/00—Details of stereophonic systems covered by H04S but not provided for in its groups
- H04S2400/01—Multi-channel, i.e. more than two input channels, sound reproduction with two speakers wherein the multi-channel information is substantially preserved
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS
- H04S2420/00—Techniques used stereophonic systems covered by H04S but not provided for in its groups
- H04S2420/03—Application of parametric coding in stereophonic audio systems
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS
- H04S7/00—Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
- H04S7/40—Visual indication of stereophonic sound image
Abstract
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US239981 | 1988-09-02 | ||
US07/239,981 US5046097A (en) | 1988-09-02 | 1988-09-02 | Sound imaging process |
US39898889A | 1989-08-28 | 1989-08-28 | |
US398988 | 1995-03-06 |
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EP0357402A2 EP0357402A2 (en) | 1990-03-07 |
EP0357402A3 true EP0357402A3 (en) | 1991-10-02 |
EP0357402B1 EP0357402B1 (en) | 1995-05-31 |
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EP89308778A Expired - Lifetime EP0357402B1 (en) | 1988-09-02 | 1989-08-30 | Sound imaging method and apparatus |
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EP (1) | EP0357402B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP3205808B2 (en) |
KR (1) | KR930002147B1 (en) |
AR (1) | AR245858A1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE123369T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU621655B2 (en) |
BG (1) | BG60225B2 (en) |
CA (1) | CA1329911C (en) |
DE (1) | DE68922885T2 (en) |
DK (1) | DK433789A (en) |
ES (1) | ES2075053T3 (en) |
FI (1) | FI894143A (en) |
HU (1) | HUT59523A (en) |
IL (1) | IL91464A (en) |
NO (1) | NO175229C (en) |
NZ (1) | NZ230517A (en) |
PL (1) | PL163716B1 (en) |
RU (1) | RU2092979C1 (en) |
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US9015051B2 (en) | 2007-03-21 | 2015-04-21 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V. | Reconstruction of audio channels with direction parameters indicating direction of origin |
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US4308424A (en) * | 1980-04-14 | 1981-12-29 | Bice Jr Robert G | Simulated stereo from a monaural source sound reproduction system |
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- 1989-08-01 BG BG89664A patent/BG60225B2/en unknown
- 1989-08-29 IL IL9146489A patent/IL91464A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1989-08-30 EP EP89308778A patent/EP0357402B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-08-30 DE DE68922885T patent/DE68922885T2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-08-30 ES ES89308778T patent/ES2075053T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-08-30 AT AT89308778T patent/ATE123369T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1989-08-31 NZ NZ230517A patent/NZ230517A/en unknown
- 1989-09-01 HU HU894545A patent/HUT59523A/en unknown
- 1989-09-01 CA CA000610207A patent/CA1329911C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-09-01 AU AU41000/89A patent/AU621655B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1989-09-01 FI FI894143A patent/FI894143A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1989-09-01 NO NO893522A patent/NO175229C/en unknown
- 1989-09-01 DK DK433789A patent/DK433789A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1989-09-01 PL PL89281266A patent/PL163716B1/en unknown
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US4152542A (en) * | 1971-10-06 | 1979-05-01 | Cooper Duane P | Multichannel matrix logic and encoding systems |
US4308424A (en) * | 1980-04-14 | 1981-12-29 | Bice Jr Robert G | Simulated stereo from a monaural source sound reproduction system |
EP0142213A1 (en) * | 1983-11-17 | 1985-05-22 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | Apparatus for generating a pseudo-stereo signal |
Cited By (3)
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US8050434B1 (en) | 2006-12-21 | 2011-11-01 | Srs Labs, Inc. | Multi-channel audio enhancement system |
US8509464B1 (en) | 2006-12-21 | 2013-08-13 | Dts Llc | Multi-channel audio enhancement system |
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DE68922885T2 (en) | 1995-10-12 |
KR930002147B1 (en) | 1993-03-26 |
DK433789A (en) | 1990-03-03 |
DE68922885D1 (en) | 1995-07-06 |
AU621655B2 (en) | 1992-03-19 |
HUT59523A (en) | 1992-05-28 |
AU4100089A (en) | 1990-03-08 |
BG60225B2 (en) | 1993-12-30 |
ATE123369T1 (en) | 1995-06-15 |
PL163716B1 (en) | 1994-04-29 |
AR245858A1 (en) | 1994-02-28 |
ES2075053T3 (en) | 1995-10-01 |
FI894143A0 (en) | 1989-09-01 |
NO175229C (en) | 1994-09-14 |
JPH02298200A (en) | 1990-12-10 |
NO893522D0 (en) | 1989-09-01 |
IL91464A (en) | 1994-11-28 |
NO175229B (en) | 1994-06-06 |
CA1329911C (en) | 1994-05-31 |
EP0357402A2 (en) | 1990-03-07 |
NO893522L (en) | 1990-03-05 |
RU2092979C1 (en) | 1997-10-10 |
KR900005841A (en) | 1990-04-14 |
DK433789D0 (en) | 1989-09-01 |
EP0357402B1 (en) | 1995-05-31 |
JP3205808B2 (en) | 2001-09-04 |
NZ230517A (en) | 1992-10-28 |
IL91464A0 (en) | 1990-04-29 |
FI894143A (en) | 1990-03-03 |
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