Multi-channel audio encoder and method for encoding a multi-channel audio signal

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PATENT NO 9449603
APP PUB NO 20150049872A1
SERIAL NO

14498613

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The invention relates to a method for determining an encoding parameter for an audio channel signal of a multi-channel audio signal, the method comprising: determining a frequency transform of the audio channel signal; determining a frequency transform of a reference audio signal; determining inter channel differences for at least each frequency sub-band of a subset of frequency sub-bands, each inter channel difference indicating a phase difference or time difference between a band-limited signal portion of the audio channel signal and a band-limited signal portion of the reference audio signal in the respective frequency sub-band the inter-channel difference is associated to; determining a first average based on positive values of the inter-channel differences and determining a second average based on negative values of the inter-channel differences; and determining the encoding parameter based on the first average and on the second average.

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  • HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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Lang, Yue Beijing, CN 60 426
Virette, David Munich, DE 49 906
Xu, Jianfeng Shenzhen, CN 96 860

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