Loudness modification of multichannel audio signals

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8731215
APP PUB NO 20120106743A1
SERIAL NO

13338143

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Scaling, by a desired amount sm, the overall perceived loudness Lm of a multichannel audio signal, wherein perceived loudness is a nonlinear function of signal power P, by scaling the perceived loudness of each individual channel Lc by an amount substantially equal to the desired amount of scaling of the overall perceived loudness of all channels sm subject to accuracy in calculations and the desired accuracy of the overall perceived loudness scaling sm. The perceived loudness of each individual channel may be scaled by changing the gain of each individual channel, wherein gain is a scaling of a channel's power. Optionally, in addition, the loudness scaling applied to each channel may be modified so as to reduce the difference between the actual overall loudness scaling and the desired amount of overall loudness scaling.

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  • DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Seefeldt, Alan Jeffrey San Francisco, US 45 1505
Smithers, Michael John Kareela, AU 12 580

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