Abstract: A parameter transformer generates level parameters, indicating an energy relation between a first and a second audio channel of a multi-channel audio signal associated to a multi-channel loudspeaker configuration. The level parameter are generated based on object parameters for a plurality of audio objects associated to a down-mix channel, which is generated using object audio signals associated to the audio objects. The object parameters have an energy parameter indicating an energy of the object audio signal. To derive the coherence and the level parameters, a parameter generator is used, which combines the energy parameter and object rendering parameters, which depend on a desired rendering configuration.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for generating a multi-channel synthesizer control signal, a multi-channel synthesizer, a method of generating an output signal from an input signal and a machine-readable storage medium are provided. On an encoder-side, a multi-channel input signal is analyzed for obtaining smoothing control information, which is to be used by a decoder-side multi-channel synthesis for smoothing quantized transmitted parameters or values derived from the quantized transmitted parameters for providing an improved subjective audio quality in particular for slowly moving point sources and rapidly moving point sources having tonal material such as fast moving sinusoids.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for generating a multi-channel synthesizer control signal, a multi-channel synthesizer, a method of generating an output signal from an input signal and a machine-readable storage medium are provided. On an encoder-side, a multi-channel input signal is analyzed for obtaining smoothing control information, which is to be used by a decoder-side multi-channel synthesis for smoothing quantized transmitted parameters or values derived from the quantized transmitted parameters for providing an improved subjective audio quality in particular for slowly moving point sources and rapidly moving point sources having tonal material such as fast moving sinusoids.

Abstract: On an encoder-side, a multi-channel input signal is analyzed for obtaining smoothing control information, which is to be used by a decoder-side multi-channel synthesis for smoothing quantized transmitted parameters or values derived from the quantized transmitted parameters for providing an improved subjective audio quality in particular for slowly moving point sources and rapidly moving point sources having tonal material such as fast moving sinusoids.

Abstract: A parametric representation of a multi-channel audio signal describes the spatial properties of the audio signal well with compact side information when a coherence information, describing the coherence between a first and a second channel, is derived within a hierarchical encoding process only for channel pairs including a first channel having only information of a left side with respect to a listening position and including a second channel having only information from a right side with respect to a listening position. As within the hierarchical process the multiple audio channels of the audio signal are downmixed iteratively into monophonic channels, one can pick the relevant parameters from an encoding step involving only channel pairs carrying the information needed to describe the spatial properties of the multi-channel audio signal.

Abstract: A parameter transformer generates level parameters, indicating an energy relation between a first and a second audio channel of a multi-channel audio signal associated to a multi-channel loudspeaker configuration. The level parameter are generated based on object parameters for a plurality of audio objects associated to a down-mix channel, which is generated using object audio signals associated to the audio objects. The object parameters have an energy parameter indicating an energy of the object audio signal. To derive the coherence and the level parameters, a parameter generator is used, which combines the energy parameter and object rendering parameters, which depend on a desired rendering configuration.

Abstract: On an encoder-side, a multi-channel input signal is analyzed for obtaining smoothing control information, which is to be used by a decoder-side multi-channel synthesis for smoothing quantized transmitted parameters or values derived from the quantized transmitted parameters for providing an improved subjective audio quality in particular for slowly moving point sources and rapidly moving point sources having tonal material such as fast moving sinusoids.

Abstract: A method and device for transcoding a first audio or video signal represented in one compression format to a second audio or video signal represented in another compression format. The transcoding is performed by direct mapping symbols from the first signal format to symbols of the second signal format. The transcoding can be performed between different formats or between the same format but with different bitrates. Such formats may be MP3 or aac.

Abstract: Synthesizing an output audio signal is provided on the basis of an input audio signal, the input audio signal comprising a plurality of input sub-band signals, wherein at least one input sub-band signal is transformed (T) from the sub-band domain to the frequency domain to obtain at least one respective transformed signal, wherein the at least one input sub-band signal is delayed and transformed (D, T) to obtain at least one respective transformed delayed signal, wherein at least two processed signals are derived from the at least one transformed signal and the at least one transformed delayed signal, wherein the processed signals are inverse transformed (T?1) from the frequency domain to the sub-band domain to obtain respective processed sub-band signals, and wherein the output audio signal is synthesized from the processed sub-band signals.

Abstract: A parametric representation of a multi-channel audio signal describes the spatial properties of the audio signal well with compact side information when a coherence information, describing the coherence between a first and a second channel, is derived within a hierarchical encoding process only for channel pairs including a first channel having only information of a left side with respect to a listening position and including a second channel having only information from a right side with respect to a listening position. As within the hierarchical process the multiple audio channels of the audio signal are downmixed iteratively into monophonic channels, one can pick the relevant parameters from an encoding step involving only channel pairs carrying the information needed to describe the spatial properties of the multi-channel audio signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, devices, a signal and recorded medium relating to a fragile watermark (WM) in a media signal. According to the invention a fragile watermark is provided in or in coding related to a buried data channel (40, 42, 44, 46) provided in the audio samples of the media signal, In this way the fragile watermark can be made to be very complex and still remain imperceptible to a user.

Abstract: In the method of coding the audio signal, the values of first parameters (P1,1), which represent aspects of the audio signal at a first instant (ti), are calculated to obtain first calculated values (A1,i). The values of second parameters P2,i), which represent the aspects of the audio signal at a second, later, instant (t2), are calculated to obtain the second calculated values (A2,i). The number of the first parameters (P1,i) and the number of the second parameters (P2,i) differ. A subset (SUS2,i) of the second parameters (P2,i) is associated with a particular portion (SFRAi) of a frequency range (FR) of the audio signal This frequency range (FR) of the audio signal is preferably selected to cover all the frequencies present in the audio signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of enabling a user to adjust at least a first and a second control parameter for controlling an electronic system. The method comprises the step of displaying a coordinate system on a display screen, a first coordinate of said coordinate system representing a range of values of the first control parameter, and a second coordinate of said coordinate system representing a range of values of the second control parameter, the step of visually indicating a position in said coordinate system corresponding to a currently selected combination of values of the first and the second control parameter, and the step of enabling the user to select a new combination of values of the first and the second control parameter by indicating a position within said coordinate system.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating a hash signal representative of a multimedia signal are described. The method includes receiving a bit-stream comprising a compressed multimedia signal, selectively reading from the bit-stream predetermined parameters, and deriving a hash function from the parameters.