Abstract: A method of generating a multi-channel audio signal includes: representing locations of a plurality of speakers as a plurality of polygons whose vertices are located at locations of corresponding speakers; acquiring a location of an object sound; calculating distances between the plurality of polygons and the location of the object sound; selecting one of the plurality of polygons on the basis of the calculated distances; and generating a multi-channel audio signal that corresponds to speakers corresponding to the selected polygon by mapping the object sound to the speakers corresponding to the selected polygon.

Abstract: Provided are a frame error concealment method and apparatus and an error concealment scheme construction method and apparatus. The frame error concealment method includes generating a new signal by synthesizing a plurality of previous signals that are similar to a signal of an error frame and reconstructing the signal of the error frame using the generated signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a speech signal is provided.

Abstract: A method of performing quadrature mirror filter (QMF) synthesis filtering includes recording new samples corresponding to a current time slot at positions of samples to be discarded in a first array that includes modulated QMF sub-band samples. The method further includes extracting samples from the first array to remove aliasing between adjacent sub-bands, determining filter coefficients corresponding to the extracted samples by using modulo operation, and synthesizing a time domain sample where aliasing is removed by using the extracted samples and the filter coefficients.

Abstract: Provided is a device for outputting an audio signal. The device includes: a vibrator configured to output the audio signal; a vibrator cover provided on the vibrator to transmit the output audio signal to a surface of an object mounted with the device; a sensor configured to measure a pressure between the surface of the object and the vibrator cover; a distance adjusting unit configured to adjust a distance between the surface of the object and the vibrator cover based on the pressure measured by the sensor to optimally output the audio signal; and a control unit configured to control the vibrator, the sensor, and the distance adjusting unit.

Abstract: An error concealment method and apparatus for an audio signal and a decoding method and apparatus for an audio signal using the error concealment method and apparatus. The error concealment method includes selecting one of an error concealment in a frequency domain and an error concealment in a time domain as an error concealment scheme for a current frame based on a predetermined criteria when an error occurs in the current frame, selecting one of a repetition scheme and an interpolation scheme in the frequency domain as the error concealment scheme for the current frame based on a predetermined criteria when the error concealment in the frequency domain is selected, and concealing the error of the current frame using the selected scheme.

Abstract: A multi-decoding method, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of bitstreams, dividing decoding modules for decoding the plurality of bitstreams according to a data amount of an instruction cache, and cross-decoding the plurality of bitstreams using each of the divided decoding modules.

Abstract: A method, medium, and system scalably encoding/decoding audio/speech. The method includes splitting an input signal into a low frequency band signal that is lower than a predetermined frequency and a high frequency band signal that is higher than the predetermined frequency, scalably encoding the split low frequency band signal into a core layer and one or more extension layers and then decoding the encoded core layer and the encoded extension layers, generating an error signal by using the split low frequency band signal and a decoded signal of the encoded core layer and the encoded extension layers, and encoding the error signal and the high frequency band signal into a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) enhancement layer and a bandwidth extension layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are an organic semiconductor element, a fabrication method thereof, woven and non-woven fabric structures therewith, and a semiconductor device therewith. The organic semiconductor element comprising an organic semiconductor layer; a linear source electrode and a linear drain electrode provided in the organic semiconductor layer and spaced apart from and parallel to each other; a linear gate electrode provided on the organic semiconductor layer to cross the linear source and drain electrodes; and an electrolyte layer in contact with the organic semiconductor layer and the linear gate electrode.

Abstract: An error concealment method and apparatus for an audio signal and a decoding method and apparatus for an audio signal using the error concealment method and apparatus. The error concealment method includes selecting one of an error concealment in a frequency domain and an error concealment in a time domain as an error concealment scheme for a current frame based on a predetermined criteria when an error occurs in the current frame, selecting one of a repetition scheme and an interpolation scheme in the frequency domain as the error concealment scheme for the current frame based on a predetermined criteria when the error concealment in the frequency domain is selected, and concealing the error of the current frame using the selected scheme.

Abstract: An audio processing apparatus and method are provided. The audio processing apparatus includes an envelope detector to detect an envelope of an input signal with respect to a low frequency band, and a signal restorer to restore the input signal including a high frequency band by performing frequency folding of frequency sub-band according the envelope.

Abstract: Provided are a frame error concealment method and apparatus and an error concealment scheme construction method and apparatus. The frame error concealment method includes generating a new signal by synthesizing a plurality of previous signals that are similar to a signal of an error frame and reconstructing the signal of the error frame using the generated signal.

Abstract: A wearable device communicating with an external device by using a vibration signal applied to a body part of a user wearing the wearable device, and a method of operating the wearable device are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a speech signal is provided.

Abstract: A frame error concealment method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus using the same. The frame error concealment method includes setting a concealment method to conceal an error based on one or more signal characteristics of an error frame having the error and concealing the error using the set concealment method.

Abstract: Provided are a frame error concealment method and apparatus and an error concealment scheme construction method and apparatus. The frame error concealment method includes generating a new signal by synthesizing a plurality of previous signals that are similar to a signal of an error frame and reconstructing the signal of the error frame using the generated signal.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a panoramic sound are provided. The panoramic sound generation apparatus may include a panning coefficient calculation unit to calculate a panning coefficient that represents directivity of a sound source using an input signal, a masker determination unit to determine a direction masker that extracts a sound source of a desired direction based on the panning coefficient, and a channel separation unit to separate to be used as an output signal, output to a sound output device, using the direction masker.

Abstract: A frame error concealment method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus using the same. The frame error concealment method includes setting a concealment method to conceal an error based on one or more signal characteristics of an error frame having the error and concealing the error using the set concealment method.

Abstract: Provided is a method of encoding an audio/speech signal, the method including determining a variable length of a frame, that is, a processing unit of an input signal in accordance with a position of an attack in the input signal; transforming each frame of the input signal to a frequency domain and dividing the frame into a plurality of sub frequency bands; and, if a signal of a sub frequency band is determined to be encoded in the frequency domain, encoding the signal of the sub frequency band in the frequency domain, and if the signal of the sub frequency band is determined to be encoded in a time domain, inverse transforming the signal of the sub frequency band to the time domain and encoding the inverse transformed signal in the time domain. According to the present invention, the audio/speech signal may be efficiently encoded by controlling time resolution and frequency resolution.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reproducing audio data using low power are provided. The apparatus may reproduce the audio data by determining a power mode based on a memory resource of an internal memory, and an amount of a memory required for reproducing the audio data, controlling a power based on the determined power mode, and decoding the audio data.