Patents by Inventor Lih Horng Tee

Lih Horng Tee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Audio rendering device and audio rendering method
    Patent number: 9161150
    Abstract: An audio rendering device which uses multichannel speakers includes: a first delay computation unit which computes, based on rendering information about the multichannel speakers, a first delay corresponding to a primary wavefront which propagates in a predetermined traveling direction from a sound source that is each of speakers included in the multichannel speakers; a second delay computation unit which computes, based on the rendering information about the multichannel speakers, a second delay corresponding to a secondary wavefront which is generated by the primary wavefront and has a scattering wavefront; an addition unit which adds up the first delay and the second delay to compute a total delay; and a delay filter which applies the total delay to an input audio signal to generate a multichannel audio signal for use in rendering with the multichannel speakers, and outputs the multichannel audio signal to the multichannel speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takeshi Norimatsu, Kok Seng Chong, Lih Horng Tee
  • AUDIO RENDERING DEVICE AND AUDIO RENDERING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140211945
    Abstract: An audio rendering device which uses multichannel speakers includes: a first delay computation unit which computes, based on rendering information about the multichannel speakers, a first delay corresponding to a primary wavefront which propagates in a predetermined traveling direction from a sound source that is each of speakers included in the multichannel speakers; a second delay computation unit which computes, based on the rendering information about the multichannel speakers, a second delay corresponding to a secondary wavefront which is generated by the primary wavefront and has a scattering wavefront; an addition unit which adds up the first delay and the second delay to compute a total delay; and a delay filter which applies the total delay to an input audio signal to generate a multichannel audio signal for use in rendering with the multichannel speakers, and outputs the multichannel audio signal to the multichannel speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Norimatsu, Kok Seng Chong, Lih Horng Tee