Perceptual coding of audio-signals
CA 2117829 C · Owner: Sinha, Deepen · Inventors: Johnston, James David; Sinha, Deepen
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A five-channel perceptual audio compression system which encodes five matrixed channels switches among a fourteen encoding modes each utilizing a respective different set of matrixed channels. Six of the modes are for encoding the three front channels and eight of the modes are for encoding the two back channels. A number of the modes have as at least one of their respective matrixed channels a matrixed channel which is a function of a) one of the input channels or a sum ordifference of two of them and b) a predicted value of a).
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- Filed October 11, 1994 and granted June 30, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 11, 2014.
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