CA2664312A1 - Generation of decorrelated signals - Google Patents

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CA2664312A1
CA2664312A1 CA002664312A CA2664312A CA2664312A1 CA 2664312 A1 CA2664312 A1 CA 2664312A1 CA 002664312 A CA002664312 A CA 002664312A CA 2664312 A CA2664312 A CA 2664312A CA 2664312 A1 CA2664312 A1 CA 2664312A1
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In a case of transient audio input signals, in a multi-channel audio reconstruction, uncorrelated output signals are generated from an audio input signal in that the audio input signal is mixed with a representation of the audio input signal delayed by a delay time such that, in a first time interval, a first output signal corresponds to the audio input signal, and a second output signal corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal, wherein, in a second time interval, the first output signal corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal, and the second output signal corresponds to the audio input signal.

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1. Decorrelator for generating output signals (50, 52) based on an audio input signal (54), comprising:

a mixer (60) for combining a representation of the audio input signal delayed by a delay time (58) with the audio input signal (54) so as to obtain a first (50) and a second (52) output signal having time-varying portions of the audio input signal (54) and the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), wherein in a first time interval (70), the first output signal (50) contains a proportion of more than 50 percent of the audio input signal (54) and the second output signal (52) contains a proportion of more than 50 percent of the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), and wherein in a second time interval (72), the first output signal (50) contains a proportion of more than 50 percent of the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), and the second output signal (52) contains a proportion of more than 50 percent of the audio input signal (54).
2. Decorrelator of claim 1, wherein, in the first time interval (70) the first output signal corresponds to the audio input signal (54), and the second output signal (52) corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), wherein in the second time interval (72), the first output signal (50) corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58) and the second output signal (52) corresponds to the audio input signal (54).
3. Decorrelator of claim 1, wherein, in a begin interval and an end interval at the beginning and at the end of the first time interval (70), the first output signal and the second output signal (52) contain portions of the audio input signal (54) and the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), wherein in an intermediate interval between the begin interval and the end interval of the first time interval, the first output signal corresponds to the audio input signal (54), and the second output signal (52) corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58); and wherein in a begin interval and in an end interval at the beginning and at the end of the second time interval (70), the first output signal and the second output signal (52) contain portions of the audio input signal (54) and the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), wherein in an intermediate interval between the begin interval and the end interval of the second time interval, the first output signal corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), and the second output signal (52) corresponds to the audio input signal (54).
4. Decorrelator of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first and second time intervals are temporally adjacent and successive.
5. Decorrelator of any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a delaying means (56) so as to generate the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58) by time-delaying the audio input signal (54) by the delay time.
6. Decorrelator of any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising scaling means (74) so as to alter an intensity of the audio input signal (54) and/or the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58).
7. Decorrelator of claim 6, wherein the scaling means (74) is configured to scale the intensity of the audio input signal (54) in dependence on the delay time such that a larger decrease in the intensity of the audio input signal (54) is obtained with a shorter delay time.
8. Decorrelator of any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a post-processor (80) for combining the first (50) and the second output signal (52) so as to obtain a first (82) and a second (84) post-processed output signal, both the first (82) and the second (84) post-processed output signal comprising signal contributions from the first (50) and second (52) output signals.
9. Decorrelator of claim 8, wherein the post-processor (80) is configured to form the first post-processed output signal M(82) and the second post-processed output signal D (84) from the first output signal L' (50) and the second output signal R' (52) such that the following conditions are met:

M = 0.707 × (L' + R'), and D = 0.707 × (L' - R').
10. Decorrelator of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the mixer (60) is configured to use a delayed representation of the audio input signal (58) the delay time of which is greater than 2 ms and less than 50 ms.
11. Decorrelator of claim 7, wherein the delay time amounts to 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 or 30 ms.
12. Decorrelator of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the mixer (60) is configured to combine an audio input signal (54) consisting of discrete samples and a delayed representation of the audio input signal (58) consisting of discrete samples by swapping the samples of the audio input signal (54) and the samples of the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58).
13. Decorrelator of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the mixer (60) is configured to combine the audio input signal (54) and the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58) such that the first and second time intervals have the same length.
14. Decorrelator of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the mixer (60) is configured to perform the combination of the audio input signal (54) and the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58) for a sequence of pairs of temporally adjacent first (70) and second (72) time intervals.
15. Decorrelator of claim 15, wherein the mixer (60) is configured to refrain, with a predetermined probability, for one pair of the sequence of pairs of temporally adjacent first (70) and second (72) time intervals, from the combination so that, in the pair in the first (70) and second (72) time intervals, the first output signal (50) corresponds to the audio input signal (54) and the second output signal (52) corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58).
16. Decorrelator of claims 14 or 15, wherein the mixer (60) is configured to perform the combination such that the time period of the time intervals in a first pair of a first (70) and a second (72) time interval from the sequence of time intervals differs from a time period of the time intervals in a second pair of a first and a second time interval.
17. Decorrelator of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the time period of the first (70) and the second (72) time intervals is larger than the double average time period of transient signal portions contained in the audio input signal (54).
18. Decorrelator of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the time period of the first (70) and second (72) time intervals is larger than 10 ms and less than 200 ms.
19. Method of generating output signals (50, 52) based on an audio input signal (54), comprising:

combining a representation of the audio input signal delayed by a delay time (58) with the audio signal (54) so as to obtain a first (50) and a second (52) output signal having time-varying portions of the audio input signal (54) and the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), wherein in a first time interval (70), the first output signal (50) contains a proportion of more than 50 percent of the audio input signal (54), and the second output signal (52) contains a proportion of more than 50 percent of the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), and wherein in a second time interval (72), the first output signal (50) contains a proportion of more than 50 percent of the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), and the second output signal (52) contains a proportion of more than 50 percent of the audio input signal (54).
20. Method of claim 19, wherein, in the first time interval (70), the first output signal corresponds to the audio input signal (54), and the second output signal (52) corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), wherein in the second time interval (72), the first output signal (50) corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), and the second output signal (52) corresponds to the audio input signal (54).
21. Method of claim 19, wherein, in a begin interval and in an end interval at the beginning and at the end of the first time interval (70), the first output signal and the second output signal (52) contain portions of the audio input signal (54) and the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), wherein in an intermediate interval between the begin interval and the end interval of the first time interval, the first output signal corresponds to the audio input signal (54), and the second output signal (52) corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58); and wherein in a begin interval and in an end interval at the beginning and at the end of the second time interval (70), the first output signal and the second output signal (52) contain portions of the audio input signal (54) and the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), wherein in an intermediate interval between the begin interval and the end interval of the second time interval, the first output signal corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58), and the second output signal (52) corresponds to the audio input signal (54).
22. Method of any one of claims 19 to 21, additionally comprising:

delaying the audio input signal (54) by the delay time so as to obtain the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58).
23. Method of any one of claims 19 to 22, additionally comprising:

altering the intensity of the audio input signal (54) and/or the delayed representation of the audio input signal (58).
24. Method of any one of claims 19 to 23, additionally comprising:

combining the first (50) and the second (52) output signal so as to obtain a first (82) and a second (84) post-processed output signal, both the first (82) and the second (84) post-processed output signals containing contributions of the first and the second output signals.
25. Audio decoder for generating a multi-channel output signal based on an audio input signal (54), comprising:

a decorrelator of any one of claims 1 to 18; and a standard decorrelator, wherein the audio decoder is configured to use, in a standard mode of operation, the standard decorrelator, and to use, in the case of a transient audio input signal (54), the inventive decorrelator.
26. Computer program with a program code for performing the method of any one of claims 19 to 24 when the program runs on a computer.
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