Audio playback apparatus and method

Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Binaural and stereophonic – Pseudo stereophonic

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381 63, 381 17, H04S 502

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ABSTRACT:
An audio playback apparatus and method are disclosed which includes a Dolby pro-logic decoder for converting a digital audio signal into a left signal, a right signal, a center signal, and a surround signal; a sound field processor for converting the left, right, center and surround signals into a front left signal, a front right signal, a rear left signal, and a rear right signal; an audio processor for mixing the left, right, front left, front right, rear left and rear right signals according to a predetermined relationship equation and converting them into signals for two channels composed of a left-speaker output signal and a right-speaker output signal; and audio output means for outputting the left-speaker output signal via a left speaker, the right-speaker output signal via a right speaker, and the center signal via a central speaker, thereby allowing a listener to feel a rich sound presence even with fewer output speakers then with conventional audio playback apparatuses.

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