Television – Synchronization – Locking of video or audio to reference timebase
Patent
1997-10-17
2000-09-26
Lee, Michael H.
Television
Synchronization
Locking of video or audio to reference timebase
3488453, H04N 9475
Patent
active
061248959
ABSTRACT:
Several audio signal processing techniques may be used in various combinations to improve the quality of audio represented by an information stream formed by splice editing two or more other information streams. The techniques are particularly useful in applications that bundle audio information with video information. In one technique, gain-control words conveyed with the audio information stream are used to interpolate playback sound levels across a splice. In another technique, special filterbanks or forms of TDAC transforms are used to suppress aliasing artifacts on either side of a splice. In yet another technique, special filterbanks or crossfade window functions are used to optimize the attenuation of spectral splatter created at a splice. In a further technique, audio sample rates are converted according to frame lengths and rates to allow audio information to be bundled with, for example, video information. In yet a further technique, audio blocks are dynamically aligned so that proper synchronization can be maintained across a splice. An example for 48 kHz audio with NTSC video is discussed.
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Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Lathrop David N.
Lee Michael H.
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