Patent ID: 7162045
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: H04H,H04S

Abstract:
1. A sound processing method comprising the steps of: separating an input audio signal of at least one system into a plurality of separated signal components corresponding respectively to a plurality of different types of sound sources, the input audio signal containing an ambient sound component and an on-the-spot speech sound component, at least part of the plurality of the separated signal components including the ambient sound component and the on-the-spot speech component, the separating of the input audio signal including: subjecting each of the ambient sound component and the on-the-spot speech component of at the least part of the plurality of separated signal components to individual sound processing, the sound processing of the ambient sound component including sound field control processing for creating a spatial impression of sound with a presence; and outputting the plurality of separated signal components as at least one audio signal after each signal component of the at least part thereof is subjected to the individual sound processing.