Patent ID: 8773491
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing audio mixing, comprising: receiving, by a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU), an audio signal sent by each sending conference site, wherein the received audio signals comprise an audio channel-based audio signal and an audio object-based audio signal; selecting, by the MCU, audio signals for a receiving conference site from the received audio signals; processing, by the MCU, the audio signals selected for the receiving conference site according to a type of the receiving conference site, wherein the receiving conference site is one of an audio channel-based receiving conference site and an audio object-based receiving conference site; and sending, by the MCU, the processed audio signal to the receiving conference site; wherein when the receiving conference site is an audio object-based receiving conference site, the processing the audio signals selected for the receiving conference site according to the type of the receiving conference site comprises: converting the selected audio signals into audio objects according to a presentation mode of the receiving conference site; and combining the converted audio objects into one audio object stream.