Patent ID: 9066178
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06F,H04R,H04S

Abstract:
1. An audio processing apparatus comprising: a first amplifier that amplifies a first extended audio signal or a second extended audio signal, the first extended audio signal being a first extended left audio signal or a first extended right audio signal, and the second extended audio signal being a second extended left audio signal or a second extended right audio signal; a second amplifier that amplifies the second extended audio signal or a third extended audio signal, the third extended audio signal being a third extended left audio signal or a third extended right audio signal; a first digital-analog converter that supplies one of the first extended audio signal and the second extended audio signal to the first amplifier; a second digital-analog converter that supplies one of the second extended audio signal and the third extended audio signal to the second amplifier; a third digital-analog converter that outputs the second extended audio signal to a second extended audio signal pre-out terminal; a first speaker terminal that outputs the first extended audio signal; a second speaker terminal that outputs the second extended audio signal; a third speaker terminal that outputs the third extended audio signal; a first switch that switches whether the first extended audio signal is supplied from the first amplifier to the first speaker terminal; a second switch that switches whether the second extended audio signal is supplied from the first amplifier to the second speaker terminal; a third switch that switches whether the second extended audio signal is supplied from the second amplifier to the second speaker terminal; a fourth switch that switches whether the third extended audio signal is supplied from the second amplifier to the third speaker terminal; a fifth switch that switches whether the second extended audio signal is supplied from the third digital-analog converter to the second extended audio signal pre-out terminal; a sixth switch that switches whether the second extended audio signal is supplied from the first digital-analog converter to the second extended audio signal pre-out terminal; a seventh switch that switches whether the second extended audio signal is supplied from the second digital-analog converter to the second extended audio signal pre-out terminal; a channel determination unit that determines whether the first extended audio signal, the second extended audio signal, or the third extended audio signal is included in multichannel audio data; and a switching controller that causes the first switch to supply the first extended audio signal amplified by the first amplifier to the first speaker terminal, causes the fourth switch to supply the third extended audio signal amplified by the second amplifier to the third speaker terminal, and causes the fifth switch to supply the second extended audio signal from the third digital-analog converter to the second extended audio signal pre-out terminal when determining that all the first extended audio signal, the second extended audio signal, and the third extended audio signal are included, the switching controller causing the first switch to supply the first extended audio signal amplified by the first amplifier to the first speaker terminal, causing the third switch to supply the second extended audio signal amplified by the second amplifier to the second speaker terminal, and causing the seventh switch to supply the second extended audio signal from the second digital-analog converter to the second extended audio signal pre-out terminal when determining that the first extended audio signal and the second extended audio signal are included, the switching controller causing the second switch to supply the second extended audio signal amplified by the first amplifier to the second speaker terminal, causing the fourth switch to supply the third extended audio signal amplified by the second amplifier to the third speaker terminal, and causing the sixth switch to supply the second extended audio signal from the first digital-analog converter to the second extended audio signal pre-out terminal when determining that the second extended audio signal and the third extended audio signal are included.