Patent ID: 6118879
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: G10L,H04H,H04N,H04R,H04S

Abstract:
An adaptive digital signal weighting system for use with a digitally represented difference signal representing the difference between two stereophonic audio signals and a digitally represented sum signal representing the sum of the two stereophonic audio signals, the system including a difference signal path for transmitting a first electrical information signal containing information relating to the difference signal of a predetermined bandwidth through said system, and a sum signal path for transmitting a second electrical information signal containing information relating to the sum signal of a predetermined bandwidth, said system further comprising:a first digital filter arrangement disposed in said difference signal path and constructed and arranged so as to vary the gain impressed on the portion of said first information signal within a first select spectral region within said predetermined bandwidth by a first variable gain factor, said first variable gain factor varying in response to and as a function of a first control signal, wherein said digital filter arrangement introduces phases errors in said first information signal as a function of frequency;a first control signal generator constructed and arranged so as to digitally generate said first control signal only in response to and in accordance with the signal energy of said digitally represented difference signal within a second select spectral region including at least a part of said first select spectral region;a digital gain controller, disposed in said difference signal path and coupled to said digital filter arrangement, and constructed and arranged so as to vary the signal gain impressed on said first information signal substantially throughout said predetermined bandwidth by a second variable gain factor, said second variable gain factor varying in response to and as a function of a second control signal; anda second control signal generator constructed and arranged so as to digitally generate said second control signal in response to and as a function of the signal energy of said digitally represented difference signal substantially within a third select spectral region within said predetermined bandwidth; anda signal compensation arrangement disposed in the sum signal path for compensating for said phase errors introduced by said digital filter arrangement in the difference signal path;wherein the digital filter arrangement, first control signal generator, digital gain controller, and the second control signal generator each operate at a predetermined sample rate so as to preserve the signal content of the information signal.