Patent ID: 8483397
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: G10L,H04R,H04S

Abstract:
1. An audio display system, comprising: an audio input configured to receive a plurality of inputs corresponding different audio channels of a multi-channel audio signal; a memory to store computer-executable instructions; and a processor to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions comprising: a phase calculator configured to determine a relative phase between at least a given pair of the audio channels; an amplitude calculator configured to determine an amplitude for at least the given pair of audio channels; and a display generator configured to generate data that characterizes an output of an audio display, the output of the audio display comprising: an amplitude element representing the amplitude determined for each audio channel in the given pair of the audio channels, the amplitude elements being spaced apart from each other to define a phase zone between the respective pair of amplitude elements, wherein a given amplitude element of the amplitude elements operates independently of each of the other amplitude elements; and a phase output plotted as a function of time for a sweep period in the phase zone between the respective pair of amplitude elements, the phase output representing a phase relationship between the given pair of the audio channels such that each phase output extends as a time-based plot within its respective phase zone.