Patent ID: 8923526
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: H04N,H04S

Abstract:
1. An audio device which produces audio signals suited to each of a plurality of audio output-targeted devices connected to the audio device, wherein the audio output-targeted devices include a plurality of non-speaker audio output-targeted devices, the audio device comprising: a first output part which is configured to output an audio signal to at least one speaker; a second input/output part which is configured to obtain a plurality of audio reproduction ability information from the audio output-targeted devices, wherein the plurality of audio reproduction ability information comprises a channel count of the audio device and channel counts representative of the non-speaker audio output-targeted devices; a memory which is configured to store the plurality of audio reproduction ability information; a third input/output part which is configured to provide a source device with arbitrary audio reproduction ability information precluding audio reproduction ability information that represents a minimum reproduction ability from among the plurality of audio reproduction ability information; and a signal processor which: