Patent ID: 6097558
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: G11B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A digital audio signal transmission apparatus at a transmitting-side for digitally composing and transmitting audio signals corresponding to a plurality of channels for reproduction by speakers at a reproducing-side, wherein said speakers are arranged in a plurality of speaker layouts, each speaker layout comprising a different positional arrangement of said speakers, wherein each channel is assigned to different audio data representing audio signals of a respective speaker such that each speaker layout is associated with a different combination of audio signals, wherein said audio signals are composed such that upon decomposition the decomposed audio signals are associated with a plurality of speaker layouts, comprising:converting means for converting the audio data into digitized audio data; andcompositing means for generating composite audio data composed of said audio data selected from different channels such that said composite audio data is decomposable into respective audio signals associated with a plurality of different speaker layouts.