Patent ID: 8675899

Claim:
A front surround sound reproduction system in an audio reproduction apparatus to produce multi-channel audio signals by using a plurality of speakers, the system comprising: a signal distribution unit to duplicate a multi-channel audio signal and distribute the duplicated signals as one or more groups of multi-channel signals corresponding to one or more speaker array groups; a steering processing unit to form sound beams with steering angles to suit each speaker array group, from the groups of multi-channel signals distributed by the signal distribution unit, according to steering values corresponding to steering angles preset for each speaker array group; and a speaker array unit having the one or more speaker array groups to reproduce the sound beams of each group formed by the steering processing unit, in the speaker array groups, each speaker array group disposed on a different plane and connected to each other at a predetermined angle, each plane and predetermined angle being configured so as to minimize respective steering angles of each speaker array group to output sound directly toward a listener.