Patent ID: 7978865

Claim:
An audio processing apparatus comprising: first amplification section for amplifying an outer left audio signal or an upper left audio signal; second amplification section for amplifying an outer right audio signal or an upper right audio signal; a first speaker terminal that outputs the outer left audio signal; a second speaker terminal that outputs the outer right audio signal; a third speaker terminal that outputs the upper left audio signal; a fourth speaker terminal that outputs the upper right audio signal; channel determination section for determining which one of a combination of the outer left audio signal and the outer right audio signal and a combination of the upper left audio signal and the upper right audio signal is included in multichannel audio data; and switching section for causing the first amplification section to amplify the outer left audio signal and supply the amplified outer left audio signal to the first speaker terminal and causing the second amplification section to amplify the outer right audio signal and supply the amplified outer right audio signal to the second speaker terminal when the combination of the outer left audio signal and the outer right audio signal is determined to be included; and causing the first amplification section to amplify the upper left audio signal and supply the amplified upper left audio signal to the third speaker terminal and causing the second amplification section to amplify the upper right audio signal and supply the amplified upper right audio signal to the fourth speaker terminal when the combination of the upper left audio signal and the upper right audio signal is determined to be included.