Patent ID: 8189795

Claim:
A sound signal outputting device for outputting sound signals of a plurality of channels to a speaker system having an array speaker unit with a plurality of array speakers and a plurality of non-array speakers, the sound outputting device comprising: a receiving section that receives a plurality of sound signals of a plurality of channels; a band splitting section that splits each of the received plurality of signals of the respective plurality of channels to produce a low-frequency signal having frequencies lower than a predetermined frequency and a high-frequency signal having frequencies higher than the predetermined frequency; a separating section that separates a correlated component and uncorrelated components between first predetermined channels among the plurality of channels from only the low-frequency signals thereof; an uncorrelated component outputting section that applies a first directivity only to the low-frequency signal of the uncorrelated components separated by the separation section and outputs the low-frequency signal applied with the first directivity to the non-array speakers; and a correlated component outputting section that applies a second directivity only to the low-frequency signal of the correlated component separated by the separation section and outputs the low-frequency signal applied with the second directivity to the non-array speakers.