Virtual height and surround effect in soundbar without up-firing and surround speakers

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PATENT NO 12225367
APP PUB NO 20220150653A1
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17435809

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An apparatus to realize the virtual height and surround effect. The apparatus includes at least an input source, a processor and front speaker. The input source provides the input signals on front, surround and height channels input into the processor in which a beamforming, channel separation and/or virtual-height effect are applied on each of the source channels, respectively. After the processing, all produced output channels output by the processor are arranged and combined into existing speakers of the soundbar.

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  • HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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Zheng, James Guangdong, CN 7 13

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