KR20090110598A - Method and devices of reproducing "sound field" through frontal loudspeaker array - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and device of reproducing sound field through a frontal loudspeaker array are provided to supply a more wide sweet spot a user at a narrow space. CONSTITUTION: A method and device of reproducing sound field through a frontal loudspeaker array are comprised of the steps: receiving a signal source and sound field reproduction information(702); calculating a speak driving signal of a front speak array based on sound field reproduction information(704); and reproducing a sound source as virtual arc array shape through the front speaker array according to the speaker driving signal(706).

Description

Sound field reproduction device and method through front speaker array {Method and Devices of Reproducing “Sound Field” through Frontal Loudspeaker Array}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for reproducing a sound field through a front speaker array, and more particularly, to reproduce an audio signal based on sound field synthesis through a front speaker array, and to radiate a virtual arc array through the front speaker array. By calculating the speaker drive signal to be made based on sound field reproduction information (e.g., speaker array information and sound image positioning information), the front speaker array can easily provide a wider sweet spot to the user even in a narrow listening space. The present invention relates to a sound field reproducing apparatus and a method thereof.

The present invention is derived from the research conducted as part of the IT growth engine technology development project of the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications Research and Development. [Task Management Number: 2007-S-004-01] Development].

Wave Field Synthesis (WFS) technology is a method of synthesizing a primary wavefront generated from an arbitrary primary sound source into sounds reproduced through a plurality of loudspeakers (hereinafter referred to as loudspeaker arrays). Sound field reproduction technology that produces the same wavelength as the primary wavefront in the volume. Sound field synthesis technology can virtually expand the listening space by placing the virtual sound source farther than the physical loudspeaker position. Through this, the sound field synthesis technology can solve the problem that the sweet spot is narrow, which is not overcome in the multi-channel playback environment such as stereo and 5.1 channel. Therefore, the sound field synthesis technology has the advantage of providing a perfect sound field to the listener. Here, the sweet spot refers to an optimal listening point at which the user can listen to the audio signal reproduced through the loudspeaker under optimal conditions.

In order to faithfully implement the sound field synthesis technique, there is a limitation that such a sound field synthesis technique should be applied to a loudspeaker array (for example, a circular array or a straight array) that wraps around 360 degrees around the listener. That is, in order to reproduce the sound image of better quality, it is preferable to use a circular or straight-line loudspeaker array of a size that can completely wrap a suitable listening space. For example, in the case of a large listening space such as a theater or a concert hall, this limitation does not matter. However, if this limitation is a narrow listening space such as a living room of a normal home, it may be a problem in space.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a sweet spot in a sound field synthesis technique using a front loudspeaker array.

Since a finite number of front loudspeaker arrays 100 are used, the sound field synthesis technique has a disadvantage in that truncation effects occur at both ends of the array. In order to suppress this, in an actual sound field synthesis technique, an audio signal is reproduced through both ends of loudspeakers to which a tapering window technique is applied. Because of this, there is a problem that the actual sweet spot 101 shown in Figure 1 is reduced compared to the desired sweet spot 102. If the sound field synthesis reproduction environment uses only the front loudspeaker array 100, this problem may have a greater effect.

For example, in a home with a 42-inch TV with a width of 113 cm, if you use a loudspeaker array 15 cm apart, only eight loudspeakers can be used. At this time, even if you use a 70-inch TV width of 175cm, only 11 loudspeakers can be installed. If the small loudspeakers are installed in close proximity, the small loudspeaker self regeneration characteristics are not good. In addition, the installation burden for a large number of loudspeakers is also a big problem, so there is no effectiveness.

On the other hand, when looking into the sound field synthesis technology to date, no research has been conducted on the sound field synthesis technology that can be applied to TV or home theater. However, research has been mainly conducted on sound field reproduction using a larger number of loudspeakers in a larger listening space. Therefore, a sound field synthesis technique based on a straight loudspeaker array or a circular loudspeaker array has a problem in that it is difficult to apply it to a sound field synthesis system (for example, a front loudspeaker array based sound field synthesis system) required in a narrow space.

Specifically, if the sound field synthesis technology is to be limited to TV or home theater, it is desirable to reduce the number of loudspeaker arrays as much as possible. This is for the user's convenience of the installation of a narrow listening space and a sound field synthesis system. That is, it would be desirable to use only the front loudspeaker arrays, omitting the side and rear arrays. The sound field synthesis technique using the front loudspeaker array makes it difficult to reconcile side / rear sound images by using only the front array. However, this sound field synthesis technology can provide the front image synchronized with TV and home theater display screens.

However, since the number of loudspeakers is reduced, it is difficult to provide a wide sweet spot of the sound field synthesis technology. Therefore, a sound field synthesis technique using only this front array is in a situation where an optimal front loudspeaker array or a signal processing method different from the conventional one is urgently needed.

Therefore, the conventional technology as described above has a problem in that it is difficult to provide a wide sweet spot using a front loudspeaker array in a narrow space at the time of sound field reproducing according to the sound field synthesis method. It is a task.

Accordingly, the present invention reproduces the audio signal based on the sound field synthesis through the front speaker array, and the sound field reproduction information (for example, the speaker array information and the sound image) to generate a speaker driving signal to be radiated in the form of a virtual arc array through the front speaker array. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sound field reproducing apparatus and method through a front speaker array that can be easily provided to a user even in a narrow listening space by calculating based on stereotactic information).

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention which are not mentioned above can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

In order to solve the above problem, the present invention reproduces an audio signal based on sound field synthesis through a front speaker array, and generates sound field reproduction information (for example, a speaker driving signal to be radiated in the form of a virtual arc array through the front speaker array). , Speaker arrangement information and sound image positioning information).

More specifically, the present invention provides a sound field reproduction apparatus through a front speaker array, comprising: input means for receiving a sound source signal and sound field reproduction information to be reproduced; Signal processing means for calculating a speaker drive signal of the front speaker array based on the sound field reproduction information; And reproducing means for reproducing the sound source signal in the form of a virtual arc array through the front speaker array in accordance with the calculated speaker drive signal.

On the other hand, the present invention, in the sound field reproduction method through the front speaker array, an input step of receiving a sound source signal and sound field reproduction information to be reproduced; A signal processing step of calculating a speaker driving signal of the front speaker array based on the sound field reproduction information; And reproducing the sound source signal in the form of a virtual arc array through the front speaker array according to the calculated speaker drive signal.

As described above, the present invention reproduces an audio signal based on a sound field synthesis through a front speaker array, and transmits sound field reproduction information (for example, a speaker array) to radiate a speaker driving signal to be emitted in the form of a virtual arc array through the front speaker array. By calculating the information based on the information and the image location information), a wider sweet spot can be easily provided even in a narrow listening space.

In addition, the present invention is to approximate and calculate the speaker drive signal to be radiated in the form of a virtual arc array through the front speaker array according to the fixed phase approximation method and the discretization method, so as not to be limited by the amount of computation required to calculate the speaker drive signal. In addition, there is an effect that can easily calculate the speaker drive signal to provide a wider sweet spot.

The above objects, features, and advantages will become more apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, and accordingly, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may share the technical idea of the present invention. It will be easy to implement. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, before describing the present invention in more detail, the sound field synthesis technique based on the arc loudspeaker array will be described.

2 is a conceptual diagram of a sweet spot in a sound field synthesis technique using an arc loudspeaker array.

The present invention is intended to widen the sweet spot 101 shown in FIG. 1 to the desired actual sweet spot 102 while using a small number of loudspeakers. To this end, the present invention can provide a wider listening area to a user by reproducing an audio signal through an arc loudspeaker array (hereinafter referred to as an arc loudspeaker array) 200 arranged in an arc shape.

As shown in FIG. 2, an arc-shaped speaker array 200 having a straight-shaped loudspeaker array bowed like a bow is disposed. According to the present invention, the arc-shaped speaker array 200 may provide a user with a wider real sweet spot 201 than the real sweet spot 101 shown in FIG. 1. The present invention can provide a wide sweet spot 201 to a user by applying a taping window for suppressing truncation effects occurring at both ends of the arc-shaped speaker array 200. In addition, the present invention can provide the user with a listening area that is as wide as the entire listening area 202 by using the arc-shaped speaker array 200.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a front loudspeaker array arranged in an arc shape.

As shown in FIG. 3, the basic loudspeaker array arrangement according to the present invention is to physically arrange the loudspeaker array itself as the arc-shaped speaker array 301. The z ₀ plane is a plane included in the sound source region, and a virtual sound source is located in the z ₀ plane. The z ₁ plane is the plane on which the arc loudspeaker array is referenced. The z plane is a plane included in the listening area where the user is located.

)로 나타나진다. 또한, 각 라우드스피커는 일정한 간격(

)(304)마다 위치하고 있으므로 이산적인(discrete) 음원의 재생 기능을 수행하게 된다.The nth loudspeaker 302 is directed in the direction of the arrow 303 indicating directivity. In this case, the directivity is an angle between the n-th loudspeaker 302 and the vertical plane which is the reference of the arc-shaped speaker array 200.

Is indicated by). In addition, each loudspeaker must

Since each is located at ()) 304, a discrete sound source is reproduced.

However, using the arc-shaped speaker array 301 having a physical structure for sound field reproduction may cause space waste. This is because a general sound field reproduction system is located directly below or above a video reproduction system such as a TV. At this time, the arc-shaped speaker array 301 is forward as much as the circular space 305 is inefficient use of the space. In particular, in the narrow listening space, the arc-shaped speaker array 301 acts as a weak point in space utilization.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example front loudspeaker array arranged in a straight line.

As shown in FIG. 4, the linear speaker array 401 that emits an audio signal in a virtual arc shape utilizes the principle of the arc speaker array 301 shown in FIG. 3. The linear speaker array 401 is orthogonal to each loudspeaker 402 in the z1 plane toward the center of the arc. The linear speaker array 401 can achieve the same effect as the arc-shaped speaker array 301 shown in FIG. 3 if only the time delay is compensated. In addition, the linear speaker array 401 has all the advantages of the arc-shaped speaker array 301 and can efficiently use space.

However, the linear speaker array 401 becomes wider between each loudspeaker toward the left and right ends thereof. For example, the spacing 403 between the loudspeakers at the left end is wider than the spacing 404 between the loudspeakers at the center of the arc. This is a disadvantage in terms of aliasing.

Accordingly, the present invention uses a loudspeaker drive signal in which a loudspeaker array is assumed by using a linear speaker array 401 in a conventional sound field synthesis technique, and by using a signal processing process for adjusting the directivity of the linear speaker array having equal intervals. You get That is, the present invention is to have a radiation pattern shown in Figure 5 by using an equally spaced linear speaker array in consideration of the arrangement direction of the loudspeaker.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for describing a linear speaker array arranged at equal intervals.

As shown in FIG. 5, the equally spaced linear speaker array 501 has a structure in which each loudspeaker is arranged in a straight line, and has a structure of an equally spaced speaker array in which the arrangement direction of the loudspeakers is considered. The present invention uses the equally spaced linear speaker array 501 to reproduce the sound field in accordance with the radiation pattern of the arc-shaped speaker array.

The direction of the equally spaced linear speaker array 501 is determined in the normal direction of the arc in the same manner as the arc-shaped speaker array 401. Therefore, the equally spaced linear speaker array 501 has the advantages of the arc-shaped speaker array 401 and the advantages of the equally spaced straight array. The present invention can effectively utilize the space by using the equally spaced linear speaker array 501. In addition, the present invention can utilize the signal processing equation development in the sound field synthesis technique as it is by using the stationary phase approximation (Stationary Phase Approximation). However, the present invention has the advantage that the signal processing may be performed by changing the direction of each loudspeaker.

On the other hand, when the respective loudspeakers constituting the equally spaced linear speaker array 501 in the z1 plane is orthogonal to the arc, the spacing between the wavefronts on the arc is wider in the center and closer to the side. This can be corrected by applying a tapering window to the speaker arrays on the left and right sides or parts that may weaken the front side.

Hereinafter, a method of obtaining a loudspeaker driving function for an equally spaced linear speaker array 501 having the same radiation pattern as the arc-shaped speaker array 401 will be described in detail.

First, referring to the equally spaced linear speaker array 501, a general loudspeaker driving function is shown in Equation 1 below.

는 라우드스피커 어레이를 구성하는 라우드스피커 중 n번째 라우드스피커가 방사하는 라우드스피커 구동 함수,

는 가상 음원,

는 신호 크기에 대한 가중치,

는 라우드스피커의 지향성으로 음압에 웨이팅(weighting)을 주는 성분,

는 수직거리에 대한 가상 음원과 n번째 라 우드스피커 사이의 거리의 비율,

는 고주파 증폭 이퀄라이징,

는 가상 음원과 n번째 라우드스피커 사이의 거리에 의해 발생하는 전달 시간을 나타낸다. 또한, 라우드스피커가 선 배열을 이루고 있으므로 가상 음원을 선 음원으로 가정하면,

는 하나의 원통파(Cylindrical Wave)의 확산을 나타낸다.here,

Is the loudspeaker driving function emitted by the nth loudspeaker of the loudspeaker array.

Virtual sound source,

Is a weight for signal magnitude,

Is a loudspeaker's directivity that gives weight to the sound pressure,

Is the ratio of the distance between the virtual sound source and the nth loudspeaker to the vertical distance,

High frequency amplification equalizing,

Denotes the propagation time caused by the distance between the virtual sound source and the nth loudspeaker. In addition, since the loudspeakers form a line array, assuming that the virtual sound source is a linear sound source,

Denotes the spread of one cylindrical wave.

)은 하기의 [수학식 2]에 나타나 있다. 음장 합성 기술에서의 수식 전개와 마찬가지로, 단극 음원(Monopole Source)에 관한 레일레이 정리 II(Rayleigh Integral II)를 이용하여 각 라우드스피커 구동 신호를 구하기로 한다.Meanwhile, referring to the virtual sound source, the sound pressure of the general primary sound source (

) Is shown in Equation 2 below. Similar to the mathematical development in the sound field synthesis technique, each loudspeaker driving signal is determined using Rayleigh Integral II for monopole source.

는 1차 음원의 음압,

는 공기 밀도,

는 공기 중의 음속,

는 웨이브 넘버,

은

방향으로의 입자속도,

는 1차 음원과 n번째 라우드스피커 사이의 거리에 의해 발생하는 전달 시간을 나타낸다. 그리고 라우드스피커가 선 배열을 이루고 있으므로, 가상 음원을 선 음원으로 가정하면

는 하나의 원통파(Cylindrical Wave)의 확산을 나타낸다.here,

Is the sound pressure of the primary sound source,

Is the air density,

Is the speed of sound in the air,

Is the wave number,

silver

Particle velocity in the direction,

Denotes the propagation time caused by the distance between the primary sound source and the nth loudspeaker. And since the loudspeakers form a line array, assuming that the virtual sound source is a line sound source

Denotes the spread of one cylindrical wave.

Discretizing [Equation 2] (Discretization) is the same as [Equation 3]. This is to easily calculate the integral calculation process in Equation 2 above.

)을 제거하면 하기의 [수학식 4]와 같다.In the above [Equation 3] the component in the vertical direction (

) Is removed as shown in Equation 4 below.

은 입자속도를 나타낸다.here,

Represents the particle velocity.

을 압력으로 변화시키기 위한 특정 음향 임피던스(Specific Acoustics Impedance) 식과 상기 [수학식 5]를 이용하여, 상기 [수학식 4]로부터 하기의 [수학식 6]이 유도될 수 있다. 예를 들어, 도 5에 도시된 n번째 라우드스피커(502)의 지향성은

으로 나타낼 수 있다. 지향각(503)이 모두 청취 영역을 향하던 때와는 다른 새로운 변수

,

가 이용되어 1차 음원의 음압(

)이 표현될 수 있다. 상기 [수학식 5]는 각 라우드스피커(502)의 지향성을 나타내는 지향각(503)을 상기 [수학식 4]에 적용하기 위함이다.At this time, the particle velocity

By using a specific acoustic impedance (Equation 5) and [Equation 5] to change the pressure to the pressure, Equation 6 below can be derived from Equation 4. For example, the directivity of the nth loudspeaker 502 shown in FIG.

It can be represented as A new variable that is different from when the heading angles 503 all faced the listening area

,

Is used to determine the sound pressure of the primary sound source (

) Can be expressed. Equation 5 is to apply a directivity angle 503 representing the directivity of each loudspeaker 502 to Equation 4.

를 상기[수학식 6]에 대입하면 하기의 [수학식 7]과 같이 나타나진다.here,

When substituted into [Equation 6], it is expressed as Equation 7 below.

On the other hand, the fixed phase approximation (Stationary Phase Approximation) to be applied to the above [Equation 7] will be described through the following [Equation 8] to [Equation 14]. The fixed phase approximation relates to the assumption of approximating complex equations by fixing the variable phase to one phase when the sound field is reproduced through each loudspeaker.

는 위상,

는 음압 신호를 나타낸다.here,

Phase,

Denotes a sound pressure signal.

에서 음압 신호

가 최소값을 갖게 되면,

이 된다. 그리고 이 최소값이

의 모든 다른 최소값들(Minima)보다 작다고 가정한다. 이때, 위 적분에서 가장 주도적으로 공헌하는 영역은

의 근처가 될 것이며, 이를 고정위상 지점(Stationary Phase Point)이라고 부른다.

Sound pressure signal

Has a minimum value,

Becomes And this minimum value

Assume that is less than all other minima of. At this time, the area that contributes most in the above integral

Will be near, which is called the stationary phase point.

는 아래의 [수학식 9]와 같이, 테일러 시리즈(Taylor Series)의 일부로 변형된다.Sound pressure signal

Is transformed into a part of Taylor Series as shown in Equation 9 below.

를 이용하면 다시 하기의 [수학식 10]과 같이 나타낼 수 있다.among these,

By using Equation 10, it can be expressed as Equation 10 below.

Subsequent expansion of Equation 10 into Equation 8 above yields Equation 11 below.

In order to take the fixed phase approximation as described above with respect to Equation 7, substituting Equation 12 below into Equation 7 is shown in Equation 13 below.

에서 고정위상(stationary phase)을 갖는다고 할 수 있기 때문에,

이다. 음압 신호

은 천천히 변하는 함수라고 볼 수 있다. 이를

이라고 가정할 수 있다. 그러면, 상기의 [수학식 13]은 하기의 [수학식 14]로 정리가 된다.In this case, if the minimum value at the point s ,

Since we have a stationary phase at,

to be. Sound pressure signal

Is a slowly changing function. This

Can be assumed. Then, Equation 13 is summarized as Equation 14 below.

Here, the physical meaning of this fixed phase approximation means that most of the energy generated by the loudspeaker array and reaching the listening position is generated in the loudspeaker located between the sound source and the straight line to the listening position.

,

를 적용하여 계산하면, 하기의 [수학식 15]와 같다.In [Equation 14] above

,

When calculated by applying, as shown in Equation 15 below.

At this time, all the loudspeakers may be a fixed phase point according to various moving points. Therefore, generalizing to all the loudspeakers as shown in Equation 16 below.

At this time, when the above [Equation 16] is substituted into the following [Equation 17], it is the same as [Equation 18].

이므로, 이를 상기 [수학식 18]에 대입하면 하기의 [수학식 19]로 정리된다.At this time,

Therefore, by substituting this in Equation 18, Equation 19 is summarized below.

Therefore, if the fixed phase point is not changed by the loudspeaker's directivity, all assumptions are made.

항이

로 변경된다. 즉, 이전의 모든 항은 그대로 사용되고, 지향각

에 의한 방향 패턴(Directivity Pattern)만 라우드스피커의 지향성에 따라 다르게 적용해주면 된다는 사실을 알 수 있다.In particular, when compared with [Equation 1] as a result, indicating the directivity of the loudspeaker

Hang Yi

Is changed to In other words, all previous terms are used as they are,

It can be seen that only the direction pattern by is applied differently according to the directivity of the loudspeaker.

을 이용하여 정규화하면 다음과 같다.And a normalization variable as shown in Equation 20 below.

Normalized using

을 이용하여 직선 스피커 어레이(501) 상의 각 라우드스피커에 부가하는 가중치를 조절할 수도 있다. 이는 간단히

형태의 수학식을 이용한다. 또한, 상기의 [수학식 20]을 간략화해야 할 경우,

을 적용할 수 있다.As shown in [Equation 20] above, the normalization variable

The weight added to each loudspeaker on the linear speaker array 501 may be adjusted by using. This is simply

Use a form of equation. In addition, when it is necessary to simplify the above Equation 20,

Can be applied.

6 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a sound field reproducing apparatus through the front speaker array according to the present invention.

First, the input unit 610 receives or stores loudspeaker array information (hereinafter, referred to as speaker array information) including the location and spacing of the loudspeaker array. In addition, the input unit 610 receives a sound source signal and sound field position information to be reproduced. Hereinafter, the speaker array information including the directivity angle information for each speaker of the front speaker array and the sound image position information of the sound source signal will be referred to as "sound field reproduction information".

When the signal processor 620 tries to reproduce the sound source signal input from the input unit 610 in the form of a virtual arc array, the speaker driving signal of the front speaker array is based on the sound field reproduction information received from the input unit 610. Calculate. In this case, the signal processor 620 calculates the speaker driving signal according to the fixed phase approximation method of Equation 8 to Equation 14 above. Here, when the signal processing unit 620 is a front speaker array composed of front speakers in a spacious listening space, the arc-shaped signal processing method as shown in [Equation 19] and [Equation 20] to expand the sweet spot. Can be applied. That is, the signal processor 620 impacts the sound pressure that each loudspeaker should emit by changing the speaker direction pattern of the front speaker array according to the direction angle information included in the speaker array information according to Equation 19 above. Calculate in the form of a response. In this case, the signal processor 620 adjusts a weight to be added to each speaker of the front speaker array according to Equation 20 using a normalization variable.

The signal processor 620 obtains the speaker driving signal of the front speaker array by processing the calculated shock response for each speaker. That is, the signal processor 620 convolves the calculated speaker response with the sound source signal to be positioned through Fourier transform. In addition, the signal processor 620 obtains all the speaker driving signals of the front speaker array to which n loudspeakers radiate through the convolution process. This convolutional process is to virtually locate one direct sound source in the listening space.

The audio reproducing unit 630 reproduces the sound source signal in the form of a virtual arc array through the front speaker array according to the speaker driving signal calculated by the signal processing unit 620.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a sound field reproduction method through the front speaker array according to the present invention.

First, the input unit 610 receives a sound source signal to be reproduced and sound field reproduction information of the sound source signal (702). That is, the input unit 610 receives the speaker array information including the direction angle information for each speaker of the front speaker array and the sound image position information of the sound source signal as the sound source reproduction information.

Subsequently, when the signal processor 620 attempts to reproduce the sound source signal input from the input unit 610 in the form of a virtual arc array, the speaker driving signal of the front speaker array is based on the sound field reproduction information received from the input unit 610. It calculates as (704). In this case, the signal processor 620 calculates the speaker driving signal according to a fixed phase approximation method.

That is, the signal processor 620 checks the shape of the loudspeaker array by analyzing the speaker array information received from the input unit 610. For example, the signal processor 620 checks whether the arrangement of the loudspeaker arrays is an equally spaced linear speaker array or a straight loudspeaker.

As a result of the check, if the shape of the front speaker array is an equally spaced linear speaker array 501, the signal processor 620 calculates each speaker driving signal according to Equation 19 above. That is, the signal processor 620 impacts the sound pressure that each loudspeaker should emit by changing the speaker direction pattern of the front speaker array according to the direction angle information included in the speaker array information according to Equation 19 above. Calculate in the form of a response. In this case, the signal processor 620 adjusts a weight to be added to each speaker of the front speaker array according to Equation 20 using a normalization variable. On the other hand, if the shape of the front speaker array is not equally spaced straight speaker array, the signal processor 620 calculates the sound pressure that each loudspeaker should emit in the form of a shock response for each speaker according to [Equation 1] above. .

Thereafter, the audio reproducing unit 630 reproduces the audio signal in the form of a virtual arc array through the front speaker array according to the speaker driving signal calculated by the signal processing unit 620 (706).

On the other hand, the method of the present invention as described above can be written in a computer program. And the code and code segments constituting the program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the art. In addition, the written program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium (information storage medium), and read and executed by a computer to implement the method of the present invention. The recording medium may include any type of recording medium that can be read by a computer.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a sweet spot in a sound field synthesis technique using a front loudspeaker array;

2 is a conceptual diagram of a sweet spot in a sound field synthesis technique using an arc loudspeaker array;

3 is a diagram illustrating an example front loudspeaker array disposed in an arc shape;

4 is an embodiment diagram for explaining a front loudspeaker array arranged in a straight line,

FIG. 5 is a diagram for describing a linear speaker array arranged at equal intervals; FIG.

6 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a sound field reproducing apparatus through the front speaker array according to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a sound field reproduction method through the front speaker array according to the present invention.

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610: input unit 620: signal processing unit

630: audio playback unit

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In the sound field reproduction apparatus through the front speaker array, Input means for receiving a sound source signal and sound field reproduction information to be reproduced; Signal processing means for calculating a speaker drive signal of the front speaker array based on the sound field reproduction information; And Reproducing means for reproducing the sound source signal in the form of a virtual arc array through the front speaker array in accordance with the calculated speaker drive signal; Sound field reproduction apparatus through a front speaker array comprising a. The method of claim 1, The input means, And the speaker array information including the direction angle information of each speaker of the front speaker array and the sound image position information of the sound source signal as the sound source reproduction information. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The signal processing means, And a speaker drive signal is calculated according to a fixed phase approximation method. The method of claim 3, wherein The signal processing means, And changing the speaker direction pattern of the front speaker array according to the direction angle information included in the speaker array information to calculate the speaker driving signal. The method of claim 4, wherein The signal processing means, And a weight to be added to each speaker of the front speaker array by using a normalization variable. In the sound field reproduction method through the front speaker array, An input step of receiving a sound source signal and sound field reproduction information to be reproduced; A signal processing step of calculating a speaker driving signal of the front speaker array based on the sound field reproduction information; And A reproduction step of reproducing the sound source signal in the form of a virtual arc array through the front speaker array according to the calculated speaker drive signal; Sound field reproduction method through the front speaker array comprising a. The method of claim 6, The input step, The sound field reproduction method according to claim 1, wherein the speaker array information including the direction angle information of each speaker of the front speaker array and the sound image position information of the sound source signal are received as the sound source reproduction information. The method according to claim 6 or 7, The signal processing step, And a speaker drive signal is calculated according to a fixed phase approximation method. The method of claim 8, The signal processing step, And changing the speaker direction pattern of the front speaker array according to the directivity angle information included in the speaker array information to calculate the speaker drive signal. The method of claim 9, The signal processing step, And a weighting value to be added to each speaker of the front speaker array by using a normalization variable.

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