US 12,457,464 B2
Artifact reduction on transitions between audio tracks
François Becker, Essonne (FR)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,431.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171926 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/30 (2013.01) [H04S 1/007 (2013.01); H04S 2400/09 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio artifact reduction method, comprising, at a pair of temporally-adjacent audio tracks:
altering samples at an end portion of a first track according to an inter-track sample discontinuity at a boundary between the pair of temporally-adjacent audio tracks by deriving an adjustment curve based on a sample value at a terminal end of the first track, and applying the adjustment curve to samples of the first track in the end portion, and
altering samples at a beginning portion of a second track according to the inter-track discontinuity by deriving an adjustment curve based on a sample value at a terminal start of the second track, and applying the adjustment curve to samples of the second track in the beginning portion,
wherein the first and second altering steps cause sample values at the end of the first track and the beginning of the second track to be equal at the boundary between the two tracks.