(19)
(11)EP 2 518 897 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
27.03.2013 Bulletin 2013/13

(43)Date of publication A2:
31.10.2012 Bulletin 2012/44

(21)Application number: 12164888.5

(22)Date of filing:  20.04.2012
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H03G 7/00(2006.01)
H03G 9/00(2006.01)
H03G 9/02(2006.01)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30)Priority: 28.04.2011 JP 2011102394

(71)Applicant: Sony Corporation
Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)

(72)Inventors:
  • Kono, Akifumi
    Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)
  • Chinen, Toru
    Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)
  • Tsuji, Minoru
    Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)

(74)Representative: Keston, Susan Elizabeth 
D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY
London EC1N 2DY (GB)

  


(54)Signal processing device, method thereof, program, and data recording medium


(57) Provided is a signal processing device including an analysis unit for analyzing a characteristic of an input signal, and generating an analysis feature, a mapping control information determination unit for determining, based on the analysis feature and information that is generated by learning and that is for obtaining mapping control information from the analysis feature, the mapping control information, and a mapping processing unit for performing amplitude conversion on the input signal based on a linear or non-linear mapping function decided based on the mapping control information, and generating an output signal.







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