MUMBAI, India, Sept. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617085633 A) filed by Orange on July 13, 2026, for Transition Between Two Downmixing Modes With Optimised Level Control.

Inventors include Gurin, Alexandre; Lefort, Arnaud; and Ragot, Stphane.

The application for the patent was published on September 04, 2026, under issue no. 36/2026.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing an audio signal during a transition between a first and a second downmixing mode of a stereophonic signal in order to obtain a monophonic signal, the processing method including the following steps: - applying a determined matching gain (501) to the signal resulting from the downmixing according to the secon...