US-20260129383-A1 - AUDIO QUALITY TEST METHOD AND APPARATUS

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Abstract

An audio quality test method, performed by a first device, includes: acquiring a first audio signal, in which the first audio signal corresponds to a first signal format; acquiring a second audio signal related to a second device, in which the second audio signal corresponds to a second signal format; and testing audio quality of the second device according to the first signal format, the second signal format, the first audio signal, and the second audio signal.

Inventors

Bin Wang

Assignees

BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20220930

Claims (20)

1 . An audio quality test method, performed by a first device, comprising: acquiring a first audio signal, wherein the first audio signal corresponds to a first signal format; acquiring a second audio signal related to a second device, wherein the second audio signal corresponds to a second signal format; and testing audio quality of the second device according to the first signal format, the second signal format, the first audio signal, and the second audio signal.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal format or the second signal format comprises at least one of: a channel-based signal format; an object-based signal format; or a scenario-based signal format.
3 . (canceled)
4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein acquiring the second audio signal related to the second device comprises: receiving an audio signal output by a third device, and using the audio signal output by the third device as the second audio signal; wherein the audio signal output by the third device is obtained by receiving an uplink audio signal sent by the second device and processing the uplink audio signal by the third device.
5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein acquiring the second audio signal related to the second device comprises: receiving an audio signal output by the second device, and using the audio signal output by the second device as the second audio signal; wherein the audio signal output by the second device is obtained by receiving a downlink audio signal sent by a third device and processing the downlink audio signal by the second device.
6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein testing the audio quality of the second device according to the first signal format, the second signal format, the first audio signal, and the second audio signal comprises: determining whether the first signal format and the second signal format are the same to obtain a determination result; processing the first audio signal according to the determination result to obtain a third audio signal; and testing the audio quality of the second device according to the second audio signal and the third audio signal.
7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein processing the first audio signal according to the determination result to obtain the third audio signal comprises: processing the first audio signal to obtain the third audio signal, in response to the determination result being that the first signal format and the second signal format are the same; processing the first audio signal according to the second signal format to obtain the third audio signal, in response to the determination result being that the first signal format is different from the second signal format.
8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein processing the first audio signal according to the second signal format to obtain the third audio signal comprises: converting the first signal format of the first audio signal into the second signal format to obtain a converted audio signal; and processing the converted audio signal to obtain the third audio signal.
9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein converting the first signal format of the first audio signal into the second signal format to obtain the converted audio signal comprises: acquiring a plurality of to-be-processed audio signals related to the first audio signal, wherein the plurality of to-be-processed audio signals are obtained by collecting the first audio signal by a corresponding audio collection apparatus; and performing beamforming processing on the plurality of to-be-processed audio signals to obtain an audio signal in the second signal format, and using the audio signal in the second signal format as the converted audio signal.
10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein converting the first signal format of the first audio signal into the second signal format to obtain the converted audio signal comprises: acquiring a format conversion matrix between the first signal format and the second signal format; and converting the first signal format of the first audio signal into the second signal format according to the format conversion matrix to obtain the converted audio signal.
11 . An audio quality test method, performed by a second device, comprising: determining, according to a first audio signal, a second audio signal related to the second device, wherein the first audio signal corresponds to a first signal format, the second audio signal corresponds to a second signal format, and the first signal format, the second signal format, the first audio signal, and the second audio signal are used to test audio quality of the second device.
12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the first signal format or the second signal format comprises at least one of: a channel-based signal format; an object-based signal format; or a scenario-based signal format.
13 . (canceled)
14 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein determining, according to the first audio signal, the second audio signal related to the second device comprises: acquiring the first audio signal; processing the first audio signal to obtain an uplink audio signal; and sending the uplink audio signal to a third device, wherein the uplink audio signal is used to determine the second audio signal related to the second device.
15 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein determining, according to the first audio signal, the second audio signal related to the second device comprises: receiving a downlink audio signal sent by a third device, wherein the downlink audio signal is obtained by processing the first audio signal; processing the downlink audio signal to obtain the second audio signal related to the second device; and outputting the second audio signal related to the second device to the first device.
16 . An audio quality test method, performed by a third device, comprising: determining, according to a first audio signal, a second audio signal related to a second device, wherein the first audio signal corresponds to a first signal format, the second audio signal corresponds to a second signal format, and the first signal format, the second signal format, the first audio signal, and the second audio signal are used to test audio quality of the second device.
17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the first signal format or the second signal format comprises at least one of: a channel-based signal format; an object-based signal format; or a scenario-based signal format.
18 . (canceled)
19 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein determining, according to the first audio signal, the second audio signal related to the second device comprises: receiving an uplink audio signal sent by the second device; and processing the uplink audio signal, and outputting the processed audio signal to the first device, wherein the processed audio signal is used as the second audio signal related to the second device.
20 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein determining, according to the first audio signal, the second audio signal related to the second device comprises: acquiring the first audio signal; processing the first audio signal to obtain a downlink audio signal; and sending the downlink audio signal to the second device, wherein the downlink audio signal is used to determine the second audio signal related to the second device.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is the US national phase application of International Application No. PCT/CN 2022/123642 filed on Sep. 30, 2022, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular to an audio quality test method and apparatus. BACKGROUND Due to increased used demand for high-quality audio and improved performance of a terminal, current terminals in wireless communication networks may generally provide a three-dimensional audio service based on three signal formats, i.e., a signal of a channel, a signal of an object, and a signal of a scenario. A plurality of microphones may be configured in the terminal, and an audio signal format collected by the plurality of microphones may a single-channel signal, a stereo signal, or a binaural signal, a 5.1 multi-channel signal, a first-order ambisonic signal (FOA), a high-order ambisonic signal (HOA), and the like. When the terminal establishes a communication link with a remote device, the format of the audio signal that may be selected by the terminal may be any one of the foregoing audio signal formats, different end-to-end audio solutions are established for the audio signals in the different signal formats, and audio quality that may be provided by testing the different end-to-end audio solutions is a main basis for finally selecting which format audio signal to be adopted. In related art, an original monophonic signal is usually used as a reference signal for an analyzer to calculate the audio quality, resulting in that the test process can only be directed to a single-channel audio end-to-end test scheme, and cannot be suitable for testing audio quality of audio signal end-to-end test schemes in multiple signal formats that are not the single-channel. SUMMARY In a first aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an audio quality test method. The method is performed by a first device, and includes: acquiring a first audio signal, in which the first audio signal corresponds to a first signal format;acquiring a second audio signal related to a second device, in which the second audio signal corresponds to a second signal format; andtesting audio quality of the second device according to the first signal format, the second signal format, the first audio signal, and the second audio signal. In a second aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide another audio quality test method. The method is performed by a second device, and includes: determining, according to a first audio signal, a second audio signal related to the second device, in which the first audio signal corresponds to a first signal format, the second audio signal corresponds to a second signal format, and the first signal format, the second signal format, the first audio signal, and the second audio signal are used to test audio quality of the second device. In a third aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide another audio quality test method. The method is performed by a third device, and includes: determining, according to a first audio signal, a second audio signal related to a second device, in which the first audio signal corresponds to a first signal format, the second audio signal corresponds to a second signal format, and the first signal format, the second signal format, the first audio signal, and the second audio signal are used to test audio quality of the second device. In a fourth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a first device, which includes a processor, and a memory in which a computer program is stored. The processor is configured to perform the method described in the first aspect above. In a fifth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a second device, which includes a processor, and a memory in which a computer program is stored. The processor is configured to perform the method described in the second aspect above. In a sixth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a third device, which includes a processor, and a memory in which a computer program is stored. The processor is configured to perform the method described in the third aspect above. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or the background, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments of the present disclosure or the background are described below. FIG. 1 is a schematic architectural diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an audio quality test method applicable to a first device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another audio quality test method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG