The acoustic signal transmission method is based on generating a
synthesized sound electrical signal by electrically synthesizing an
audible sound signal and another signal different than the audible sound
signal at the sending side, and transmitting the synthesized sound
electrical signal, and extracting the another signal different than the
audible sound signal from the synthesized sound electrical signal at the
receiving side. Here, generation of the synthesized sound electrical
signal is made by using a data hiding technique, for example.
Accordingly, the acoustic signal represented by the synthesized sound
electrical signal can be heard by human ears in the same way as the
audible sound signal, and the synthesized another signal cannot be
detected by human ears. Here, the synthesized sound electrical signal can
be transmitted as a sound wave in air space, as electrical signal through
a transmission line or as radio signals such as infrared and
electromagnetic waves. It is also possible to transport or distribute the
synthesized sounds by recording on recording media such as compact disc
and DVD. Also, using the signal extracted from the synthesized sound
electrical signal, applications such as controlling machines such as
robot, transmitting text data such as information for car navigation
systems, computer network addresses and commercial business information.