Patents by Inventor Andrea KUNTZ
Andrea KUNTZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11984131Abstract: Audio encoder for encoding audio input data to obtain audio output data includes an input interface for receiving a plurality of audio channels, a plurality of audio objects and metadata related to one or more of the plurality of audio objects; a mixer for mixing the plurality of objects and the plurality of channels to obtain a plurality of pre-mixed channels, each pre-mixed channel including audio data of a channel and audio data of at least one object; a core encoder for core encoding core encoder input data; and a metadata compressor for compressing the metadata related to the one or more of the plurality of audio objects, wherein the audio encoder is configured to operate in at least one mode of the group of two modes.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Alexander Adami, Christian Borss, Sascha Dick, Christian Ertel, Simone Neukam, Juergen Herre, Johannes Hilpert, Andreas Hoelzer, Michael Kratschmer, Fabian Kuech, Achim Kuntz, Adrian Murtaza, Jan Plogsties, Andreas Silzle, Hanne Stenzel
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Publication number: 20240129560Abstract: Audio splicing is rendered more effective by the use of one or more truncation unit packets inserted into the audio data stream so as to indicate to an audio decoder, for a predetermined access unit, an end portion of an audio frame with which the predetermined access unit is associated, as to be discarded in playout.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Herbert THOMA, Robert BLEIDT, Stefan KRAEGELOH, Max NEUENDORF, Achim KUNTZ, Andreas NIEDERMEIER, Michael KRATSCHMER
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Patent number: 11015091Abstract: A description is given of the use of a one-component laminating adhesive for composite film lamination, and also of a method for composite film lamination. The laminating adhesive comprises an aqueous polymer dispersion preparable by radical emulsion polymerization of monomers comprising (a) at least 60 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of C1 to C20 alkyl acrylates, C1 to C20 alkyl methacrylates, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids comprising up to 20 carbon atoms, vinylaromatics having up to 20 carbon atoms, vinyl halides, vinyl ethers of alcohols comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and one or two double bonds, and mixtures of these monomers, and (b) at least 0.1 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer having at least one acid group, and (c) 0.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Christine Tonhauser, Christoph Kiener, Peter Preishuber-Pfluegl, Andrea Kuntz
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Publication number: 20190016931Abstract: A description is given of the use of a one-component laminating adhesive for composite film lamination, and also of a method for composite film lamination. The laminating adhesive comprises an aqueous polymer dispersion preparable by radical emulsion polymerization of monomers comprising (a) at least 60 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of C1 to C20 alkyl acrylates, C1 to C20 alkyl methacrylates, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids comprising up to 20 carbon atoms, vinylaromatics having up to 20 carbon atoms, vinyl halides, vinyl ethers of alcohols comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and one or two double bonds, and mixtures of these monomers, and (b) at least 0.1 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer having at least one acid group, and (c) 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Christine TONHAUSER, Christoph KIENER, Peter PREISHUBER-PFLUEGL, Andrea KUNTZ
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Patent number: 9957407Abstract: A description is given of the use of a polymer dispersion for cold sealing, the polymer dispersion comprising a polymer in dispersion in water and having a glass transition temperature in the range from ?20 to +10° C., said polymer being preparable by emulsion polymerization of radically polymerizable monomers in the presence of at least one polymeric protective colloid, and the polymer being formed to an extent of 0.05 to less than 1 wt % of a monomer M, selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylate monomers having a substituent of the formula where X is CH2, O, NH or NR, and R is a C1 to C4 alkyl group. Descriptions are also given of a method for producing cold-sealed packaging, and of the packaging obtainable by said method.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andrea Kuntz, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Christoph Kiener
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Publication number: 20180094174Abstract: Described is an aqueous cold seal adhesive in the form of an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising a mixture of a first polymer and a second polymer, wherein the first polymer is an emulsion polymer prepared in the presence of a protective colloid and is composed to an extent of at least 60% by weight of principal monomers selected from the group consisting of C1 to C20 alkyl (meth)acrylates and has a glass transition temperature of less than 0° C.; and wherein the second polymer is an emulsion polymer prepared in the presence of a protective colloid and is composed to an extent of at least 60% by weight of principal monomers selected from the group consisting of vinylaromatics having up to 20 C atom, and has a glass transition temperature of at least 50° C. Also described are cold sealable coated polymer films coated with the aqueous cold seal adhesive and a method for producing a cold-sealed pack by applying the aqueous cold seal adhesive to a packaging substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Afsaneh NABIFAR, Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Andrea KUNTZ, Christoph KIENER, Martin BEK
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Patent number: 9624408Abstract: Method for coagulating an aqueous polymer dispersion, where the aqueous polymer dispersion comprises at least one polymer in dispersion in aqueous phase, and also comprises thermally expandable, thermoplastic microspheres, the polymer dispersion is coagulated by energy input, and the coagulated composition is delivered via an outlet aperture, preferably in the form of a nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Ines Pietsch, Lars Heckhoff, Meik Ranft, Peter Schuler, Andrea Kuntz
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Publication number: 20160002486Abstract: A description is given of the use of a polymer dispersion for cold sealing, the polymer dispersion comprising a polymer in dispersion in water and having a glass transition temperature in the range from ?20 to +10° C., said polymer being preparable by emulsion polymerization of radically polymerizable monomers in the presence of at least one polymeric protective colloid, and the polymer being formed to an extent of 0.05 to less than 1 wt % of a monomer M, selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylate monomers having a substituent of the formula where X is CH2, O, NH or NR, and R is a C1 to C4 alkyl group. Descriptions are also given of a method for producing cold-sealed packaging, and of the packaging obtainable by said method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Andrea KUNTZ, Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Christoph KIENER
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Publication number: 20150376471Abstract: Method for coagulating an aqueous polymer dispersion, where the aqueous polymer dispersion comprises at least one polymer in dispersion in aqueous phase, and also comprises thermally expandable, thermoplastic microspheres, the polymer dispersion is coagulated by energy input, and the coagulated composition is delivered via an outlet aperture, preferably in the form of a nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Ines PIETSCH, Lars HECKHOFF, Meik RANFT, Peter SCHULER, Andrea KUNTZ