Patents by Inventor Frank Mertz

Frank Mertz 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).

  • Method for error concealment in the transmission of speech data with errors
    Patent number: 8612218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for outputting a speech signal. Speech signal frames are received and are used in a predetermined sequence in order to produce a speech signal to be output. If one speech signal frame to be received is not received, then a substitute speech signal frame is used in its place, which is produced as a function of a previously received speech signal frame. According to the invention, in the situation in which the previously received speech signal frame has a voiceless speech signal, the substitute speech signal frame is produced by means of a noise signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vary, Frank Mertz
  • METHOD FOR ERROR CONCEALMENT IN THE TRANSMISSION OF SPEECH DATA WITH ERRORS
    Publication number: 20110218801
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for outputting a speech signal. Speech signal frames are received and are used in a predetermined sequence in order to produce a speech signal to be output. If one speech signal frame to be received is not received, then a substitute speech signal frame is used in its place, which is produced as a function of a previously received speech signal frame. According to the invention, in the situation in which the previously received speech signal frame has a voiceless speech signal, the substitute speech signal frame is produced by means of a noise signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Vary, Frank Mertz