Patents by Inventor Frans DE BONT
Frans DE BONT 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: 10290306Abstract: A better compromise between a too high bitstream and decoding overhead on the one hand and flexibility of frame element positioning on the other hand is achieved by arranging that each of the sequence of frames of the bitstream has a sequence of N frame elements and, on the other hand, the bitstream has a configuration block having a field indicating the number of elements N and a type indication syntax portion indicating, for each element position of the sequence of N element positions, an element type out of a plurality of element types with, in the sequences of N frame elements of the frames, each frame element being of the element type indicated, by the type indication portion, for the respective element position at which the respective frame element is positioned within the sequence of N frame elements of the respective frame in the bitstream.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Max Neuendorf, Markus Multrus, Stefan Doehla, Heiko Purnhagen, Frans De Bont
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Publication number: 20180233155Abstract: A better compromise between a too high bitstream and decoding overhead on the one hand and flexibility of frame element positioning on the other hand is achieved by arranging that each of the sequence of frames of the bitstream has a sequence of N frame elements and, on the other hand, the bitstream has a configuration block having a field indicating the number of elements N and a type indication syntax portion indicating, for each element position of the sequence of N element positions, an element type out of a plurality of element types with, in the sequences of N frame elements of the frames, each frame element being of the element type indicated, by the type indication portion, for the respective element position at which the respective frame element is positioned within the sequence of N frame elements of the respective frame in the bitstream.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Max NEUENDORF, Markus MULTRUS, Stefan DOEHLA, Heiko PURNHAGEN, Frans DE BONT
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Patent number: 9972331Abstract: A better compromise between a too high bitstream and decoding overhead on the one hand and flexibility of frame element positioning on the other hand is achieved by arranging that each of the sequence of frames of the bitstream has a sequence of N frame elements and, on the other hand, the bitstream has a configuration block having a field indicating the number of elements N and a type indication syntax portion indicating, for each element position of the sequence of N element positions, an element type out of a plurality of element types with, in the sequences of N frame elements of the frames, each frame element being of the element type indicated, by the type indication portion, for the respective element position at which the respective frame element is positioned within the sequence of N frame elements of the respective frame in the bitstream.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Max Neuendorf, Markus Multrus, Stefan Doehla, Heiko Purnhagen, Frans De Bont
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Patent number: 9779737Abstract: A better compromise between a too high bitstream and decoding overhead on the one hand and flexibility of frame element positioning on the other hand is achieved by arranging that each of the sequence of frames of the bitstream has a sequence of N frame elements and, on the other hand, the bitstream has a configuration block having a field indicating the number of elements N and a type indication syntax portion indicating, for each element position of the sequence of N element positions, an element type out of a plurality of element types with, in the sequences of N frame elements of the frames, each frame element being of the element type indicated, by the type indication portion, for the respective element position at which the respective frame element is positioned within the sequence of N frame elements of the respective frame in the bitstream.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Max Neuendorf, Markus Multrus, Stefan Doehla, Heiko Purnhagen, Frans De Bont
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Patent number: 9773503Abstract: An audio decoder for decoding an encoded audio signal, the encoded audio signal including a first channel element and a second channel element in a payload section of a data stream and first decoder configuration data for the first channel element and second decoder configuration data for the second channel element in a configuration section of the data stream, includes: a data stream reader for reading the configuration data for each channel element in the configuration section and for reading the payload data for each channel element in the payload section; a configurable decoder for decoding the plurality of channel elements; and a configuration controller for configuring the configurable decoder so that the configurable decoder is configured in accordance with the first decoder configuration data when decoding the first channel element and in accordance with the second decoder configuration data when decoding the second channel element.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Max Neuendorf, Markus Multrus, Stefan Doehla, Heiko Purnhagen, Frans De Bont
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Publication number: 20170270938Abstract: A better compromise between a too high bitstream and decoding overhead on the one hand and flexibility of frame element positioning on the other hand is achieved by arranging that each of the sequence of frames of the bitstream has a sequence of N frame elements and, on the other hand, the bitstream has a configuration block having a field indicating the number of elements N and a type indication syntax portion indicating, for each element position of the sequence of N element positions, an element type out of a plurality of element types with, in the sequences of N frame elements of the frames, each frame element being of the element type indicated, by the type indication portion, for the respective element position at which the respective frame element is positioned within the sequence of N frame elements of the respective frame in the bitstream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Max NEUENDORF, Markus MULTRUS, Stefan DOEHLA, Heiko PURNHAGEN, Frans DE BONT
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Patent number: 9524722Abstract: Frame elements which shall be made available for skipping are transmitted more efficiently by arranging that a default payload length information is transmitted separately within a configuration block, with the length information within the frame elements, in turn, being subdivided into a default payload length flag followed, if the default payload length flag is not set, by a payload length value explicitly coding the payload length of the respective frame element. However, if the default payload length flag is set, an explicit transmission of the payload length may be avoided. Rather, any frame element, the default extension payload length flag of which is set, has the default payload length and any frame element, the default extension payload length flag of which is not set, has a payload length corresponding to the payload length value. By this measure, transmission effectiveness is increased.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Dolby International AB, Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Max Neuendorf, Markus Multrus, Stefan Doehla, Heiko Purnhagen, Frans De Bont
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Publication number: 20140016785Abstract: An audio decoder for decoding an encoded audio signal, the encoded audio signal including a first channel element and a second channel element in a payload section of a data stream and first decoder configuration data for the first channel element and second decoder configuration data for the second channel element in a configuration section of the data stream, includes: a data stream reader for reading the configuration data for each channel element in the configuration section and for reading the payload data for each channel element in the payload section; a configurable decoder for decoding the plurality of channel elements; and a configuration controller for configuring the configurable decoder so that the configurable decoder is configured in accordance with the first decoder configuration data when decoding the first channel element and in accordance with the second decoder configuration data when decoding the second channel element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicants: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Koninklijke Philips N.V., Dolby International ABInventors: Max NEUENDORF, Markus MULTRUS, Stefan DOEHLA, Heiko PURNHAGEN, Frans DE BONT
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Publication number: 20140019146Abstract: A better compromise between a too high bitstream and decoding overhead on the one hand and flexibility of frame element positioning on the other hand is achieved by arranging that each of the sequence of frames of the bitstream has a sequence of N frame elements and, on the other hand, the bitstream has a configuration block having a field indicating the number of elements N and a type indication syntax portion indicating, for each element position of the sequence of N element positions, an element type out of a plurality of element types with, in the sequences of N frame elements of the frames, each frame element being of the element type indicated, by the type indication portion, for the respective element position at which the respective frame element is positioned within the sequence of N frame elements of the respective frame in the bitstream.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicants: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Koninklijke Philips N.V., Dolby International ABInventors: Max NEUENDORF, Markus MULTRUS, Stefan DOEHLA, Heiko PURNHAGEN, Frans DE BONT
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Publication number: 20140016787Abstract: Frame elements which shall be made available for skipping may are transmitted more efficiently by arranging that a default payload length information is transmitted separately within a configuration block, with the length information within the frame elements, in turn, being subdivided into a default payload length flag followed, if the default payload length flag is not set, by a payload length value explicitly coding the payload length of the respective frame element. However, if the default payload length flag is set, an explicit transmission of the payload length may be avoided. Rather, any frame element, the default extension payload length flag of which is set, has the default payload length and any frame element, the default extension payload length flag of which is not set, has a payload length corresponding to the payload length value. By this measure, transmission effectiveness is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicants: Dolby International AB, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Max NEUENDORF, Markus MULTRUS, Stefan DOEHLA, Heiko PURNHAGEN, Frans DE BONT