Patents by Inventor Karl Jonas Roden
Karl Jonas Roden 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: 8793125Abstract: A device (1) for converting a first number (M) of input audio channels into a second, larger number (N) of output audio channels comprises: decorrelation units (3) for decomposing the input audio channels into a set of decorrelated auxiliary channels, at least one upmix unit (4) for combining the decorrelated auxiliary channels into the output audio channels, and at least one pre-processing unit (2) for pre-processing the input audio channels and feeding the pre-processed input audio channels to the decorrelation units (3). The pre-processing unit (2) and the upmix unit (4) are preferably controlled by audio parameters.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2005Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignees: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Coding Technologies ABInventors: Dirk Jeroen Breebaart, Erik Gosuinus Petrus Schuijers, Heiko Purnhagen, Karl Jonas Rödén
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Patent number: 8346564Abstract: A multi-channel audio encoder (10) for encoding a multi-channel audio signal (101), e.g. a 5.1 channel audio signal, into a spatial down-mix (102), e.g. a stereo signal, and associated parameters (104, 105). The encoder (10) comprises first and second units (110, 120). The first unit (110) encodes the multi-channel audio signal (101) into the spatial down-mix (102) and parameters (104). These parameters (104) enable a multi-channel decoder (20) to reconstruct the multi-channel audio signal (203) from the spatial down-mix (102). The second unit (120) generates, from the spatial down-mix (102), parameters (105) that enable the decoder to reconstruct the spatial down-mix (202) from an alternative down-mix (103), e.g. a so-called artistic down-mix that has been manually mixed in a sound studio. In this way, the decoder (20) can efficiently deal with a situation in which an alternative down-mix (103) is received instead of the regular spatial, down-mix (102).Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2006Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignees: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Dolby International ABInventors: Gerard Herman Hotho, Dirk Jeroen Breebaart, Erik Gosuinus Petrus Schuijers, Albertus Cornelis Den Brinker, Lars Falck Villemoes, Heiko Purnhagen, Karl Jonas Roden
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Patent number: 8150042Abstract: Techniques are described for combining parametric multi-channel audio coding with matrixing, reconstructing a full-quality multi-channel, independent of the decoder. A stereo signal is obtained from encoding an N-channel audio signal into spatial parameters and a stereo down-mix signal having first and second stereo signals, including adding a first signal and a third signal to obtain a first output signal, the first signal having the first stereo signal modified by a first complex function, the third signal having the second stereo signal modified by a third complex function. A second signal and fourth signal are similarly added to obtain a second output signal. Complex functions are chosen such that an energy value of the difference between first signal and the second signals (fourth signal and third signals) is larger than or equal to the energy value of the sum of the first and the second signal (fourth signal and third signal).Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2005Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignees: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Coding Technologies ABInventors: Machiel Willem Van Loon, Dirk Jeroen Breebaart, Gerard Herman Hotho, Erik Gosuinus Petrus Schuijers, Heiko Purnhagen, Karl Jonas Roden
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Patent number: 7966191Abstract: An audio encoder (109) has a hierarchical encoding structure and generates a data stream comprising one or more audio channels as well as parametric audio encoding data. The encoder (109) comprises an encoding structure processor (305) which inserts decoder tree structure data into the data stream. The decoder tree structure data comprises at least one data value indicative of a channel split characteristic for an audio channel at a hierarchical layer of the hierarchical decoder structure and may specifically specify the decoder tree structures to be applied by a decoder. A decoder (115) comprises a receiver (401) which receives the data stream and a decoder structure processor (405) for generating the hierarchical decoder structure in response to the decoder tree structure data. A decode processor (403) then generates output audio channels from the data stream using the hierarchical decoder structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignees: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Coding Technologies ABInventors: Erik Gosuinus Petrus Schuijers, Gerard Herman Hotho, Heiko Purnhagen, Wolfgang Alexander Schildbach, Holger Horich, Hans Magnus Kristofer Kjorling, Karl Jonas Roden
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Publication number: 20100153097Abstract: A multi-channel audio encoder (10) for encoding a multi-channel audio signal (101), e.g. a 5.1 channel audio signal, into a spatial down-mix (102), e.g. a stereo signal, and associated parameters (104, 105). The encoder (10) comprises first and second units (110, 120). The first unit (110) encodes the multi-channel audio signal (101) into the spatial down-mix (102) and parameters (104). These parameters (104) enable a multi-channel decoder (20) to reconstruct the multi-channel audio signal (203) from the spatial down-mix (102). The second unit (120) generates, from the spatial down-mix (102), parameters (105) that enable the decoder to reconstruct the spatial down-mix (202) from an alternative down-mix (103), e.g. a so-called artistic down-mix that has been manually mixed in a sound studio. In this way, the decoder (20) can efficiently deal with a situation in which an alternative down-mix (103) is received instead of the regular spatial, down-mix (102).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2006Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Gerard Herman Hotho, Dirk Jeroen Breebart, Erik Gosuinus Petrus, Albertus Cornelis Den Brinker, Lars Falck Villemoes, Heiko Purnhagen, Karl Jonas Roden
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Publication number: 20080255856Abstract: An audio encoder (109) has a hierarchical encoding structure and generates a data stream comprising one or more audio channels as well as parametric audio encoding data. The encoder (109) comprises an encoding structure processor (305) which inserts decoder tree structure data into the data stream. The decoder tree structure data comprises at least one data value indicative of a channel split characteristic for an audio channel at a hierarchical layer of the hierarchical decoder structure and may specifically specify the decoder tree structures to be applied by a decoder A decoder (115) comprises a receiver (401) which receives the data stream and a decoder structure processor (405) for generating the hierarchical decoder structure in response to the decoder tree structure data. A decode processor (403) then generates output audio channels from the data stream using the hierarchical decoder structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2006Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONCIS N.V.Inventors: Erik Gosuinus Petrus Schuijers, Gerard Herman Hotho, Heiko Purnhagen, Wolfgang Schildbach, Holger Horich, Hans Magnus Kristofer Kjorling, Karl Jonas Roden
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Publication number: 20080091436Abstract: A device (1) for converting a first number (M) of input audio channels into a second, larger number (N) of output audio channels comprises: decorrelation units (3) for decomposing the input audio channels into a set of decorrelated auxiliary channels, at least one upmix unit (4) for combining the decorrelated auxiliary channels into the output audio channels, and at least one pre-processing unit (2) for pre-processing the input audio channels and feeding the pre-processed input audio channels to the decorrelation units (3). The pre-processing unit (2) and the upmix unit (4) are preferably controlled by audio parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2005Publication date: April 17, 2008Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Dirk Jeroen Breebaart, Erik Gosuinus Petrus Schuijers, Heiko Purnhagen, Karl Jonas Roden