Patents by Inventor Konstantin SEPTINUS

Konstantin SEPTINUS 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).

  • Patent number: 11551725
    Abstract: There is set forth a method and a system for recording and synchronizing audio and video signals. The audio signal and the video signal are stored together with time stamps from a respective associated system clock. The invention relates to an adaptation of the duration of the recorded audio sequence to the duration of an associated video sequence in order to level out differences in synchronization of the two system clocks. Alignment of the two system clocks is also introduced, which is based on a data transfer which has variable waiting times for the access to a transmission channel. This thus permits clock alignment with means as are available for example on a smartphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Werner, Axel Schmidt, Konstantin Septinus, Björn Wolter
  • Publication number: 20220386134
    Abstract: A method and a system with which a primary user, in particular a mobile radio operator, can make a part of the radio spectrum range which is reserved exclusively for the mobile radio operator available in localized and/or time-restricted fashion to a local end user who requested the restricted usage authorization of the radio spectrum range using registered credentials at the mobile radio operator. By way of the credentials the mobile radio operator can allow the local end user limited usage of that radio spectrum range in fee-bearing fashion and can bill same. The local user can then use the assigned frequency band in accordance with his own needs. In particular the user can wirelessly transmit signals in the assigned frequency range between end devices to which no credentials are allocated and in that situation use a transmission protocol which is not defined for the mobile radio network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Axel SCHMIDT, Maria Dolores Pérez-Guirao, Konstantin SEPTINUS, Andreas Stefan WILZECK
  • Patent number: 11483716
    Abstract: A method and a system with which a primary user, in particular a mobile radio operator, can make a part of the radio spectrum range which is reserved exclusively for the mobile radio operator available in localized and/or time-restricted fashion to a local end user who requested the restricted usage authorization of the radio spectrum range using registered credentials at the mobile radio operator. By way of the credentials the mobile radio operator can allow the local end user limited usage of that radio spectrum range in fee-bearing fashion and can bill same. The local user can then use the assigned frequency band in accordance with his own needs. In particular the user can wirelessly transmit signals in the assigned frequency range between end devices to which no credentials are allocated and in that situation use a transmission protocol which is not defined for the mobile radio network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Axel Schmidt, Maria Dolores Pérez-Guirao, Konstantin Septinus, Andreas Stefan Wilzeck
  • Publication number: 20210243607
    Abstract: A method and a system with which a primary user, in particular a mobile radio operator, can make a part of the radio spectrum range which is reserved exclusively for the mobile radio operator available in localized and/or time-restricted fashion to a local end user who requested the restricted usage authorization of the radio spectrum range using registered credentials at the mobile radio operator. By way of the credentials the mobile radio operator can allow the local end user limited usage of that radio spectrum range in fee-bearing fashion and can bill same. The local user can then use the assigned frequency band in accordance with his own needs. In particular the user can wirelessly transmit signals in the assigned frequency range between end devices to which no credentials are allocated and in that situation use a transmission protocol which is not defined for the mobile radio network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Axel SCHMIDT, Maria Dolores Pérez-Guirao, Konstantin SEPTINUS, Andreas Stefan WILZECK
  • Patent number: 11019428
    Abstract: A method for receiving audio data streams with mobile devices in different rooms in which sound is emitted via loudspeakers. Each mobile device connects over a local wireless network to a server that controls the sound emitted in the rooms via loudspeakers. Each mobile device detects room information, emitted only in the corresponding room, that indicates the room the respective mobile device is in. The room information is transmitted from each mobile device to the server. The server associates each room information with an output audio data stream that corresponds to the sound emitted via loudspeaker in the respective room in which the mobile device has detected the room information. The server assigns to each of the mobile devices an output audio data stream corresponding to the respective room information, and transmits the output audio data stream over the local network to the mobile device, which receives and replays it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Matthias, Konstantin Septinus, Rafael Cauduro Dias de Paiva, SenthilKumar Vellaichamy
  • Patent number: 11006234
    Abstract: An improved method for configuring an audio reproduction device for detecting sound and providing different output audio signals in a plurality of rooms where at least two wireless microphones connect via a local network to an audio streaming server. Each of the wireless microphones detects room information indicating the room in which it is located, and transmits it to the server, together with an input audio signal. The server compiles at least two different output audio signals according to the respective room information from the input audio signals, and assigns each to a room. The output audio signals are provided via the local network in the rooms such that each of the output audio signals may be received in all rooms, and may be replayed only in the room to which it has been assigned. Each wireless microphone may be used in each of the rooms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Matthias, Rafael Cauduro Dias de Paiva, Konstantin Septinus, Senthil Kumar Vellaichamy
  • Publication number: 20200265869
    Abstract: There is set forth a method and a system for recording and synchronizing audio and video signals. The audio signal and the video signal are stored together with time stamps from a respective associated system clock. The invention relates to an adaptation of the duration of the recorded audio sequence to the duration of an associated video sequence in order to level out differences in synchronization of the two system clocks. Alignment of the two system clocks is also introduced, which is based on a data transfer which has variable waiting times for the access to a transmission channel. This thus permits clock alignment with means as are available for example on a smartphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert WERNER, Axel SCHMIDT, Konstantin SEPTINUS, Björn WOLTER
  • Patent number: 10686897
    Abstract: A method for transmission and low-latency real-time output and/or processing of an audio data stream that is transmitted from at least one transmitter to at least one receiver over a jittering transmission path. The method includes a calibration for determining a distribution of latencies in transmission of packets of the audio data stream, whereby a group of packets of the audio data stream is used as calibration packets and wherein a reference time grid and an offset of a fastest calibration packet are determined. Then, a shift of an output time grid for audio output and/or processing, based on the reference time grid and the determined offset of the fastest calibration packet, and the audio packets of the audio data stream are provided according to the output time grid for audio output and/or processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Werner, Konstantin Septinus
  • Patent number: 10104147
    Abstract: A method for wirelessly transmitting audio signals based on the Bluetooth protocol from a Bluetooth audio source to a computer device (audio sink). An audio signal is converted in the Bluetooth audio source into an audio data packet. The audio data packets are converted into L2CAP data packets in the Bluetooth audio source based on a protocol with access to the L2CAP layer, and wirelessly transmitted. The Bluetooth audio source suppresses renewed transmission of L2CAP data packets which were erroneous or which were not received by the sink. Real-time transmission or reproduction of the audio stream or the audio signal can thus be effected. The audio stream or an audio signal on the L2CAP layer may be transmitted with a reduced repetition rate in respect of erroneous data packets. Access to RFCOMM or another data transport protocol with access to the L2CAP layer can be provided from the application layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Axel Schmidt, Konstantin Septinus, Norbert Werner, Claus Menke
  • Publication number: 20170374164
    Abstract: A method for transmission and low-latency real-time output and/or processing of an audio data stream that is transmitted from at least one transmitter to at least one receiver over a jittering transmission path. The method includes a calibration for determining a distribution of latencies in transmission of packets of the audio data stream, whereby a group of packets of the audio data stream is used as calibration packets and wherein a reference time grid and an offset of a fastest calibration packet are determined. Then, a shift of an output time grid for audio output and/or processing, based on the reference time grid and the determined offset of the fastest calibration packet, and the audio packets of the audio data stream are provided according to the output time grid for audio output and/or processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Werner, Konstantin Septinus
  • Publication number: 20170318069
    Abstract: A method for wirelessly transmitting audio signals based on the Bluetooth protocol from a Bluetooth audio source to a computer device (audio sink). An audio signal is converted in the Bluetooth audio source into an audio data packet. The audio data packets are converted into L2CAP data packets in the Bluetooth audio source based on a protocol with access to the L2CAP layer, and wirelessly transmitted. The Bluetooth audio source suppresses renewed transmission of L2CAP data packets which were erroneous or which were not received by the sink. Real-time transmission or reproduction of the audio stream or the audio signal can thus be effected. The audio stream or an audio signal on the L2CAP layer may be transmitted with a reduced repetition rate in respect of erroneous data packets. Access to RFCOMM or another data transport protocol with access to the L2CAP layer can be provided from the application layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Axel SCHMIDT, Konstantin SEPTINUS, Norbert WERNER, Claus MENKE