Patents by Inventor Markus Schnell

Markus Schnell 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).

  • Publication number: 20210385012
    Abstract: A channel encoder for encoding a frame includes a multi-mode redundancy encoder for redundancy encoding the frame in accordance with a certain coding mode from a set of different coding modes, wherein the coding modes are different from each other with respect to an amount of redundancy added to the frame, wherein the multi-mode redundancy encoder is configured to output a coded frame including at least one code word; and a colorator for applying a coloration sequence to the at least one code word; wherein the coloration sequence is such that at least one bit of the code word is changed by the application of the at least one of coloration sequence, wherein the specific coloration sequence is selected in accordance with the certain coding mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jan BUETHE, Conrad BENNDORF, Manfred LUTZKY, Markus SCHNELL, Maximilian SCHLEGEL
  • Publication number: 20210366498
    Abstract: FIG. 1 illustrates a decoder for decoding a current frame to reconstruct an audio signal according to an embodiment. The audio signal is encoded within the current frame. The current frame includes a current bitstream payload. The current bitstream payload includes a plurality of payload bits. The plurality of payload bits encodes a plurality of spectral lines of a spectrum of the audio signal. Each of the payload bits exhibits a position within the current bitstream payload. The decoder includes a decoding module and an output interface. The decoding module is configured to reconstruct the audio signal. The output interface is configured to output the audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Adrian TOMASEK, Ralph SPERSCHNEIDER, Jan BÜTHE, Conrad BENNDORF, Martin DIETZ, Markus SCHNELL, Maximilian SCHLEGEL
  • Publication number: 20210335371
    Abstract: A downscaled version of an audio decoding procedure may more effectively and/or at improved compliance maintenance be achieved if the synthesis window used for downscaled audio decoding is a downsampled version of a reference synthesis window involved in the non-downscaled audio decoding procedure by downsampling by the downsampling factor by which the downsampled sampling rate and the original sampling rate deviate, and downsampled using a segmental interpolation in segments of ¼ of the frame length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Markus SCHNELL, Manfred LUTZKY, Eleni FOTOPOULOU, Konstantin SCHMIDT, Conrad BENNDORF, Adrian TOMASEK, Tobias ALBERT, Timon SEIDL
  • Patent number: 11127408
    Abstract: In methods and apparatus for performing temporal noise shaping, an apparatus may have a temporal noise shaping, TNS, tool for performing linear prediction, LP, filtering on an information signal including a plurality of frames; and a controller configured to control the TNS tool so that the TNS tool performs LP filtering with: a first filter whose impulse response has a higher energy; and a second filter whose impulse response has a lower energy than the first filter, wherein the second filter is not an identity filter, wherein the controller is configured to choose between filtering with the first filter, and filtering with the second filter on the basis of a frame metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer—Gesellschaft zur F rderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Ravelli, Manfred Lutzky, Markus Schnell, Alexander Tschekalinskij, Goran Markovic, Stefan Geyersberger
  • Publication number: 20210287689
    Abstract: An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal has: a first encoding processor for encoding a first audio signal portion in a frequency domain, having: a time frequency converter for converting the first audio signal portion into a frequency domain representation; an analyzer for analyzing the frequency domain representation to determine first spectral portions to be encoded with a first spectral resolution and second regions to be encoded with a second resolution; and a spectral encoder for encoding the first spectral portions with the first spectral resolution and encoding the second portions with the second resolution; a second encoding processor for encoding a second different audio signal portion in the time domain; a controller for analyzing and determining, which portion of the audio signal is the first audio signal portion encoded in the frequency domain and which portion is the second audio signal portion encoded in the time domain; and an encoded signal former for forming an encoded audio signal havi
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Sascha DISCH, Martin DIETZ, Markus MULTRUS, Guillaume FUCHS, Emmanuel RAVELLI, Matthias NEUSINGER, Markus SCHNELL, Benjamin SCHUBERT, Bernhard GRILL
  • Patent number: 11062719
    Abstract: A downscaled version of an audio decoding procedure may more effectively and/or at improved compliance maintenance be achieved if the synthesis window used for downscaled audio decoding is a downsampled version of a reference synthesis window involved in the non-downscaled audio decoding procedure by downsampling by the downsampling factor by which the downsampled sampling rate and the original sampling rate deviate, and downsampled using a segmental interpolation in segments of ¼ of the frame length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Markus Schnell, Manfred Lutzky, Eleni Fotopoulou, Konstantin Schmidt, Conrad Benndorf, Adrian Tomasek, Tobias Albert, Timon Seidl
  • Patent number: 11056124
    Abstract: In methods and apparatus for performing temporal noise shaping, an apparatus may have a temporal noise shaping, TNS, tool for performing linear prediction, LP, filtering on an information signal including a plurality of frames; and a controller configured to control the TNS tool so that the TNS tool performs LP filtering with: a first filter whose impulse response has a higher energy; and a second filter whose impulse response has a lower energy than the first filter, wherein the second filter is not an identity filter, wherein the controller is configured to choose between filtering with the first filter, and filtering with the second filter on the basis of a frame metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer—Gesellschaft zur F rderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Ravelli, Manfred Lutzky, Markus Schnell, Alexander Tschekalinskij, Goran Markovic, Stefan Geyersberger
  • Patent number: 11049508
    Abstract: An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal has: a first encoding processor for encoding a first audio signal portion in a frequency domain, having: a time frequency converter for converting the first audio signal portion into a frequency domain representation; an analyzer for analyzing the frequency domain representation to determine first spectral portions to be encoded with a first spectral resolution and second regions to be encoded with a second resolution; and a spectral encoder for encoding the first spectral portions with the first spectral resolution and encoding the second portions with the second resolution; a second encoding processor for encoding a second different audio signal portion in the time domain; a controller for analyzing and determining, which portion of the audio signal is the first audio signal portion encoded in the frequency domain and which portion is the second audio signal portion encoded in the time domain; and an encoded signal former for forming an encoded audio signal havi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventors: Sascha Disch, Martin Dietz, Markus Multrus, Guillaume Fuchs, Emmanuel Ravelli, Matthias Neusinger, Markus Schnell, Benjamin Schubert, Bernhard Grill
  • Patent number: 11043226
    Abstract: An apparatus for encoding an audio signal includes: a converter for converting the audio signal into a spectral representation; a scale parameter calculator for calculating a first set of scale parameters from the spectral representation: a downsampler for downsampling the first set of scale parameters to obtain a second set of scale parameters, a second number of scale parameters in the second set of scale parameters being lower than a first number of scale parameters in the first set of scale parameters; a scale parameter encoder for generating an encoded representation of the second set of scale parameters; a spectral processor for processing the spectral representation using a third set of scale parameters, the third set of scale parameters having a third number of scale parameters being greater than the second number of scale parameters, the spectral processor being configured to use the first set of scale parameters or to derive the third set of scale parameters from the second set of scale parameters o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Ravelli, Markus Schnell, Conrad Benndorf, Manfred Lutzky, Martin Dietz, Srikanth Korse
  • Publication number: 20210174816
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an audio signal includes a configurable first audio signal processor for processing the audio signal in accordance with different configuration settings to obtain a processed audio signal, wherein the apparatus is adapted so that different configuration settings result in different sampling rates of the processed audio signal. The apparatus furthermore includes n analysis filter bank having a first number of analysis filter bank channels, a synthesis filter bank having a second number of synthesis filter bank channels, a second audio processor being adapted to receive and process an audio signal having a predetermined sampling rate, and a controller for controlling the first number of analysis filter bank channels or the second number of synthesis filter bank channels in accordance with a configuration setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Lohwasser, Manuel Jander, Max Neuendorf, Ralf Geiger, Markus Schnell, Matthias Hildenbrand, Tobias Chalupka
  • Publication number: 20210166710
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an audio signal includes a configurable first audio signal processor for processing the audio signal in accordance with different configuration settings to obtain a processed audio signal, wherein the apparatus is adapted so that different configuration settings result in different sampling rates of the processed audio signal. The apparatus furthermore includes n analysis filter bank having a first number of analysis filter bank channels, a synthesis filter bank having a second number of synthesis filter bank channels, a second audio processor being adapted to receive and process an audio signal having a predetermined sampling rate, and a controller for controlling the first number of analysis filter bank channels or the second number of synthesis filter bank channels in accordance with a configuration setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Lohwasser, Manuel Jander, Max Neuendorf, Ralf Geiger, Markus Schnell, Matthias Hildenbrand, Tobias Chalupka
  • Publication number: 20210166709
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an audio signal includes a configurable first audio signal processor for processing the audio signal in accordance with different configuration settings to obtain a processed audio signal, wherein the apparatus is adapted so that different configuration settings result in different sampling rates of the processed audio signal. The apparatus furthermore includes n analysis filter bank having a first number of analysis filter bank channels, a synthesis filter bank having a second number of synthesis filter bank channels, a second audio processor being adapted to receive and process an audio signal having a predetermined sampling rate, and a controller for controlling the first number of analysis filter bank channels or the second number of synthesis filter bank channels in accordance with a configuration setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Lohwasser, Manuel Jander, Max Neuendorf, Ralf Geiger, Markus Schnell, Matthias Hildenbrand, Tobias Chalupka
  • Publication number: 20210134308
    Abstract: A processor for processing an audio signal has: an analyzer for deriving a window control signal from the audio signal indicating a change from a first asymmetric window to a second window, or indicating a change from a third window to a fourth asymmetric window, wherein the second window is shorter than the first window, or wherein the third window is shorter than the fourth window; a window constructor for constructing the second window using a first overlap portion of the first asymmetric window, wherein the window constructor is configured to determine a first overlap portion of the second window using a truncated first overlap portion of the first asymmetric window, or wherein the window constructor is configured to calculate a second overlap portion of the third window using a truncated second overlap portion of the fourth asymmetric window; and a windower for applying the first and second windows or the third and fourth windows to obtain windowed audio signal portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Guillaume FUCHS, Markus MULTRUS, Matthias NEUSINGER, Andreas NIEDERMEIER, Markus SCHNELL
  • Publication number: 20210098010
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention an encoder for encoding an audio signal has an analyzer configured for deriving prediction coefficients and a residual signal from a frame of the audio signal. The encoder has a formant information calculator configured for calculating a speech related spectral shaping information from the prediction coefficients, a gain parameter calculator configured for calculating a gain parameter from an unvoiced residual signal and the spectral shaping information and a bitstream former configured for forming an output signal based on an information related to a voiced signal frame, the gain parameter or a quantized gain parameter and the prediction coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Guillaume FUCHS, Markus MULTRUS, Emmanuel RAVELLI, Markus SCHNELL
  • Publication number: 20210065725
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating an encoded signal includes: a window sequence controller for generating a window sequence information for windowing an audio or image signal, the window sequence information indicating a first window for generating a first frame of spectral values, a second window function and at least one third window function for generating a second frame of spectral values, wherein the first window function, the second window function and the one or more third window functions overlap within a multi-overlap region; a preprocessor for windowing a second block of samples corresponding to the second window function and the at least one third window functions using an auxiliary window function to acquire a second block of windowed samples, a spectrum converter for applying an aliasing-introducing transform; and a processor for processing the first frame and the second frame to acquire encoded frames of the audio or image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Christian HELMRICH, Jérémie LECOMTE, Goran MARKOVIC, Markus SCHNELL, Bernd EDLER, Stefan REUSCHL
  • Patent number: 10909997
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention an encoder for encoding an audio signal has an analyzer configured for deriving prediction coefficients and a residual signal from a frame of the audio signal. The encoder has a formant information calculator configured for calculating a speech related spectral shaping information from the prediction coefficients, a gain parameter calculator configured for calculating a gain parameter from an unvoiced residual signal and the spectral shaping information and a bitstream former configured for forming an output signal based on an information related to a voiced signal frame, the gain parameter or a quantized gain parameter and the prediction coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Guillaume Fuchs, Markus Multrus, Emmanuel Ravelli, Markus Schnell
  • Patent number: 10902861
    Abstract: A processor for processing an audio signal has: an analyzer for deriving a window control signal from the audio signal indicating a change from a first asymmetric window to a second window, or indicating a change from a third window to a fourth asymmetric window, wherein the second window is shorter than the first window, or wherein the third window is shorter than the fourth window; a window constructor for constructing the second window using a first overlap portion of the first asymmetric window, wherein the window constructor is configured to determine a first overlap portion of the second window using a truncated first overlap portion of the first asymmetric window, or wherein the window constructor is configured to calculate a second overlap portion of the third window using a truncated second overlap portion of the fourth asymmetric window; and a windower for applying the first and second windows or the third and fourth windows to obtain windowed audio signal portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Guillaume Fuchs, Markus Multrus, Matthias Neusinger, Andreas Niedermeier, Markus Schnell
  • Publication number: 20210005210
    Abstract: An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal having a lower frequency band and an upper frequency band includes: a detector for detecting a peak spectral region in the upper frequency band of the audio signal; a shaper for shaping the lower frequency band using shaping information for the lower band and for shaping the upper frequency band using at least a portion of the shaping information for the lower band, wherein the shaper is configured to additionally attenuate spectral values in the detected peak spectral region in the upper frequency band; and a quantizer and coder stage for quantizing a shaped lower frequency band and a shaped upper frequency band and for entropy coding quantized spectral values from the shaped lower frequency band and the shaped upper frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Markus MULTRUS, Christian NEUKAM, Markus SCHNELL, Benjamin SCHUBERT
  • Patent number: 10861468
    Abstract: The apparatus for encoding a multi-channel signal having at least two channels, includes: a parameter determiner for determining a broadband alignment parameter and a plurality of narrowband alignment parameters from the multichannel signal; a signal aligner for aligning the at least two channels using the broadband alignment parameter and the plurality of narrowband alignment parameters to obtain aligned channels; a signal processor for calculating a mid-signal and a side signal using the aligned channels; a signal encoder for encoding the mid-signal to obtain an encoded mid-signal and for encoding the side signal to obtain an encoded side signal; and an output interface for generating an encoded multi-channel signal including the encoded mid-signal, the encoded side signal, information on the broadband alignment parameter and information on the plurality of narrowband alignment parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Eleni Fotopoulou, Markus Multrus, Guillaume Fuchs, Emmanuel Ravelli, Markus Schnell, Stefan Doehla, Wolfgang Jaegers, Martin Dietz, Goran Markovic
  • Publication number: 20200381001
    Abstract: Audio decoder device for decoding a bitstream, the audio decoder device including: a predictive decoder for producing a decoded audio frame from the bitstream, wherein the predictive decoder includes a parameter decoder for producing one or more audio parameters for the decoded audio frame from the bitstream and wherein the predictive decoder includes a synthesis filter device for producing the decoded audio frame by synthesizing the one or more audio parameters for the decoded audio frame; a memory device including one or more memories, wherein each of the memories is configured to store a memory state for the decoded audio frame, wherein the memory state for the decoded audio frame of the one or more memories is used by the synthesis filter device for synthesizing the one or more audio parameters for the decoded audio frame; and a memory state resampling device configured to determine the memory state for synthesizing the one or more audio parameters for the decoded audio frame, which has a sampling rate, f
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan DOEHLA, Guillaume FUCHS, Bernhard GRILL, Markus MULTRUS, Grzegorz PIETRZYK, Emmanuel RAVELLI, Markus SCHNELL