Patents by Inventor Martin Sehlstedt
Martin Sehlstedt 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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Publication number: 20240135936Abstract: A method, decoder, and program code for controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame is provided. A first audio frame and a second audio frame of the received audio signal are decoded to obtain modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) coefficients. Values of a first spectral shape based upon the MDCT coefficients decoded from the first audio frame decoded and values of a second spectral shape based upon MDCT coefficients decoded from the second audio frame decoded are determined, the spectral shapes each comprising a number of sub-bands. The values of the spectral shapes and frame energies of the first audio frame and second audio frame are transformed into representations of FFT based spectral analyses. A transient condition is detected based on the representations of the FFTs. Responsive to detecting the transient condition, the concealment method is modified by selectively adjusting a spectrum magnitude of a substitution frame spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Martin SEHLSTEDT, Jonas SVEDBERG
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Publication number: 20240119962Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus for voice activity detection (VAD). The VAD comprises creating a signal indicative of a primary VAD decision and determining hangover addition. The determination on hangover addition is made in dependence of a short term activity measure and/or a long term activity measure. A signal indicative of a final VAD decision is then created.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventor: Martin SEHLSTEDT
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Patent number: 11900962Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus for voice activity detection (VAD). The VAD comprises creating a signal indicative of a primary VAD decision and determining hangover addition. The determination on hangover addition is made in dependence of a short term activity measure and/or a long term activity measure. A signal indicative of a final VAD decision is then created.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventor: Martin Sehlstedt
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Patent number: 11862180Abstract: A method, decoder, and program code for controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame is provided. A first audio frame and a second audio frame of the received audio signal are decoded to obtain modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) coefficients. Values of a first spectral shape based upon the MDCT coefficients decoded from the first audio frame decoded and values of a second spectral shape based upon MDCT coefficients decoded from the second audio frame decoded are determined, the spectral shapes each comprising a number of sub-bands. The values of the spectral shapes and frame energies of the first audio frame and second audio frame are transformed into representations of FFT based spectral analyses. A transient condition is detected based on the representations of the FFTs. Responsive to detecting the transient condition, the concealment method is modified by selectively adjusting a spectrum magnitude of a substitution frame spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Martin Sehlstedt, Jonas Svedberg
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Publication number: 20230402043Abstract: A method and a decoder for generating concealment audio frame of an audio signal. The method includes performing a frequency domain analysis of a sequence of previously decoded audio signal to obtain a frequency spectrum and identifying peaks in the spectrum. The method further includes estimating a relative energy between the noise spectrum and the complete spectrum, determining an attenuation of the noise spectrum based on the relative energy, and applying the attenuation to the noise spectrum. The method includes applying an inverse transform to time domain on an error concealment spectrum, that includes the peaks and the attenuated noise spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Chamran MORADI ASHOUR, Erik NORVELL, Martin SEHLSTEDT
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Publication number: 20230298597Abstract: Controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame associated with a received audio signal is provided. At least one bin vector of a spectral representation for at least one tone is obtained, wherein the at least one bin vector includes three consecutive bin values for the at least one tone. Whether each of the three consecutive bin values has a complex value or a real value is determined. Responsive to the determination, the three consecutive bin values are processed to estimate a frequency of the at least one tone based on whether each bin value has a complex value or a real value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventor: Martin SEHLSTEDT
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Patent number: 11705136Abstract: Controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame associated with a received audio signal is provided. At least one bin vector of a spectral representation for at least one tone is obtained, wherein the at least one bin vector includes three consecutive bin values for the at least one tone. Whether each of the three consecutive bin values has a complex value or a real value is determined. Responsive to the determination, the three consecutive bin values are processed to estimate a frequency of the at least one tone based on whether each bin value has a complex value or a real value.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM EricssonInventor: Martin Sehlstedt
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Publication number: 20230215447Abstract: Background noise estimators and methods are disclosed for estimating background noise in an audio signal. Some methods include obtaining at least one parameter associated with an audio signal segment, such as a frame or part of a frame, based on a first linear prediction gain, calculated as a quotient between a residual signal from a 0th-order linear prediction and a residual signal from a 2nd-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment. A second linear prediction gain is calculated as a quotient between a residual signal from a 2nd-order linear prediction and a residual signal from a 16th-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment. Whether the audio signal segment comprises a pause is determined based at least on the obtained at least one parameter; and a background noise estimate is updated based on the audio signal segment when the audio signal segment comprises a pause.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventor: Martin SEHLSTEDT
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Patent number: 11636865Abstract: Background noise estimators and methods are disclosed for estimating background noise in an audio signal. Some methods include obtaining at least one parameter associated with an audio signal segment, such as a frame or part of a frame, based on a first linear prediction gain, calculated as a quotient between a residual signal from a 0th-order linear prediction and a residual signal from a 2nd-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment. A second linear prediction gain is calculated as a quotient between a residual signal from a 2nd-order linear prediction and a residual signal from a 16th-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment. Whether the audio signal segment comprises a pause is determined based at least on the obtained at least one parameter; and a background noise estimate is updated based on the audio signal segment when the audio signal segment comprises a pause.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Martin Sehlstedt
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Publication number: 20230080183Abstract: Transmitting node and receiving node for audio coding and methods therein. The nodes being operable to encode/decode speech and to apply a discontinuous transmission (DTX) scheme comprising transmission/reception of Silence Insertion Descriptor (SID) frames during speech inactivity. The method in the transmitting node comprising determining, from amongst a number N of hangover frames, a set Y of frames being representative of background noise, and further transmitting the N hangover frames, comprising at least said set Y of frames, to the receiving node. The method further comprises transmitting a first SID frame to the receiving node in association with the transmission of the N hangover frames, where the SID frame comprises information indicating the determined set Y of hangover frames to the receiving node. The method enables the receiving node to generate comfort noise based on the hangover frames most adequate for the purpose.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Stefan BRUHN, Tomas JANSSON TOFTGÅRD, Martin Sehlstedt
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Publication number: 20230072546Abstract: A method performed by an encoder. The method comprises determining envelope representation residual coefficients as first compressed envelope representation coefficients subtracted from the input envelope representation coefficients. The method comprises transforming the envelope representation residual coefficients into a warped domain so as to obtain transformed envelope representation residual coefficients. The method comprises applying, at least one of a plurality of gain-shape coding schemes on the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients in order to achieve gain-shape coded envelope representation residual coefficients, where the plurality of gain-shape coding schemes have mutually different trade-offs in one or more of gain resolution and shape resolution for one or more of the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Jonas SVEDBERG, Stefan BRUHN, Martin SEHLSTEDT
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Publication number: 20220375493Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus for voice activity detection (VAD). The VAD comprises creating a signal indicative of a primary VAD decision and determining hangover addition. The determination on hangover addition is made in dependence of a short term activity measure and/or a long term activity measure. A signal indicative of a final VAD decision is then created.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventor: Martin Sehlstedt
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Patent number: 11475903Abstract: Transmitting node and receiving node for audio coding and methods therein. The nodes being operable to encode/decode speech and to apply a discontinuous transmission (DTX) scheme comprising transmission/reception of Silence Insertion Descriptor (SID) frames during speech inactivity. The method in the transmitting node comprising determining, from amongst a number N of hangover frames, a set Y of frames being representative of background noise, and further transmitting the N hangover frames, comprising at least said set Y of frames, to the receiving node. The method further comprises transmitting a first SID frame to the receiving node in association with the transmission of the N hangover frames, where the SID frame comprises information indicating the determined set Y of hangover frames to the receiving node. The method enables the receiving node to generate comfort noise based on the hangover frames most adequate for the purpose.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Stefan Bruhn, Tomas Jansson Toftgård, Martin Sehlstedt
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Patent number: 11430455Abstract: A method performed by an encoder. The method comprises determining envelope representation residual coefficients as first compressed envelope representation coefficients subtracted from the input envelope representation coefficients. The method comprises transforming the envelope representation residual coefficients into a warped domain so as to obtain transformed envelope representation residual coefficients. The method comprises applying, at least one of a plurality of gain-shape coding schemes on the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients in order to achieve gain-shape coded envelope representation residual coefficients, where the plurality of gain-shape coding schemes have mutually different trade-offs in one or more of gain resolution and shape resolution for one or more of the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Jonas Svedberg, Stefan Bruhn, Martin Sehlstedt
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Patent number: 11417354Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus for voice activity detection (VAD). The VAD comprises creating a signal indicative of a primary VAD decision and determining hangover addition. The determination on hangover addition is made in dependence of a short term activity measure and/or a long term activity measure. A signal indicative of a final VAD decision is then created.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventor: Martin Sehlstedt
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Publication number: 20220189490Abstract: A method, decoder, and program code for controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame is provided. A first audio frame and a second audio frame of the received audio signal are decoded to obtain modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) coefficients. Values of a first spectral shape based upon the MDCT coefficients decoded from the first audio frame decoded and values of a second spectral shape based upon MDCT coefficients decoded from the second audio frame decoded are determined, the spectral shapes each comprising a number of sub-bands. The values of the spectral shapes and frame energies of the first audio frame and second audio frame are transformed into representations of FFT based spectral analyses. A transient condition is detected based on the representations of the FFTs. Responsive to detecting the transient condition, the concealment method is modified by selectively adjusting a spectrum magnitude of a substitution frame spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Martin SEHLSTEDT, Jonas SVEDBERG
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Patent number: 11361784Abstract: A signal activity detector (SAD) combines at least three decision signals to generate a combined decision signal as input to a hangover addition circuit of the SAD. Each of the decision signals indicating whether or not activity is detected in the input signal according to respective decision criteria. The SAD sends the combined decision signal to the hangover addition circuit to generate a final decision signal of the SAD as to whether or not activity is detected in the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Martin Sehlstedt
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Publication number: 20220172733Abstract: A method, decoder, and program code for filling an analysis window length with a time domain signal for concealing a lost audio frame associated with a received audio signal. A first segment of a previously received part of a received audio signal is copied from a prototype buffer. A second segment of the previously received part of the received audio signal is overlap added from the prototype buffer to an initial portion of a reconstructed part of the received audio signal followed by a remaining portion of the reconstructed part of the received audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Martin SEHLSTEDT, Jonas SVEDBERG
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Publication number: 20220148602Abstract: Controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame associated with a received audio signal is provided. At least one bin vector of a spectral representation for at least one tone is obtained, wherein the at least one bin vector includes three consecutive bin values for the at least one tone. Whether each of the three consecutive bin values has a complex value or a real value is determined. Responsive to the determination, the three consecutive bin values are processed to estimate a frequency of the at least one tone based on whether each bin value has a complex value or a real value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventor: Martin SEHLSTEDT
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Publication number: 20210366496Abstract: Background noise estimators and methods are disclosed for estimating background noise in an audio signal. Some methods include obtaining at least one parameter associated with an audio signal segment, such as a frame or part of a frame, based on a first linear prediction gain, calculated as a quotient between a residual signal from a 0th-order linear prediction and a residual signal from a 2nd-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment. A second linear prediction gain is calculated as a quotient between a residual signal from a 2nd-order linear prediction and a residual signal from a 16th-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment. Whether the audio signal segment comprises a pause is determined based at least on the obtained at least one parameter; and a background noise estimate is updated based on the audio signal segment when the audio signal segment comprises a pause.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventor: Martin SEHLSTEDT