Patents by Inventor Michael M. Truman

Michael M. Truman 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: 20200143817
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Patent number: 10529347
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20190172472
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Patent number: 10269362
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20180204581
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Patent number: 9947328
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20180005639
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Patent number: 9767816
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20170206909
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Patent number: 9704496
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20170148454
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter. Finally, the method includes adjusting a phase of the high-frequency reconstructed signal and obtaining a time-domain reconstructed audio signal by combining the decoded baseband audio signal and the combined high-frequency signal to obtain a time-domain reconstructed audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Patent number: 9653085
    Abstract: A method and system for reconstructing an original audio signal is disclosed. The original audio signal has a baseband up to a cutoff frequency and high-frequency components not included in the baseband above the cutoff frequency. The system includes a bitstream deformatter that extracts a representation of the baseband, an estimated spectral envelope, and noise-blending parameters from an audio bitstream. The system also includes a spectral component regenerator that copies or translates all or at least some of the baseband spectral components to non-overlapping frequency ranges of the high-frequency components not included in the baseband to generate regenerated spectral components. The system further includes a gain adjuster that modifies a spectral envelope of the regenerated spectral components based at least in part on the estimated spectral envelope and the noise-blending parameters to generate gain-adjusted regenerated spectral components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20170084281
    Abstract: A method and system for reconstructing an original audio signal is disclosed. The original audio signal has a baseband up to a cutoff frequency and high-frequency components not included in the baseband above the cutoff frequency. The system includes a bitstream deformatter that extracts a representation of the baseband, an estimated spectral envelope, and noise-blending parameters from an audio bitstream. The system also includes a spectral component regenerator that copies or translates all or at least some of the baseband spectral components to non-overlapping frequency ranges of the high-frequency components not included in the baseband to generate regenerated spectral components. The system further includes a gain adjuster that modifies a spectral envelope of the regenerated spectral components based at least in part on the estimated spectral envelope and the noise-blending parameters to generate gain-adjusted regenerated spectral components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Patent number: 9548060
    Abstract: A method for generating a reconstructed audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes extracting temporal envelope information and spectral components of the baseband portion. The method further includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal. The obtaining includes filtering in a frequency domain at least some of the spectral components of the baseband portion with the reconstruction filter using the temporal envelope information to shape a temporal envelope of the baseband portion. The method also includes extracting a noise parameter and an estimated spectral envelope of the highband portion and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20160379655
    Abstract: A method for generating a reconstructed audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes extracting temporal envelope information and spectral components of the baseband portion. The method further includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal. The obtaining includes filtering in a frequency domain at least some of the spectral components of the baseband portion with the reconstruction filter using the temporal envelope information to shape a temporal envelope of the baseband portion. The method also includes extracting a noise parameter and an estimated spectral envelope of the highband portion and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20160314796
    Abstract: A method for generating a reconstructed audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes deformatting an encoded audio signal into a first part and a second part and extracting, from the first part, temporal envelope information and spectral components of the baseband portion. The method further includes decoding the first part to obtain a decoded baseband audio signal. The decoding includes filtering in a frequency domain at least some of the spectral components of the baseband portion with the reconstruction filter using the temporal envelope information to shape a temporal envelope of the baseband portion. The method also includes extracting, from the second part, a noise parameter and an estimated spectral envelope of the highband portion and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Patent number: 9466306
    Abstract: A method for generating a reconstructed audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes deformatting an encoded audio signal into a first part and a second part and extracting, from the first part, temporal envelope information and spectral components of the baseband portion. The method further includes decoding the first part to obtain a decoded baseband audio signal. The decoding includes filtering in a frequency domain at least some of the spectral components of the baseband portion with the reconstruction filter using the temporal envelope information to shape a temporal envelope of the baseband portion. The method also includes extracting, from the second part, a noise parameter and an estimated spectral envelope of the highband portion and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20160232911
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconstructing an audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding an encoded audio signal and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying in a circular manner a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal by adjusting, based on an estimated spectral envelope of the highband portion, a spectral envelope of the high-frequency reconstructed signal. The method further includes generating a noise component based on a noise parameter and obtaining a combined high-frequency signal by adding the noise component to the envelope adjusted high-frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20160232904
    Abstract: A method for generating a reconstructed audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes deformatting an encoded audio signal into a first part and a second part and obtaining a decoded baseband audio signal by decoding the first part. The method also includes extracting, from the second part, a noise parameter and an estimated spectral envelope of the highband portion and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal. The method further includes generating a high-frequency reconstructed signal by copying in a circular manner a number of consecutive subband signals of the plurality of subband signals and obtaining an envelope adjusted high-frequency signal by adjusting, based on the estimated spectral envelope of the highband portion, a spectral envelope of the high-frequency reconstructed signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton
  • Publication number: 20160232905
    Abstract: A method for generating a reconstructed audio signal having a baseband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes deformatting an encoded audio signal into a first part and a second part and extracting, from the first part, temporal envelope information and spectral components of the baseband portion. The method further includes decoding the first part to obtain a decoded baseband audio signal. The decoding includes filtering in a frequency domain at least some of the spectral components of the baseband portion with the reconstruction filter using the temporal envelope information to shape a temporal envelope of the baseband portion. The method also includes extracting, from the second part, a noise parameter and an estimated spectral envelope of the highband portion and obtaining a plurality of subband signals by filtering the decoded baseband audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Truman, Mark S. Vinton