Patents by Inventor Norbert Metz

Norbert Metz 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).

  • Apparatus and method for identifying signal frames as audio signal frames
    Patent number: 8065137
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for establishing whether a received signal frame is an audio signal frame is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a predetermined position in an audio signal frame containing a piece of secondary information for an audio characteristic of the audio data, with a selection device for selecting a succession of bits which is arranged at the predetermined position in the received signal frame. A decision-making device flags the received signal frame as an audio signal frame if the succession of bits represents the piece of secondary information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Norbert Metz, Johann Steger, Thomas Hauser, Martin Krueger
  • SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AUDIO SIGNAL FRAMES
    Publication number: 20070192096
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for establishing whether a received signal frame is an audio signal frame is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a predetermined position in an audio signal frame containing a piece of secondary information for an audio characteristic of the audio data, with a selection device for selecting a succession of bits which is arranged at the predetermined position in the received signal frame. A decision-making device flags the received signal frame as an audio signal frame if the succession of bits represents the piece of secondary information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Norbert Metz, Johann Steger, Thomas Hauser, Martin Krueger
  • Planar power splitter
    Publication number: 20060291796
    Abstract: The present invention provides a splitter. The splitter includes a substrate and a layer formed on the substrate. The layer is patterned such that a signal applied to at least one input port is provided to a plurality of output ports. The relative power of the signal provided at each of the plurality of output ports is determined by at least one property of the substrate and at least one property of the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventor: Norbert Metz