Patents by Inventor Tobias Münch
Tobias Münch 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: 20240069852Abstract: An audio processing system may include at least one memory configured to maintain a plurality of audio signal processing algorithms and audio components, and a server having a processor. The processor may be configured to present an interface displaying at least a portion of the signal processing algorithms and audio components, receive user selection of at least one of the audio components, present the at least one selected audio component via the interface, receive user selection of at least one of signal processing algorithms to apply to the at least one selected audio component, apply the at least one selected algorithm to the at least one selected audio component, and provide a measurement of the at least one selected algorithm and the at least one selected audio component via the interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Philipp Maximilian KREJCI, Kadagattur Gopinatha SRINIDHI, Darby HADLEY, Tobias MUENCH
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Patent number: 11900008Abstract: An audio processing system may include at least one memory configured to maintain a plurality of audio signal processing algorithms and audio components, and a server having a processor. The processor may be configured to present an interface displaying at least a portion of the signal processing algorithms and audio components, receive user selection of at least one of the audio components, present the at least one selected audio component via the interface, receive user selection of at least one of signal processing algorithms to apply to the at least one selected audio component, apply the at least one selected algorithm to the at least one selected audio component, and provide a measurement of the at least one selected algorithm and the at least one selected audio component via the interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Philipp Maximilian Krejci, Kadagattur Gopinatha Srinidhi, Darby Hadley, Tobias Muench
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Patent number: 11670319Abstract: Techniques for regenerating reverberation include generating a reverberation signal based on a source signal and a response of a listening space, generating a compressed reverberation signal by increasing output levels of a first portion of the reverberation signal having output levels below a threshold level more than output levels of a second portion of the reverberation signal having output levels above the threshold level, and combining the compressed reverberation signal with the source signal to form an output signal for the listening space.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GMBHInventors: Friedrich Von Tuerckheim, Stefan Finauer, Adrian Von Dem Knesebeck, Tobias Muench
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Publication number: 20230078170Abstract: A method comprises outputting at least one test signal to a listening environment via a loudspeaker, receiving each of the at least one test signal via a microphone arranged in the listening environment, determining at least one of a position and an orientation of the microphone in the listening environment with respect to the loudspeaker at the time of receipt of each of the at least one test signal, evaluating the test signals received by the microphone, and determining at least one aspect related to at least one transfer function based on the evaluation of the test signal and on at least one of the position and the orientation of the microphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Friedrich VON TUERKHEIM, Stefan FINAUER, Adrian VON DEM KNESEBECK, Stefan VARGA, Tobias MUENCH
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Patent number: 11238882Abstract: A method for separating an audio input signal into a dry signal component and an ambient signal component is provided. The method includes generating a transferred input signal including transferring the audio input signal into frequency space and applying a smoothing filter to the transferred input signal to generate an estimated ambient signal component. The method includes determining the dry signal component based on the estimated ambient signal component and determining the ambient signal component based on the determined dry signal component and the audio input signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Stefan Finauer, Friedrich Von Turckheim, Tobias Muench, Christopher Lee
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Publication number: 20210383819Abstract: Techniques for regenerating reverberation include generating a reverberation signal based on a source signal and a response of a listening space, generating a compressed reverberation signal by increasing output levels of a first portion of the reverberation signal having output levels below a threshold level more than output levels of a second portion of the reverberation signal having output levels above the threshold level, and combining the compressed reverberation signal with the source signal to form an output signal for the listening space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Friedrich VON TUERCKHEIM, Stefan FINAUER, Adrian VON DEM KNESEBECK, Tobias MUENCH
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Patent number: 11174894Abstract: A fluid pump for a motor vehicle includes a pump wheel which is co-rotatably connected with a driving device via a rotor shaft, and a shaft bearing system for the rotor shaft. The shaft bearing system includes a bearing receptacle having a support flange, and a first and a second ball bearing. The first and the second ball bearing are each fixed to a radial outside of the rotor shaft, are each axially shiftable within the static bearing receptacle, and are positioned at opposite axial sides of the support flange. An outer race of the first ball bearing contacts the support flange. An outer race of the second ball bearing is axially preloaded away from the support flange via a preload spring. The first and the second ball bearing are each radially supported within the static bearing receptacle only by an elastic support ring which radially surrounds the outer races.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBHInventors: Noriyuki Otsuka, Michael Rombach, Andreas Wulf, Marco Limbach, Tobias Muench, Antonio Dipace
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Patent number: 11133017Abstract: A system for enhancing artificial reverberation in a noisy listening space includes a sensor configured to generate a signal indicating a current noise level in a listening space, a loudspeaker configured to output sound in the listening space based on an output signal, and at least one processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GmbHInventors: Friedrich Von Tuerckheim, Stefan Finauer, Adrian Von Dem Knesebeck, Tobias Muench
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Publication number: 20210207651Abstract: A fluid pump for a motor vehicle includes a pump wheel which is co-rotatably connected with a driving device via a rotor shaft, and a shaft bearing system for the rotor shaft. The shaft bearing system includes a bearing receptacle having a support flange, and a first and a second ball bearing. The first and the second ball bearing are each fixed to a radial outside of the rotor shaft, are each axially shiftable within the static bearing receptacle, and are positioned at opposite axial sides of the support flange. An outer race of the first ball bearing contacts the support flange. An outer race of the second ball bearing is axially preloaded away from the support flange via a preload spring. The first and the second ball bearing are each radially supported within the static bearing receptacle only by an elastic support ring which radially surrounds the outer races.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBHInventors: NORIYUKI OTSUKA, MICHAEL ROMBACH, ANDREAS WULF, MARCO LIMBACH, TOBIAS MUENCH, ANTONIO DIPACE
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Publication number: 20200388296Abstract: A system for enhancing artificial reverberation in a noisy listening space includes a sensor configured to generate a signal indicating a current noise level in a listening space, a loudspeaker configured to output sound in the listening space based on an output signal, and at least one processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Friedrich VON TUERCKHEIM, Stefan FINAUER, Adrian VON DEM KNESEBECK, Tobias MUENCH
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Patent number: 10861481Abstract: A method for adapting a gain of at least one channel audio input signal in order to generate an N channel audio output signal, wherein at least one channel audio input signal includes a speech input channel, in which speech signal components, if present in the at least one channel audio input signal, are present, and comprising other audio input channels. A perceived loudness of the at least one channel audio input signal is dynamically determined and it is determined whether speech signal components are present in the speech input channel. If this is the case the gain of the speech input channel is adapted differently compared to the gain of the other audio input channels.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Tobias Muench, Arndt Hensgens
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Publication number: 20200341725Abstract: An audio processing system may include at least one memory configured to maintain a plurality of audio signal processing algorithms and audio components, and a server having a processor. The processor may be configured to present an interface displaying at least a portion of the signal processing algorithms and audio components, receive user selection of at least one of the audio components, present the at least one selected audio component via the interface, receive user selection of at least one of signal processing algorithms to apply to the at least one selected audio component, apply the at least one selected algorithm to the at least one selected audio component, and provide a measurement of the at least one selected algorithm and the at least one selected audio component via the interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Philipp Maximilian KREJCI, Kadagattur Gopinatha SRINIDHI, Darby HADLEY, Tobias MUENCH
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Publication number: 20190362735Abstract: A method for adapting a gain of at least one channel audio input signal in order to generate an N channel audio output signal, wherein at least one channel audio input signal includes a speech input channel, in which speech signal components, if present in the at least one channel audio input signal, are present, and comprising other audio input channels. A perceived loudness of the at least one channel audio input signal is dynamically determined and it is determined whether speech signal components are present in the speech input channel. If this is the case the gain of the speech input channel is adapted differently compared to the gain of the other audio input channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2016Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Tobias MUENCH, Arndt HENSGENS
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Publication number: 20190362736Abstract: A method for separating an audio input signal into a dry signal component and an ambient signal component is provided. The method includes generating a transferred input signal including transferring the audio input signal into frequency space and applying a smoothing filter to the transferred input signal to generate an estimated ambient signal component. The method includes determining the dry signal component based on the estimated ambient signal component and determining the ambient signal component based on the determined dry signal component and the audio input signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Stefan FINAUER, Friedrich VON TURCKHEIM, Tobias MUENCH, Christopher LEE
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Patent number: 10063988Abstract: A vehicle sound processing system including an array of sensors, memory, and a processing unit. The array of sensors is configured to detect signals of an object located outside the vehicle. The memory is configured to store control instructions. The processing unit is connected to the array of sensors and configured to read the control instructions from the memory and to perform, based on the control instructions, the following steps: determining the location of the object outside the vehicle is based on the detected signals, generating a three-dimensional sound field inside the vehicle and a sound event representing the detected object is placed in the three-dimensional sound field at a virtual location in the three-dimensional sound field such that when the three-dimensional sound field with the sound event is output to a vehicle occupant, the vehicle occupant locates the sound event at the determined location of the object.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Tobias Muench, Kevin Eric Heber
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Publication number: 20180132052Abstract: A vehicle sound processing system including an array of sensors, memory, and a processing unit. The array of sensors is configured to detect signals of an object located outside the vehicle. The memory is configured to store control instructions. The processing unit is connected to the array of sensors and configured to read the control instructions from the memory and to perform, based on the control instructions, the following steps: determining the location of the object outside the vehicle is based on the detected signals, generating a three-dimensional sound field inside the vehicle and a sound event representing the detected object is placed in the three-dimensional sound field at a virtual location in the three-dimensional sound field such that when the three-dimensional sound field with the sound event is output to a vehicle occupant, the vehicle occupant locates the sound event at the determined location of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Tobias MUENCH, Kevin Eric HEBER
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Patent number: 9780739Abstract: A device and method for controlling reproduction of an audio signal is provided, wherein the device is operated by means of an energy storage device. The method comprises the steps of deactivating a normal mode and activating an energy saving mode. Power consumption from the energy storage device for reproduction of the audio signal is reduced in the energy saving mode when compared to the normal mode. The method comprises reducing in the energy saving mode, a bass frequency component of a frequency spectrum of the audio signal and outputting the audio signal with reduced bass frequency component. The method further comprises ascertaining a charge state of the energy storage device and controlling the reduction in the bass frequency component based on a decrease in the charge state of the energy storage device.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Tobias Muench, Philipp Schmauderer, Christoph Benz, Andreas Koerner
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Patent number: 9517415Abstract: A method and system for generating augmented reality with a display of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises recording an image of an environment of the vehicle in the form of image data, determining a virtual space in three dimensions from the image data, and detecting a real object in the image data. The method further comprises determining a first coordinate range of the real object in the three dimensional virtual space, adding a virtual element to the three dimensional virtual space, and controlling the virtual element in the three dimensional virtual space based on a user input. The method further comprises outputting the environment and the controlled virtual element in combined form in an output image, modifying the output image when the first coordinate range of the real object and a second coordinate range of the controlled virtual element form an intersection area, and displaying the output image.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Tobias Muench, Philipp Schmauderer, Christoph Benz, Andreas Koerner
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Patent number: 9154872Abstract: A system and method for switching between multiple audio input signals to select one of the audio input signals as audio output signal are disclosed which include receiving the audio input signals, receiving a control signal, and switching controlled by the control signal from a first one of the audio input signals to a second one of the audio input signals. Prior to switching, the first one of the audio input signals is muted and upon switching, the second one of the audio input signals is unmuted in one of multiple unmute modes based on one or more signal parameters characterizing the second one of the audio input signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Tobias Muench, Frank Baehren, Ludwig Guenther
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Patent number: 9049339Abstract: A device for a conference system and method for operation thereof is provided. The device is configured to receive a first audio signal and a first identifier associated with a first participant. The device is further configured to receive a second audio signal and a second identifier associated with a second participant. The device includes a filter configured to filter the received first audio signal and the received second audio signal and to output a filtered signal to a number of electroacoustic transducers. The device includes a control unit connected to the filter. The control unit is configured to control one or more first filter coefficients based on the first identifier and to control one or more second filter coefficients based on the second identifier. Preferably the device comprises a headtracker function for changing the first and second filter coefficients depending on tracking of head's position.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventor: Tobias Muench