Patents Assigned to Fraunhofer
  • Patent number: 12176146
    Abstract: This invention concerns a power module comprising a power device, a baseplate, circuit carrier, and a flat stacked aluminium electrolytic snubber capacitor comprising a layered structure of a cathode layer, a separator layer, comprising paper and an electrolyte and an anode layer, comprising an aluminium material with an aluminium oxide dielectric, wherein the circuit carrier are mounted on the baseplate, the power device and snubber capacitor are placed on the circuit carrier within the power module and electrically connected to the circuit carrier, the circuit carrier being configured for providing an electrical connection between the power device and the snubber capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: Syddansk Universitet, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E. V.
    Inventors: Thomas Ebel, Andreas Schletz
  • Patent number: 12176958
    Abstract: Provided is a device which includes a method for the coherent detection of an optical signal, including the following steps of providing a vertically illuminable photodiode; producing an optical reference signal; radiating the optical signal and the reference signal into the photodiode in such a way that the two signals at least partially interfere with each other. Radiating the optical signal into the photodiode is effected via a first side of the photodiode, and radiating the reference signal into the photodiode is effected via a second side of the photodiode, or, vice versa, the reference signal is radiated into the photodiode via the first side of the photodiode and the optical signal is radiated into the photodiode via the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Runge, Francsico Soares, Pascal Rustige, Jan Krause
  • Patent number: 12177497
    Abstract: It is provided a method for controlling delivered video based on a source video. The source video includes a first video sequence followed by a first replacement time slot, the first replacement time slot followed by a third video sequence. The method includes requesting a second video sequence with a maximum duration Treq by a video controller to be inserted into a time slot corresponding to the first replacement time slot in the delivered video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Fabian Steinert, Robert Seeliger, Stefan Arbanowski
  • Patent number: 12175991
    Abstract: An audio encoder for encoding audio input data has: a preprocessor for preprocessing the audio input data to obtain audio data to be coded; a coder processor for coding the audio data to be coded; and a controller for controlling the coder processor so that, depending on a first signal characteristic of a first frame of the audio data to be coded, a number of audio data items of the audio data to be coded by the coder processor for the first frame is reduced compared to a second signal characteristic of a second frame, and a first number of information units used for coding the reduced number of audio data items for the first frame is stronger enhanced compared to a second number of information units for the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jan Büthe, Markus Schnell, Stefan Döhla, Bernhard Grill, Martin Dietz
  • Patent number: 12177834
    Abstract: The methods and apparatuses for signaling framework for flexible beam management in a wireless communications network. A method performed by a UE comprises: receiving, from a network node, via a higher layer, a configuration of at least one information element (IE), said configuration comprising at least: an identifier (ID) unique to each IE and ID(s) of one or more uplink (UL) resource(s) and/or downlink (DL) resource(s) that is/are used to indicate at least a spatial filter or beam direction for transmission of at least a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource and/or a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource, and/or a Sounding reference Signal (SRS) resource; and applying the configuration provided in the at least one IE for the transmission of the PUSCH resource, and/or the PUCCH resource and/or the SRS resource. There is also provided a method performed by a network node, a UE and a network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Marcus Grossmann, Sutharshun Varatharaajan
  • Publication number: 20240420710
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the invention are related to methods and apparatuses for spectrotemporally improved spectral gap filling in audio coding using a filtering. Embodiments according to the invention are related to methods and apparatuses for spectrotemporally improved spectral gap filling in audio coding using different noise filling methods. Embodiments according to the invention are related to methods and apparatuses for spectrotemporally improved spectral gap filling in audio coding using a tilt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Christian HELMRICH, Eleni FOTOPOULOU, Richard FÜG, Goran MARKOVIC, Markus MULTRUS, Franz REUTELHUBER
  • Publication number: 20240420714
    Abstract: An encoder for providing an audio stream on the basis of a transform-domain representation of an input audio signal includes a quantization error calculator configured to determine a multi-band quantization error over a plurality of frequency bands of the input audio signal for which separate band gain information is available. The encoder also includes an audio stream provider for providing the audio stream such that the audio stream includes information describing an audio content of the frequency bands and information describing the multi-band quantization error. A decoder for providing a decoded representation of an audio signal on the basis of an encoded audio stream representing spectral components of frequency bands of the audio signal includes a noise filler for introducing noise into spectral components of a plurality of frequency bands to which separate frequency band gain information is associated on the basis of a common multi-band noise intensity value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Nikolaus RETTELBACH, Bernhard GRILL, Guillaume FUCHS, Stefan GEYERSBERGER, Markus MULTRUS, Harald POPP, Juergen HERRE, Stefan WABNIK, Gerald SCHULLER, Jens HIRSCHFELD
  • Publication number: 20240420711
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the invention are related to methods and apparatuses for spectrotemporally improved spectral gap filling in audio coding using a filtering. Embodiments according to the invention are related to methods and apparatuses for spectrotemporally improved spectral gap filling in audio coding using different noise filling methods. Embodiments according to the invention are related to methods and apparatuses for spectrotemporally improved spectral gap filling in audio coding using a tilt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Christian HELMRICH, Eleni FOTOPOULOU, Richard FÜG, Goran MARKOVIC, Markus MULTRUS, Franz REUTELHUBER
  • Publication number: 20240420716
    Abstract: An encoder for providing an audio stream on the basis of a transform-domain representation of an input audio signal includes a quantization error calculator configured to determine a multi-band quantization error over a plurality of frequency bands of the input audio signal for which separate band gain information is available. The encoder also includes an audio stream provider for providing the audio stream such that the audio stream includes information describing an audio content of the frequency bands and information describing the multi-band quantization error. A decoder for providing a decoded representation of an audio signal on the basis of an encoded audio stream representing spectral components of frequency bands of the audio signal includes a noise filler for introducing noise into spectral components of a plurality of frequency bands to which separate frequency band gain information is associated on the basis of a common multi-band noise intensity value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Nikolaus RETTELBACH, Bernhard GRILL, Guillaume FUCHS, Stefan GEYERSBERGER, Markus MULTRUS, Harald POPP, Juergen HERRE, Stefan WABNIK, Gerald SCHULLER, Jens HIRSCHFELD
  • Publication number: 20240420863
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the present invention include a method for manufacturing a micostructured transmission grating for X-radiation, the method comprising: providing a substrate and creating a grating structure by means of structuring a plurality of periodically arranged cavities in a first main side of the substrate, wherein individual ridges of substrate material remain between each of the cavities, and filling the cavities with a plurality of particles present in the form of loose, dry powder. In this regard, the substrate has a lower absorption of X-radiation than the dry particle powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Ole BEHRMANN, Thomas LISEC, Mani-Teja BODDULURI, Björn GOJDKA
  • Publication number: 20240420713
    Abstract: An encoder for providing an audio stream on the basis of a transform-domain representation of an input audio signal includes a quantization error calculator configured to determine a multi-band quantization error over a plurality of frequency bands of the input audio signal for which separate band gain information is available. The encoder also includes an audio stream provider for providing the audio stream such that the audio stream includes information describing an audio content of the frequency bands and information describing the multi-band quantization error. A decoder for providing a decoded representation of an audio signal on the basis of an encoded audio stream representing spectral components of frequency bands of the audio signal includes a noise filler for introducing noise into spectral components of a plurality of frequency bands to which separate frequency band gain information is associated on the basis of a common multi-band noise intensity value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Nikolaus RETTELBACH, Bernhard GRILL, Guillaume FUCHS, Stefan GEYERSBERGER, Markus MULTRUS, Harald POPP, Juergen HERRE, Stefan WABNIK, Gerald SCHULLER, Jens HIRSCHFELD
  • Publication number: 20240420715
    Abstract: An encoder for providing an audio stream on the basis of a transform-domain representation of an input audio signal includes a quantization error calculator configured to determine a multi-band quantization error over a plurality of frequency bands of the input audio signal for which separate band gain information is available. The encoder also includes an audio stream provider for providing the audio stream such that the audio stream includes information describing an audio content of the frequency bands and information describing the multi-band quantization error. A decoder for providing a decoded representation of an audio signal on the basis of an encoded audio stream representing spectral components of frequency bands of the audio signal includes a noise filler for introducing noise into spectral components of a plurality of frequency bands to which separate frequency band gain information is associated on the basis of a common multi-band noise intensity value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Nikolaus RETTELBACH, Bernhard GRILL, Guillaume FUCHS, Stefan GEYERSBERGER, Markus MULTRUS, Harald POPP, Juergen HERRE, Stefan WABNIK, Gerald SCHULLER, Jens HIRSCHFELD
  • Publication number: 20240418690
    Abstract: A detection unit for a gas sensor, having at least one gas-sensitive element (1) including at least one gas-sensitive material, the optical properties of which vary as a function of the contact with a target gas. The detection unit is configured for arrangement on a mobile evaluation unit (5) having an image acquisition unit (6), in order to form a gas sensor, and the detection unit has at least one optical lens (2), and the gas-sensitive element (1) and the optical lens (2) are arranged in such a way that the ambient light (U) that passes through the gas-sensitive element (1) can be imaged by the optical lens (2), in particular can be imaged onto the image acquisition unit (6) when the detection unit is arranged on the mobile evaluation unit (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Marie-Luise Bauersfeld, Martin DOLD, André EBERHARDT, Mahmoud EL-SAFOURY, Laura ENGEL, Yvonne HESPOS, Andreas KÜRZINGER, Carolin PANNEK, Sven RADEMACHER, Christian WEBER, Jürgen WÖLLENSTEIN, Ina SEIBERLICH
  • Patent number: 12170093
    Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Fischer, Bernd Czelhan, Max Neuendorf, Nikolaus Rettelbach, Ingo Hofmann, Harald Fuchs, Stefan Doehla, Nikolaus Faerber
  • Publication number: 20240411050
    Abstract: A system is provided. The system includes one or more sound transducers, wherein the one or more sound transducers include at least one sound sensor configured to identify sound pressure information. In addition, the system includes a processing unit configured to determine weather information depending on the sound pressure information identified by the at least one sound sensor. The one or more sound transducers are configured to be installed on a mobile unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Kevin HOCK, Christoph SLADECZEK, Mario SEIDENECK
  • Publication number: 20240414496
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a rendering information processor configured for modifying, depending on direction information, original binaural rendering information to obtain modified binaural rendering information in which a spectral distortion is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Felix WOLF, Oliver SCHEUREGGER, Simone NEUKAM
  • Publication number: 20240414743
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system, like a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, system is described. The UE is to communicate using a sidelink, SL, using resources allocated by a base station of the wireless communication system. The UE is configured or preconfigured with at least one first SL resource pool including resources in an unlicensed spectrum. The UE is to provide to the base station occupancy information regarding the unlicensed spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sarun SELVANESAN, Baris GÖKTEPE, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE
  • Patent number: 12165664
    Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Fischer, Bernd Czelhan, Max Neuendorf, Nikolaus Rettelbach, Ingo Hofmann, Harald Fuchs, Stefan Doehla, Nikolaus Faerber
  • Patent number: 12165665
    Abstract: A method is described that processes an audio signal. A discontinuity between a filtered past frame and a filtered current frame of the audio signal is removed using linear predictive filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Ravelli, Manuel Jander, Grzegorz Pietrzyk, Martin Dietz, Marc Gayer
  • Patent number: 12166073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vertical compound semiconductor structure having a substrate with a first main surface and an opposite second main surface, a vertical channel opening extending completely through the substrate between the first main surface and the second main surface and a layer stack arranged within the vertical channel opening. The layer stack includes an electrically conductive layer arranged within the vertical channel opening and a compound semiconductor layer arranged within the vertical channel opening. The compound semiconductor layer includes a compound semiconductor layer arranged on the electrically conductive layer and connected galvanically to the electrically conductive layer. Further, the invention relates to a method for producing such a vertical compound semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Peter Ramm, Armin Klumpp