Patents by Inventor Andreas Büchner

Andreas Büchner 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).

  • Sound processing using a masking model
    Patent number: 9579499
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for determining a stimulus based on a masking model of human hearing are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a signal that includes information indicative of one or more spectral components of a sound. The example method also includes determining a masking curve that includes information indicative of one or more masking spectral components. The masking curve is determined according to a masking model of human hearing that accounts for at least an effect due to temporal masking. The example method further includes generating a stimulus based on a difference between the one or more spectral components and the one or more masking spectral components. The stimulation allows a recipient to perceive at least a portion of the sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Eugen Kludt, Andreas Büchner
  • Sound Processing Using a Masking Model
    Publication number: 20140079226
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for determining a stimulus based on a masking model of human hearing are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a signal that includes information indicative of one or more spectral components of a sound. The example method also includes determining a masking curve that includes information indicative of one or more masking spectral components. The masking curve is determined according to a masking model of human hearing that accounts for at least an effect due to temporal masking. The example method further includes generating a stimulus based on a difference between the one or more spectral components and the one or more masking spectral components. The stimulation allows a recipient to perceive at least a portion of the sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Eugen Kludt, Andreas Büchner