Patents by Inventor Bernd Geiger

Bernd Geiger 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 encoding and decoding an encoded audio signal using temporal noise/patch shaping
    Patent number: 11996106
    Abstract: An apparatus decodes an encoded audio signal. The apparatus includes a spectral domain audio decoder that generates a decoded representation of a set of spectral portions, the decoded representation being spectral prediction residual values. A frequency regenerator generates a reconstructed spectral portion using a portion of the same set spectral portions. The reconstructed spectral portion also includes spectral prediction residual values. An inverse prediction filter is configured using prediction filter information included in the encoded audio signal and performs an inverse prediction over frequency using the spectral prediction residual values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Sascha Disch, Frederik Nagel, Ralf Geiger, Balaji Nagendran Thoshkahna, Konstantin Schmidt, Stefan Bayer, Christian Neukam, Bernd Edler, Christian Helmrich
  • Apparatus and method for encoding or decoding an audio signal with intelligent gap filling in the spectral domain
    Patent number: 11922956
    Abstract: An apparatus for decoding an encoded audio signal, includes a spectral domain audio decoder for generating a first decoded representation of a first set of first spectral portions, the decoded representation having a first spectral resolution; a parametric decoder for generating a second decoded representation of a second set of second spectral portions having a second spectral resolution being lower than the first spectral resolution; a frequency regenerator for regenerating every constructed second spectral portion having the first spectral resolution using a first spectral portion and spectral envelope information for the second spectral portion; and a spectrum time converter for converting the first decoded representation and the reconstructed second spectral portion into a time representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sascha Disch, Frederik Nagel, Ralf Geiger, Balaji Nagendran Thoshkahna, Konstantin Schmidt, Stefan Bayer, Christian Neukam, Bernd Edler, Christian Helmrich
  • Frame lashing rail
    Patent number: D1005832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BOTT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Geiger, Jürgen Dahner, Simon Dunkinson, Witalij Breimeier
  • Frame in vehicle
    Patent number: D1007396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BOTT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Geiger, Jürgen Dahner, Simon Dunkinson, Witalij Breimeier
  • Perforated panel
    Patent number: D1025407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BOTT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Geiger, Jürgen Dahner, Simon Dunkinson, Witalij Breimeier
  • Apparatus and method for generating audio subband values and apparatus and method for generating time-domain audio samples
    Patent number: RE49999
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus for generating audio subband values in audio subband channels includes an analysis windower for windowing a frame of time-domain audio input samples being in a time sequence extending from an early sample to a later sample using an analysis window function including a sequence of window coefficients to obtain windowed samples. The analysis window function includes a first number of window coefficients derived from a larger window function including a sequence of a larger second number of window coefficients, wherein the window coefficients of the window function are derived by an interpolation of window coefficients of the larger window function. The apparatus further includes a calculator for calculating the audio subband values using the windowed samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Markus Schnell, Manfred Lutzky, Markus Lohwasser, Markus Schmidt, Marc Gayer, Michael Mellar, Bernd Edler, Markus Multrus, Gerald Schuller, Ralf Geiger, Bernhard Grill
  • Apparatus and method for generating audio subband values and apparatus and method for generating time-domain audio samples
    Patent number: RE50009
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus for generating audio subband values in audio subband channels includes an analysis windower for windowing a frame of time-domain audio input samples being in a time sequence extending from an early sample to a later sample using an analysis window function including a sequence of window coefficients to obtain windowed samples. The analysis window function includes a first number of window coefficients derived from a larger window function including a sequence of a larger second number of window coefficients, wherein the window coefficients of the window function are derived by an interpolation of window coefficients of the larger window function. The apparatus further includes a calculator for calculating the audio subband values using the windowed samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Markus Schnell, Manfred Lutzky, Markus Lohwasser, Markus Schmidt, Marc Gayer, Michael Mellar, Bernd Edler, Markus Multrus, Gerald Schuller, Ralf Geiger, Bernhard Grill