Patents by Inventor Bernd Iser

Bernd Iser 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).

  • Publication number: 20090030699
    Abstract: A codebook spectral envelope may be used to extend the bandwidth of a bandwidth limited signal. A system includes codebooks that list codebook spectral envelopes. A codebook spectral envelope may be selected based on a characteristic of the spectral envelope of the bandwidth limited signal. Modifications of selected codebook spectral envelopes may generate a bandwidth extension signal that may be added to the bandwidth limited signal to improve the quality of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Bernd Iser, Gerhard Uwe Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20080195392
    Abstract: A bandwidth extension system extends the bandwidth of an acoustic signal. By shifting a portion of the signal by a frequency value, the system generates an upper bandwidth extension signal. An extended bandwidth acoustic signal may be generated from the acoustic signal, the upper bandwidth extension signal, and/or a lower bandwidth extension signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Bernd Iser, Gerhard Nussle, Gerhard Uwe Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20080059155
    Abstract: A system is provided for extending the spectral bandwidth of a bandwidth limited audio signal by applying a nonlinear function to the bandwidth limited speech signal to generate the low frequency audio signal components that were attenuated in the bandwidth limited audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Bernd Iser, Gerhard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20070124140
    Abstract: A method for extending the spectral bandwidth of an excitation signal of a speech signal includes determining a bandwidth limited excitation signal of the speech signal, and applying a nonlinear function to the excitation signal for generating a bandwidth extended excitation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Bernd Iser, Gerhard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20060190254
    Abstract: An electronic communication system is set forth that includes the transmission of a narrowband speech signal corresponding to a narrowband version of speech utterances of a speaker as well as the transmission of speaker-dependent data. The speaker-dependent data may be used to correlate narrowband versions of the speech utterances of the speaker with corresponding wideband versions of the speech utterances of the speaker. Both the narrowband speech signal and the speaker-dependent data are received by a receiving party. A receiver at the receiving party uses the narrowband speech signal and the speaker-dependent data to generate a wideband speech signal corresponding to a wideband version of the speech utterances of the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Bernd Iser, Gerhard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20060190245
    Abstract: A system for use in providing a wideband signal from a received narrowband signal is set forth. The system comprises an extracted narrowband feature vector that corresponds to at least one characteristic of the narrowband signal. A narrowband codebook having one or more narrowband codebook index vectors is also employed, where each narrowband codebook index vector is associated with one or more corresponding narrowband codebook parameters. An analyzer is provided to correlate the extracted narrowband feature vector with an entry in the narrowband codebook. More particularly, the analyzer is responsive to the extracted narrowband feature vector to identify the narrowband codebook feature index vector that best matches the extracted narrowband feature vector. A signal mapper is provided to execute a mapping function of the extracted narrowband feature vector and/or the narrowband codebook index vector identified by the analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Bernd Iser, Gerhard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20060106619
    Abstract: A system extends a bandwidth of bandlimited audio signals by analyzing bandlimited audio signals at a transmission cycle rate. The analyzer may obtain a bandlimited parameter at a transmission cycle rate. A mapping device or logic in the system obtains a wideband parameter based on the bandlimited parameter. An audio signal generator generates a highband and/or lowband audio signal based on the wideband parameter at the transmission cycle rate. In some systems, the bandlimited audio signal is analyzed at the transmission cycle rate. The highband and/or lowband audio signals and the combined wideband audio signal are generated at the transmission cycle rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Bernd Iser, Gerhard Schmidt