Patents by Inventor Christof Faller

Christof Faller 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: 20250142281
    Abstract: Audio processor for performing audio rendering by generating rendering parameters, which determine a derivation of loudspeaker signals to be reproduced by a set of loudspeakers from an audio signal. The audio processor is configured to perform a delay processing so as to determine, based on a listener position, delays for generating the loudspeaker signals for the loudspeakers from the audio signal. Further, the audio processor is configured to control the delay processing by modifying a version of the listener position, based on which the delay processing is commenced, or any intermediate value determined by the delay processing based on the listener position so as to reduce artifacts in the audio rendition due to changes in the delays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sascha DISCH, Vensan MAZMANYAN, Marvin TRÜMPER, Matthias GEIER, Jürgen HERRE, Christof FALLER, Markus SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20250133366
    Abstract: Audio processor for performing audio rendering by generating rendering parameters, which determine a derivation of loudspeaker signals to be reproduced by a set of loudspeakers from an audio signal. The audio processor is configured to obtain a reverberation effect information and to perform a gain adjustment so as to determine, based on a listener position, gains for generating the loudspeaker signals for the loudspeakers from the audio signal. The audio processor is configured to use, depending on the reverberation effect information, in the gain adjustment, for at least one loudspeaker, a roll-off gain compensation function for mapping a listener-to-loudspeaker distance of the at least one loudspeaker onto a listener-to-loudspeaker-distance compensation gain for the at least one loudspeaker, for which a compensated roll-off gets monotonically shallower with increasing listener-to-loudspeaker distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sascha DISCH, Vensan MAZMANYAN, Marvin TRÜMPER, Alexander ADAMI, Jürgen HERRE, Andreas SILZLE, Christof FALLER, Markus SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20240365077
    Abstract: An apparatus for rendering according to an embodiment is provided. The apparatus is configured to generate an audio output signal for a loudspeaker of a loudspeaker setup from one or more audio objects. Each of the one or more audio objects comprises an audio object signal and exhibits a position. The apparatus comprises an interface configured to receive information on the position of each of the one or more audio objects. Moreover, the apparatus comprises a gain determiner configured to determine gain information for each audio object of the one or more audio objects for the loudspeaker depending on a distance between the position of said audio object and a position of the loudspeaker and depending on distance attenuation information and/or loudspeaker emphasis information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Andreas WALTHER, Hanne STENZEL, Julian KLAPP, Marvin TRÜMPER, Christof FALLER, Markus SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20230396950
    Abstract: A more efficient rendering of audio objects, which allows 3D panning, is achieved by performing the panning into two stages, namely at least one horizontal in-layer panning leading to a first virtual (speaker) position and a second virtual or real (speaker) position, which is vertically offset, and another panning vertically between the two positions. Although acting in such a manner seems to increase the computational complexity, this staged processing increases, in fact, the stability of the rendering and the location of the intended virtual position. Moreover, the staged processing, enables to perform, according to an embodiment, the panning by use of amplitude panning gains only, i.e. phase processing is not necessary, thereby rendering the computational complexity low. Even further, the rendering is flexible with respect to applicability to a variety of loudspeaker setups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas WALTHER, Christof FALLER, Jürgen HERRE, Markus SCHMIDT, Christian BORSS, Julian KLAPP, Philipp GÖTZ
  • Patent number: 11838739
    Abstract: A device and method, respectively, obtain a first order ambisonic (FOA) signal from signals of multiple microphones, e.g., at least four or five directive microphones. The device and method determine a look direction of each microphone, and calculate a decoding matrix based on the determined look directions. The decoding matrix is a matrix suitable for decoding a FOA signal into the signals of the microphones. Further, the device and method invert the decoding matrix to obtain an encoding matrix, and encode the signals of the microphones based on the encoding matrix to obtain the FOA signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mohammad Taghizadeh, Christof Faller, Alexis Favrot
  • Patent number: 11682407
    Abstract: The following coding scenario is addressed: A number of audio source signals need to be transmitted or stored for the purpose of mixing wave field synthesis, multi-channel surround, or stereo signals after decoding the source signals. The proposed technique offers significant coding gain when jointly coding the source signals, compared to separately coding them, even when no redundancy is present between the source signals. This is possible by considering statistical properties of the source signals, the properties of mixing techniques, and spatial hearing. The sum of the source signals is transmitted plus the statistical properties of the source signals, which mostly determine the perceptually important spatial cues of the final mixed audio channels. Source signals are recovered at the receiver such that their statistical properties approximate the corresponding properties of the original source signals. Subjective evaluations indicate that high audio quality is achieved by the proposed scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventor: Christof Faller
  • Patent number: 11671757
    Abstract: An audio processor for providing loudspeaker signals on the basis of input signals, like channel signals and/or object signals, obtains an information about the position of a listener and an information about the position of a plurality of loudspeakers, or sound transducers. The audio processor selects one or more loudspeakers for a rendering of the objects and/or of the channel objects and/or of the adapted signals, derived from the input signals. The selection depends on the information about the position of the listener and about the positions of the loudspeakers and takes into consideration the information about one or more acoustic obstacles. The audio signal processor renders the objects/channel objects/adapted signals derived from the input signals, in dependence on the information about the position of the listener and about positions of the loudspeakers, in order to obtain the loudspeaker signals, such that a rendered sound follows a listener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Walther, Jürgen Herre, Julian Klapp, Christof Faller, Markus Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11632626
    Abstract: A method and a device encode N audio signals, from N microphones where N?3. For each pair of the N audio signals an angle of incidence of direct sound is estimated. A-format direct sound signals are derived from the estimated angles of incidence by deriving from each estimated angle an A-format direct sound signal. Each A-format direct sound signal is a first-order virtual microphone signal, for example, a cardioids signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mohammad Taghizadeh, Christof Faller, Alexis Favrot
  • Patent number: 11621006
    Abstract: The following coding scenario is addressed: A number of audio source signals need to be transmitted or stored for the purpose of mixing wave field synthesis, multi-channel surround, or stereo signals after decoding the source signals. The proposed technique offers significant coding gain when jointly coding the source signals, compared to separately coding them, even when no redundancy is present between the source signals. This is possible by considering statistical properties of the source signals, the properties of mixing techniques, and spatial hearing. The sum of the source signals is transmitted plus the statistical properties of the source signals, which mostly determine the perceptually important spatial cues of the final mixed audio channels. Source signals are recovered at the receiver such that their statistical properties approximate the corresponding properties of the original source signals. Subjective evaluations indicate that high audio quality is achieved by the proposed scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventor: Christof Faller
  • Patent number: 11621005
    Abstract: The following coding scenario is addressed: A number of audio source signals need to be transmitted or stored for the purpose of mixing wave field synthesis, multi-channel surround, or stereo signals after decoding the source signals. The proposed technique offers significant coding gain when jointly coding the source signals, compared to separately coding them, even when no redundancy is present between the source signals. This is possible by considering statistical properties of the source signals, the properties of mixing techniques, and spatial hearing. The sum of the source signals is transmitted plus the statistical properties of the source signals, which mostly determine the perceptually important spatial cues of the final mixed audio channels. Source signals are recovered at the receiver such that their statistical properties approximate the corresponding properties of the original source signals. Subjective evaluations indicate that high audio quality is achieved by the proposed scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventor: Christof Faller
  • Patent number: 11621007
    Abstract: The following coding scenario is addressed: A number of audio source signals need to be transmitted or stored for the purpose of mixing wave field synthesis, multi-channel surround, or stereo signals after decoding the source signals. The proposed technique offers significant coding gain when jointly coding the source signals, compared to separately coding them, even when no redundancy is present between the source signals. This is possible by considering statistical properties of the source signals, the properties of mixing techniques, and spatial hearing. The sum of the source signals is transmitted plus the statistical properties of the source signals, which mostly determine the perceptually important spatial cues of the final mixed audio channels. Source signals are recovered at the receiver such that their statistical properties approximate the corresponding properties of the original source signals. Subjective evaluations indicate that high audio quality is achieved by the proposed scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventor: Christof Faller
  • Publication number: 20220392468
    Abstract: The following coding scenario is addressed: A number of audio source signals need to be transmitted or stored for the purpose of mixing wave field synthesis, multi-channel surround, or stereo signals after decoding the source signals. The proposed technique offers significant coding gain when jointly coding the source signals, compared to separately coding them, even when no redundancy is present between the source signals. This is possible by considering statistical properties of the source signals, the properties of mixing techniques, and spatial hearing. The sum of the source signals is transmitted plus the statistical properties of the source signals, which mostly determine the perceptually important spatial cues of the final mixed audio channels. Source signals are recovered at the receiver such that their statistical properties approximate the corresponding properties of the original source signals. Subjective evaluations indicate that high audio quality is achieved by the proposed scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Christof FALLER
  • Publication number: 20220392467
    Abstract: The following coding scenario is addressed: A number of audio source signals need to be transmitted or stored for the purpose of mixing wave field synthesis, multi-channel surround, or stereo signals after decoding the source signals. The proposed technique offers significant coding gain when jointly coding the source signals, compared to separately coding them, even when no redundancy is present between the source signals. This is possible by considering statistical properties of the source signals, the properties of mixing techniques, and spatial hearing. The sum of the source signals is transmitted plus the statistical properties of the source signals, which mostly determine the perceptually important spatial cues of the final mixed audio channels. Source signals are recovered at the receiver such that their statistical properties approximate the corresponding properties of the original source signals. Subjective evaluations indicate that high audio quality is achieved by the proposed scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Christof FALLER
  • Publication number: 20220392466
    Abstract: The following coding scenario is addressed: A number of audio source signals need to be transmitted or stored for the purpose of mixing wave field synthesis, multi-channel surround, or stereo signals after decoding the source signals. The proposed technique offers significant coding gain when jointly coding the source signals, compared to separately coding them, even when no redundancy is present between the source signals. This is possible by considering statistical properties of the source signals, the properties of mixing techniques, and spatial hearing. The sum of the source signals is transmitted plus the statistical properties of the source signals, which mostly determine the perceptually important spatial cues of the final mixed audio channels. Source signals are recovered at the receiver such that their statistical properties approximate the corresponding properties of the original source signals. Subjective evaluations indicate that high audio quality is achieved by the proposed scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Christof FALLER
  • Publication number: 20220392469
    Abstract: The following coding scenario is addressed: A number of audio source signals need to be transmitted or stored for the purpose of mixing wave field synthesis, multi-channel surround, or stereo signals after decoding the source signals. The proposed technique offers significant coding gain when jointly coding the source signals, compared to separately coding them, even when no redundancy is present between the source signals. This is possible by considering statistical properties of the source signals, the properties of mixing techniques, and spatial hearing. The sum of the source signals is transmitted plus the statistical properties of the source signals, which mostly determine the perceptually important spatial cues of the final mixed audio channels. Source signals are recovered at the receiver such that their statistical properties approximate the corresponding properties of the original source signals. Subjective evaluations indicate that high audio quality is achieved by the proposed scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Christof FALLER
  • Patent number: 11495239
    Abstract: The following coding scenario is addressed: A number of audio source signals need to be transmitted or stored for the purpose of mixing wave field synthesis, multi-channel surround, or stereo signals after decoding the source signals. The proposed technique offers significant coding gain when jointly coding the source signals, compared to separately coding them, even when no redundancy is present between the source signals. This is possible by considering statistical properties of the source signals, the properties of mixing techniques, and spatial hearing. The sum of the source signals is transmitted plus the statistical properties of the source signals, which mostly determine the perceptually important spatial cues of the final mixed audio channels. Source signals are recovered at the receiver such that their statistical properties approximate the corresponding properties of the original source signals. Subjective evaluations indicate that high audio quality is achieved by the proposed scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventor: Christof Faller
  • Publication number: 20220337951
    Abstract: An audio processor for providing loudspeaker signals on the basis of input signals, like channel signals and/or object signals, obtains an information about the position of a listener and an information about the position of a plurality of loudspeakers, or sound transducers. The audio processor selects one or more loudspeakers for a rendering of the objects and/or of the channel objects and/or of the adapted signals, derived from the input signals. The selection depends on the information about the position of the listener and about the positions of the loudspeakers and takes into consideration the information about one or more acoustic obstacles. The audio signal processor renders the objects/channel objects/adapted signals derived from the input signals, in dependence on the information about the position of the listener and about positions of the loudspeakers, in order to obtain the loudspeaker signals, such that a rendered sound follows a listener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas WALTHER, Jürgen HERRE, Julian KLAPP, Christof FALLER, Markus SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11290821
    Abstract: An audio processor for providing loudspeaker signals on the basis of input signals, like channel signals and/or object signals, obtains an information about the position of a listener and an information about the position of a plurality of loudspeakers, or sound transducers. The audio processor selects one or more loudspeakers for a rendering of the objects and/or of the channel objects and/or of the adapted signals, derived from the input signals. The selection depends on the information about the position of the listener and about the positions of the loudspeakers and takes into consideration the information about one or more acoustic obstacles. The audio signal processor renders the objects/channel objects/adapted signals derived from the input signals, in dependence on the information about the position of the listener and about positions of the loudspeakers, in order to obtain the loudspeaker signals, such that a rendered sound follows a listener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Walther, Jürgen Herre, Julian Klapp, Christof Faller, Markus Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11272309
    Abstract: An apparatus for mapping a first input channel and a second input channel of an input channel configuration to at least one output channel of an output channel configuration, wherein each input channel and each output channel has a direction in which an associated loudspeaker is located relative to a central listener position, configured to map the first input channel to a first output channel of the output channel configuration; and despite of the fact that an angle deviation between a direction of the second input channel and a direction of the first output channel is less than an angle deviation between a direction of the second input channel and the second output channel and/or is less than an angle deviation between the direction of the second input channel and the direction of the third output channel, map the second input channel to the second and third output channels by panning between the second and third output channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Juergen Herre, Fabian Kuech, Michael Kratschmer, Achim Kuntz, Christof Faller
  • Patent number: 11252509
    Abstract: An audio processor for providing loudspeaker signals on the basis of input signals, like channel signals and/or object signals, obtains an information about the position of a listener and an information about the position of a plurality of loudspeakers, or sound transducers. The audio processor selects one or more loudspeakers for a rendering of the objects and/or of the channel objects and/or of the adapted signals, derived from the input signals. The selection depends on the information about the position of the listener and about the positions of the loudspeakers and takes into consideration the information about one or more acoustic obstacles. The audio signal processor renders the objects/channel objects/adapted signals derived from the input signals, in dependence on the information about the position of the listener and about positions of the loudspeakers, in order to obtain the loudspeaker signals, such that a rendered sound follows a listener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Walther, Jürgen Herre, Julian Klapp, Christof Faller, Markus Schmidt