Patents by Inventor Claus Bauer
Claus Bauer 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).
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Patent number: 10748555Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to perception based multimedia processing. There is provided a method for processing multimedia data, the method includes automatically determining user perception on a segment of the multimedia data based on a plurality of clusters, the plurality of clusters obtained in association with predefined user perceptions and processing the segment of the multimedia data at least in part based on determined user perception on the segment. Corresponding system and computer program products are disclosed as well.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Claus Bauer, Lie Lu, Mingqing Hu, Jun Wang, Poppy Crum, Rhonda Wilson, Regunathan Radhakrishnan
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Publication number: 20190325894Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to perception based multimedia processing. There is provided a method for processing multimedia data, the method includes automatically determining user perception on a segment of the multimedia data based on a plurality of clusters, the plurality of clusters obtained in association with predefined user perceptions and processing the segment of the multimedia data at least in part based on determined user perception on the segment. Corresponding system and computer program products are disclosed as well.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Claus BAUER, Lie LU, Mingqing HU, Jun WANG, Poppy CRUM, Rhonda WILSON, Regunathan RADHAKRISHNAN
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Patent number: 10339959Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to perception based multimedia processing. There is provided a method for processing multimedia data, the method includes automatically determining user perception on a segment of the multimedia data based on a plurality of clusters, the plurality of clusters obtained in association with predefined user perceptions and processing the segment of the multimedia data at least in part based on determined user perception on the segment. Corresponding system and computer program products are disclosed as well.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Claus Bauer, Lie LU, Mingqing Hu, Jun Wang, Poppy Crum, Rhonda Wilson, Regunathan Radhakrishnan
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Patent number: 10296534Abstract: Attributes are identified in media content. A classification value of the media content is computed based on the identified attributes. Thereafter, a fingerprint derived from the media content is stored or searched for based on the classification value of the media content.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Tianshi Gao, Regunathan Radhakrishnan, Wenyu Jiang, Claus Bauer
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Publication number: 20170133039Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to perception based multimedia processing. There is provided a method for processing multimedia data, the method includes automatically determining user perception on a segment of the multimedia data based on a plurality of clusters, the plurality of clusters obtained in association with predefined user perceptions and processing the segment of the multimedia data at least in part based on determined user perception on the segment. Corresponding system and computer program products are disclosed as well.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Claus BAUER, Lie LU, Mingqing HU, Jun WANG, Poppy CRUM, Rhonda WILSON, Regunathan RADHAKRISHNAN
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Patent number: 9619559Abstract: Techniques for re-associating dynamic metadata with media data are provided. A media processing system creates, with a first media processing stage, binding information comprising dynamic metadata and a time relationship between the dynamic metadata and media data. The binding information may be derived from the media data. While the first media processing stage delivers the media data to a second media processing stage in a first data path, the first media processing stage passes the binding information to the second media processing stage in a second data path. The media processing system re-associates, with the second media processing stage, the dynamic metadata and the media data using the binding information.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Wenyu Jiang, Regunthan Radhakrishnan, Claus Bauer
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Patent number: 9300714Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and program logic in storage media to process media data for quality enhancement. The media data is for rendering at a wireless device. Environmental quantities are accepted from one or more sensors located remote from the wireless device but sufficiently close to be indicative of similar quantities in the device's environment. The sensors at in or connected to a network node. At the network node, the method includes processing the media data using the environmental quantities to generate processed data, and wirelessly sending the processed output to the resource constrained device for rendering, such that the processed output is usable by the resource constrained device to render or to process and render the media data.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Claus Bauer, Brett G. Crockett, Charles Q. Robinson
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Patent number: 9251802Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and program logic in non-transitory media to process video data for quality enhancement. Information is accepted from a resource constrained device, e.g., a wireless portable device related to the quality enhancement and/or environmental quantities such as ambient lighting for the device. The video data is processed to achieve quality enhancement using at least some of the accepted information to generate processed output. The processing of the video data includes processing when or where one or more resources sufficient for the processing are available.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Brett Graham Crockett, Charles Quito Robinson, Claus Bauer
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Publication number: 20160019671Abstract: Embodiments of identifying multimedia objects based on multimedia fingerprints are provided. Query fingerprints are derived from a multimedia object according to differing fingerprint algorithms. For each fingerprint algorithm, decisions are calculated through at least one classifier corresponding to the fingerprint algorithm based on the query fingerprint and reference fingerprints, the reference fingerprints being derived from reference multimedia objects according to the same fingerprint algorithm. Each of the decisions indicates a possibility that the query fingerprint and the reference fingerprint are not derived from the same multimedia content. For each of the reference multimedia objects, a distance is calculated as a weighted sum of the decisions relating to the reference fingerprints. The multimedia object is identified as matching the reference multimedia object with the smallest distance less than a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Claus Bauer, Lie Lu, Mingqing Hu
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Patent number: 9202255Abstract: Embodiments of identifying multimedia objects based on multimedia fingerprints are provided. Query fingerprints are derived from a multimedia object according to differing fingerprint algorithms. For each fingerprint algorithm, decisions are calculated through at least one classifier corresponding to the fingerprint algorithm based on the query fingerprint and reference fingerprints, the reference fingerprints being derived from reference multimedia objects according to the same fingerprint algorithm. Each of the decisions indicates a possibility that the query fingerprint and the reference fingerprint are not derived from the same multimedia content. For each of the reference multimedia objects, a distance is calculated as a weighted sum of the decisions relating to the reference fingerprints. The multimedia object is identified as matching the reference multimedia object with the smallest distance less than a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Claus Bauer, Lie Lu, Mingqing Hu
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Publication number: 20150269149Abstract: Attributes are identified in media content. A classification value of the media content is computed based on the identified attributes. Thereafter, a fingerprint derived from the media content is stored or searched for based on the classification value of the media content.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Tianshi Gao, Regunthan Radhakrishnan, Wenyu Jiang, Claus Bauer
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Publication number: 20150269255Abstract: Techniques for re-associating dynamic metadata with media data are provided. A media processing system creates, with a first media processing stage, binding information comprising dynamic metadata and a time relationship between the dynamic metadata and media data. The binding information may be derived from the media data. While the first media processing stage delivers the media data to a second media processing stage in a first data path, the first media processing stage passes the binding information to the second media processing stage in a second data path. The media processing system re-associates, with the second media processing stage, the dynamic metadata and the media data using the binding information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Wenyu Jiang, Regunthan Radhakrishnan, Claus Bauer
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Publication number: 20150254054Abstract: A method for audio signal processing is provided. The method includes acquiring a first set of metadata associated with consumption of an audio signal by a target user, acquiring a second set of metadata associated with a set of reference users and generating, at least partially based on the first and second sets of metadata, a recommended configuration of at least one parameter for the target user, the at least one parameter being for use in the consumption of the audio signal. Corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Xuejing Sun, Bin Cheng, Claus Bauer, Lie Lu, Guilin Ma
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Patent number: 9075897Abstract: Attributes are identified in media content. A classification value of the media content is computed based on the identified attributes. Thereafter, a fingerprint derived from the media content is stored or searched for based on the classification value of the media content.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Tianshi Gao, Regunathan Radhakrishnan, Wenyu Jiang, Claus Bauer
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Patent number: 9075806Abstract: Techniques for re-associating dynamic metadata with media data are provided. A media processing system creates, with a first media processing stage, binding information comprising dynamic metadata and a time relationship between the dynamic metadata and media data. The binding information may be derived from the media data. While the first media processing stage delivers the media data to a second media processing stage in a first data path, the first media processing stage passes the binding information to the second media processing stage in a second data path. The media processing system re-associates, with the second media processing stage, the dynamic metadata and the media data using the binding information.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Wenyu Jiang, Regunathan Radhakrishnan, Claus Bauer
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Patent number: 8892570Abstract: Techniques are provided for dynamic configuration of search parameters for multimedia fingerprint databases that use weak bits. A multimedia fingerprint database, which stores reference fingerprints and uses weak bits, is maintained. Maintaining the database includes dynamically configuring one or more of the following parameters: a fingerprint length of those portions of the reference fingerprints that are used to identify multimedia objects; an index length of the index used to index those portions of the reference fingerprints that are used to identify multimedia objects; a threshold that is used to determine whether multimedia objects are correctly identified; and a number of the weak bits in the reference fingerprints.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventor: Claus Bauer
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Patent number: 8891813Abstract: A portion of media content is accessed. Components from a first and each subsequent spatial regions of the media content are sampled. Each spatial region has an unsegmented area. Each subsequent spatial region includes those within its area as elements thereof or the spatial regions may partially overlap. The regions may overlap independent of a hierarchical relationship between the regions. A media fingerprint is derived from the components of each of the spatial regions, which reliably corresponds to the media content portion, e.g., over geometric attacks such as rotation.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Regunathan Radhakrishnan, Claus Bauer
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Publication number: 20140270721Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and program logic in non-transitory media to process video data for quality enhancement. Information is accepted from a resource constrained device, e.g., a wireless portable device related to the quality enhancement and/or environmental quantities such as ambient lighting for the device. The video data is processed to achieve quality enhancement using at least some of the accepted information to generate processed output. The processing of the video data includes processing when or where one or more resources sufficient for the processing are available.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Brett Graham Crockett, Charles Quito Robinson, Claus Bauer
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Patent number: 8744247Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and program logic in storage media to process media data for quality enhancement. Information is accepted from a resource constrained device, e.g., a wireless portable device related to the quality enhancement and/or environmental quantities such as background noise and/or ambient lighting for the device. Media data is data processed to achieve quality enhancement using at least some of the accepted information to generate processed output. The data processing of the media data includes processing when or where one or more resources sufficient for the processing are available.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Brett G. Crockett, Charles Q. Robinson, Claus Bauer
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Patent number: 8700194Abstract: Robust media fingerprints are derived from a portion of audio content. A portion of content in an audio signal is categorized. The audio content is characterized based, at least in part, on one or more of its features. The features may include a component that relates to one of several sound categories, e.g., speech and/or noise, which may be mixed with the audio signal. Upon categorizing the audio content as free of the speech or noise related components, the audio signal component is processed. Upon categorizing the audio content as including the speech related component and/or the noise related components, the speech or noise related components are separated from the audio signal. The audio signal is processed independent of the speech related component and/or the noise related component. Processing the audio signal includes computing the audio fingerprint, which reliably corresponds to the audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Claus Bauer, Regunathan Radhakrishnan