Patents by Inventor Claus Menke

Claus Menke 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).

  • Patent number: 10104147
    Abstract: A method for wirelessly transmitting audio signals based on the Bluetooth protocol from a Bluetooth audio source to a computer device (audio sink). An audio signal is converted in the Bluetooth audio source into an audio data packet. The audio data packets are converted into L2CAP data packets in the Bluetooth audio source based on a protocol with access to the L2CAP layer, and wirelessly transmitted. The Bluetooth audio source suppresses renewed transmission of L2CAP data packets which were erroneous or which were not received by the sink. Real-time transmission or reproduction of the audio stream or the audio signal can thus be effected. The audio stream or an audio signal on the L2CAP layer may be transmitted with a reduced repetition rate in respect of erroneous data packets. Access to RFCOMM or another data transport protocol with access to the L2CAP layer can be provided from the application layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Axel Schmidt, Konstantin Septinus, Norbert Werner, Claus Menke
  • Patent number: 9936108
    Abstract: There is provided an audio and/or video transmission system. That audio and/or video transmission system has a microphone unit for detecting an audio signal. The microphone unit has a first wireless transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting an audio signal by way of a first transmission path and a second wireless transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting the audio signal by way of a second transmission path. The second wireless transmitting unit is adapted to embed a time stamp in the audio signal to be transmitted by way of the second transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Claus Menke, Sven Boetcher
  • Patent number: 9635482
    Abstract: A wireless audio transmission system which has at least one wireless transmitter for the wireless transmission of a detected audio signal as a first audio signal by way of a first wireless transmission path. The wireless audio transmission system further has at least one in-ear monitor unit for directly receiving the first audio signal and for receiving a second audio signal. The first and second audio signals are mixed in the in-ear monitor unit and output as an output signal. The wireless audio transmission system has a mixing desk for mixing the first audio signal and further received audio signals to give an output signal which can be output to the public or recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Claus Menke
  • Patent number: 9584917
    Abstract: There is provided a microphone unit for recording audio signals comprising an audio processing unit for processing the recorded audio signals, a detection unit for detecting metadata belonging to the audio signal, and a first transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting the processed audio signal and the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Claus Menke, Sven Boetcher
  • Publication number: 20120189137
    Abstract: There is provided a microphone unit for recording audio signals comprising an audio processing unit for processing the recorded audio signals, a detection unit for detecting metadata belonging to the audio signal, and a first transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting the processed audio signal and the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Claus Menke, Sven Boetcher
  • Publication number: 20120033089
    Abstract: There is provided an audio and/or video transmission system. That audio and/or video transmission system has a microphone unit for detecting an audio signal. The microphone unit has a first wireless transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting an audio signal by way of a first transmission path and a second wireless transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting the audio signal by way of a second transmission path. The second wireless transmitting unit is adapted to embed a time stamp in the audio signal to be transmitted by way of the second transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Claus Menke, Sven Boetcher