Patents by Inventor Cornelius Hellge

Cornelius Hellge 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: 20260247362
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network is described. The wireless communication network provides a set of resources for a communication, and the UE carries out sensing on one or more subsets of time resources of the set of resources. A number of time resources of the one or more subsets is less than the total number of resources within the set of resources provided by the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2026
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Inventors: Sarun Selvanesan, Baris Göktepe, Thomas Fehrenbach, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge
  • Patent number: 12712675
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of transceivers. The plurality of transceivers include at least a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The first transceiver and the second transceiver are configured for a sidelink communication with each other. The wireless communication system supports a retransmission protocol for the sidelink. The retransmission protocol enables the first transceiver to perform a retransmission for a data packet, responsive to an explicit or an implicit feedback from the second transceiver, which receives one or more data packets from the first transceiver, in case of a non-successful transmission of the data packet over the sidelink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Sarun Selvanesan, Baris Göktepe, Thomas Fehrenbach, Cornelius Hellge, Robin Thomas, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl
  • Patent number: 12713052
    Abstract: A video encoder according to embodiments is configured for encoding a plurality of pictures of a video by generating an encoded video signal, wherein each of the plurality of pictures includes original picture data. The video encoder includes a data encoder configured for generating the encoded video signal including encoded picture data, wherein the data encoder is configured to encode the plurality of pictures of the video into the encoded picture data. Moreover, the video encoder includes an output interface configured for outputting the encoded picture data of each of the plurality of pictures. Furthermore, a video decoders, systems, methods for encoding and decoding, computer programs and encoded video signals according to embodiments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Karsten Sühring, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Robert Skupin, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20260238764
    Abstract: An apparatus for video decoding according to an embodiment is described. The apparatus is configured to receive a video data stream having pictures of a video encoded thereinto. The video data stream has a plurality of access units, a plurality of SEI (supplemental enhancement information) messages and processing order information which defines a processing order of the plurality of SEI messages. The apparatus is configured to determine the processing order information to obtain information on the processing order of the plurality of SEI messages. The processing order information has information on an identifier for each SEI message of two or more SEI messages of the plurality of SEI messages, wherein the identifier of each SEI message of the two or more SEI messages is unique among the two or more SEI messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2026
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Benjamin BROSS, Robert SKUPIN, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Thomas WIEGAND, Detlev MARPE
  • Publication number: 20260238365
    Abstract: The present document relates to techniques (e.g., devices and methods) for signalling, e.g., for new radio unlicensed (NR-U). A user equipment (UE) exchanges control signals with a first cell and a second cell. The first cell is a licensed or unlicensed cell and the at least one second cell is an unlicensed cell. The UE exchanges control signals with the first cell and, meanwhile: receives assistance information assisting the UE in receiving at least one discovery reference signal, the assistance information including timing information regarding the timing of the at least one discovery reference signal periodically sent by the at least one second cell; perform measurement(s) on discovery reference signal as acquired by the UE, from the at least one second cell, using the timing information included in the assistance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2025
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Cornelius HELLGE, Robin Rajan THOMAS, Baris GOEKTEPE, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Roya EBRAHIM REZAGAH
  • Patent number: 12707319
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, acts as a relaying entity so as to provide functionality to support connectivity between one or more remote UEs and a destination of the wireless communication network, wherein a connection between the remote UE and the destination comprises one or more sidelinks, each sidelink associated with a predefined or negotiated Quality-of-Service, QoS. The UE is connected via a sidelink to one or more of the following: one or more of the remote UEs, the destination, one or more further relay UEs. The UE determines a status of the sidelink with regard to the predefined or negotiated QoS, and sends the status of the sidelink towards a network entity, like a base station, of the wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Nithin Srinivasan, Roya Ebrahim Rezagah, Jasmina McMenamy, Baris Göktepe, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Sarun Selvanesan, Thomas Fehrenbach
  • Publication number: 20260230404
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, is disclosed. The UE is configured or preconfigured with at least one Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning model, AI/ML model, or at least one AI functionality for performing one or more tasks. The UE is to monitor a performance of one or more AI/ML models or one or more AI functionalities. Responsive to a certain event, the UE is to perform one or more actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2026
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Tatiana RYKOV, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GÖKTEPE, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Patent number: 12700980
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network is described. The he UE performs measurements of one or more reference signals received from a network entity of the wireless communication network, each reference signal being associated with a TCI state. For transmitting or receiving a transmission associated with a certain TCI state, the UE uses one or more parameters obtained by the measurement of the reference signal being associated with the certain TCI state of the transmission. Responsive to a certain event, the UE resets parameters obtained by a measurement associated with the TCI state of at least one of the one or more reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Baris Goektepe, Thomas Fehrenbach, Clemens Korn, Julian Popp, Josef Bernhard, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl
  • Patent number: 12701237
    Abstract: A video encoder according to embodiments is provided. The video encoder is configured for encoding a plurality of pictures of a video by generating an encoded video signal, wherein each of the plurality of pictures includes original picture data. The video encoder includes a data encoder configured for generating the encoded video signal including encoded picture data, wherein the data encoder is configured to encode the plurality of pictures of the video into the encoded picture data. Moreover, the video encoder includes an output interface configured for outputting the encoded picture data of each of the plurality of pictures. Furthermore, a video decoders, systems, methods for encoding and decoding, computer programs and encoded video signals according to embodiments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Adam Wieckowski, Robert Skupin, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Detlev Marpe, Karsten Sühring, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12694594
    Abstract: Scene description data having first data defining a 3D object and second data triggering an animation of the 3D object. The second data triggers an application of the animation to the 3D object and has a parameter discriminating between several animation modes of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Peter Eisert, Anna Hilsmann, Robert Skupin, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Wieland Morgenstern, Gurdeep Singh Bhullar
  • Patent number: 12695940
    Abstract: File format concepts for video coding are described. Embodiments allow for an efficient extraction of sub-streams from a video file. Further embodiments allow for a flexible switching between sub-streams of a video file. Further embodiments allow for a flexible handling of decoder initializations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Dimitri Podborski, Karsten Grueneberg, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Robert Skupin, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12696183
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, is connectable to two or more of a plurality of network slices of the wireless communication network, wherein a slice specific random-access channel, RACH, resource configuration is associated with one or more of the plurality of slices. The UE is configured or pre-configured with slice specific RACH resource configurations for some or all of the plurality of slices. Responsive to a RACH event, the UE is to determine a slice that triggered and/or that is associated with the RACH event, and select the slice specific RACH resource configuration associated with the determined slice to be used for performing a RACH procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Eiko Seidel, Sarun Selvanesan, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Fehrenbach, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge
  • Patent number: 12696078
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, like a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, network, is described. The UE has a plurality of UE capabilities, the UE capabilities indicating functions the UE is capable to perform. The UE is to inform on one or more parts of the plurality of UE capabilities using one or more identification values, e.g., hash values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Tatiana Rykov, Thomas Fehrenbach, Baris Göktepe, Thomas Schierl, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20260214207
    Abstract: An apparatus for video decoding receives a video data stream having pictures of a video encoded thereinto. The video data stream comprises a plurality of access units, a plurality of SEI (supplemental enhancement information) messages and processing order information which defines a processing order of the plurality of SEI messages. The apparatus is configured to determine the processing order information to obtain information on the processing order of the plurality of SEI messages. The processing order information comprises information on an identifier for each SEI message of two or more SEI messages of the plurality of SEI messages, wherein the identifier of each SEI message of the two or more SEI messages is unique among the two or more SEI messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2026
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Benjamin BROSS, Robert SKUPIN, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Thomas WIEGAND, Detlev MARPE
  • Patent number: 12689523
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for checking a data stream on trustworthiness are described. According to an aspect, the data stream indicates, whether a segment is a first segment or whether a segment is a last segment of assigned sequence of segments. According to another aspect, an apparatus for decoding a data stream is configured for deriving, from the data stream, whether a verification chain within a temporal sequence of segments is interrupted at a segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jonathan Pfaff, Tobias Hinz, Karsten Sühring, Heiko Schwarz, Robert Skupin, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20260205307
    Abstract: An apparatus for checking a video data stream on trustworthiness derives a number of substreams of a predetermine temporal segment out of a sequence of temporal segments, in units of which the video data stream is checkable on trustworthiness, and further derives dependency information, which indicates, for the substream, whether the substream is dependent or whether the substream depends on one or more reference substreams. The trustworthiness check is performed by forming a verification stream based on a hash value, which is obtained from a portion of the substream to be verified and based on a reference hash value. If the substream is independent, a hash value derived for a corresponding substream of the preceding temporal segment is used as the reference hash value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Jonathan PFAFF, Tobias HINZ, Karsten SUEHRING, Heiko SCHWARZ, Robert SKUPIN, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Publication number: 20260205306
    Abstract: An apparatus for checking a video data stream on trustworthiness derives a number of substreams of a predetermine temporal segment out of a sequence of temporal segments, units of which the video data stream is checkable on trustworthiness, and further derives dependency information, which indicates, for the substream, whether the substream is dependent or whether the substream depends on one or more reference substreams. The trustworthiness check is performed by forming a verification stream based on a hash value, which is obtained from a portion of the substream to be verified and based on a reference hash value. If the substream is independent, a hash value derived for a corresponding substream of the preceding temporal segment is used as the reference hash value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Jonathan PFAFF, Tobias HINZ, Karsten SÜHRING, Heiko SCHWARZ, Robert SKUPIN, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Patent number: 12684556
    Abstract: Device node of a (cellular) communication system including a base station node and a group of nodes; wherein the device node is configured to determine a field parameter to obtain a field parameter value and to transmit the respective field parameter value to the base station node using type-based multiple access resources; wherein the device node is configured to receive from the base station node information and to enable a type-based multiple access resource communication in response to the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Zoran Utkovski, Johannes Dommel, Thomas Haustein, Lars Thiele, Dennis Wieruch, Baris Goektepe, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge
  • Publication number: 20260197504
    Abstract: A motion-vector wrap-around coding tool may be reliably used, for instance, in the context of segmental video bitstream formation under switching between different video bitstream representations. A video encoder encodes a video and an indication into a data stream, which is valid for a sequence of pictures, and indicates that certain or all Random Access Skipped Leading (RASL) pictures within the sequence of pictures are coded in a manner excluding a predetermined set of one or more coding tools which includes a wrap-around motion compensation tool. A video decoder decodes from a data stream an indication that indicates that certain or all RASL pictures within a sequence of pictures are coded in a manner excluding a predetermined set of one or more coding tools including a wrap-around motion compensation tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Robert SKUPIN, Christian BARTNIK, Adam WIECKOWSKI, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Cornelius HELLGE, Benjamin BROSS, Thomas SCHIERL, Thomas WIEGAND, Detlev MARPE
  • Patent number: 12677304
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a transceiver being configured to participate in at least one communication service provided by a wireless communication network, the transceiver having a communication interface for receiving and/or transmitting communication data pertaining to the at least one communication service. The transceiver is configured to transmit and/or receive the communication data pertaining to the at least one communication service only if at least one of the following predetermined criteria is met: a) the current location of the transceiver is determined to be inside a designated geographical area being related to the at least one communication service, b) the transceiver receives an intimation signal from a second being different to the at least one communication service, c) the transceiver received communication data pertaining to the at least one communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Sarun Selvanesan, Baris Goektepe