Patents by Inventor Erfan Soltanmohammadi

Erfan Soltanmohammadi 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: 9877107
    Abstract: An audio processing circuit comprises an analyzer circuit that includes a plurality of energy detector units, and an equalizer circuit that includes a plurality of equalization filters. The equalizer circuit is coupled with the analyzer circuit. The analyzer circuit is configured to receive an audio signal, obtain sub-bands of the audio signal using the energy detector units, measure energy of each sub-band, compare the energy of each sub-band to a threshold energy value and, based on the comparison, determine parameters for an equalization filter for processing the sub-band. The equalizer circuit is configured to receive the audio signal concurrently with reception of the audio signal by the analyzer circuit, obtain the sub-bands using the equalization filters, receive the parameters for the equalization filters from the analyzer circuit, equalize each sub-band by applying the parameters corresponding to the sub-band, and generate an output audio signal that includes the equalized sub-bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Painter, Erfan Soltanmohammadi, Kapil Jain
  • Publication number: 20170111737
    Abstract: An audio processing circuit comprises an analyzer circuit that includes a plurality of energy detector units, and an equalizer circuit that includes a plurality of equalization filters. The equalizer circuit is coupled with the analyzer circuit. The analyzer circuit is configured to receive an audio signal, obtain sub-bands of the audio signal using the energy detector units, measure energy of each sub-band, compare the energy of each sub-band to a threshold energy value and, based on the comparison, determine parameters for an equalization filter for processing the sub-band. The equalizer circuit is configured to receive the audio signal concurrently with reception of the audio signal by the analyzer circuit, obtain the sub-bands using the equalization filters, receive the parameters for the equalization filters from the analyzer circuit, equalize each sub-band by applying the parameters corresponding to the sub-band, and generate an output audio signal that includes the equalized sub-bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Painter, Erfan Soltanmohammadi, Kapil Jain
  • Patent number: 9553564
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with converting an input signal into an output signal with a different sampling rate. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a feedforward circuit configured to receive the input signal comprised of discrete data samples with the first sampling rate and to generate a first intermediate value based, at least in part, on a feedforward coefficient and the input signal. The apparatus includes a feedback circuit configured to generate a second intermediate value that is based, at least in part, on a feedback coefficient and a predetermined number of previous samples of the output signal. The apparatus includes a signal combiner configured to combine the first intermediate value and the second intermediate value together to interpolate a data sample of the output signal at the second sampling rate. The output signal is a converted form of the input signal at the second sampling rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Erfan Soltanmohammadi, Kapil Jain