Patents by Inventor Falk-Martin HOFFMANN

Falk-Martin HOFFMANN 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).

  • EARPAD COMPRISING ONE OR MORE RESONATORS
    Publication number: 20240139034
    Abstract: An earpad comprising one or more acoustic resonators coupled to a contact face of the earpad that is configured to interface with a user's head, the acoustic resonators being configured to attenuate leakage of parasitic sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Falk-Martin HOFFMANN
  • ACOUSTIC METAMATERIAL DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20240107224
    Abstract: A device comprising: an acoustic metamaterial (AMM), wherein the phase velocity of an acoustic wave is reduced at low frequencies as compared to the phase velocity at higher frequencies; a microphone array (MIC) of at least two microphones (mic1, mic2) embedded in the acoustic metamaterial (AMM) and configured to detect acoustic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Falk-Martin HOFFMANN
  • AUDIO TRANSPOSITION
    Publication number: 20230215454
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to separate by audio source separation a first audio input signal into a first vocal signal and an accompaniment, and to transpose an audio output signal by a transposition value based on a pitch ratio, wherein the pitch ratio is based on comparing a first pitch range of the first vocal signal and a second pitch range of the second vocal signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Marc FERRAS FONT, Giorgio FABBRO, Falk-Martin HOFFMANN, Thomas KEMP, Stefan UHLICH
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230186782
    Abstract: An electronic device having a circuitry configured to perform audio source separation on an audio input signal to obtain a vocals signal and an accompaniment signal and to perform a confidence analysis on a user's voice signal based on the vocals signal to provide guidance to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Falk-Martin HOFFMANN, Giorgio FABBRO, Marc FERRAS FONT, Thomas KEMP, Stefan UHLICH
  • AUDIO SOURCE SEPARATION AND AUDIO DUBBING
    Publication number: 20230186937
    Abstract: An electronic device having a circuitry configured to perform audio source separation on an audio input signal to obtain a separated source and configured to perform audio dubbing on the separated source based on replacement conditions to obtain a personalized separated source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan UHLICH, Giorgio FABBRO, Marc FERRAS FONT, Falk-Martin HOFFMANN, Thomas KEMP