Patents by Inventor Herbert Thomas
Herbert Thomas 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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Publication number: 20240129560Abstract: Audio splicing is rendered more effective by the use of one or more truncation unit packets inserted into the audio data stream so as to indicate to an audio decoder, for a predetermined access unit, an end portion of an audio frame with which the predetermined access unit is associated, as to be discarded in playout.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Herbert THOMA, Robert BLEIDT, Stefan KRAEGELOH, Max NEUENDORF, Achim KUNTZ, Andreas NIEDERMEIER, Michael KRATSCHMER
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Patent number: 11906023Abstract: A gear reducer with a first center sprocket having a first number of teeth and second center sprocket having a second number of teeth are mechanically coupled by a rotor including a plurality of sprockets, wherein minimal inertial mass is overcome while changing the direction of a driven sprocket.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: Herbert Thomas Baumgartner
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Patent number: 11882323Abstract: Audio splicing is rendered more effective by the use of one or more truncation unit packets inserted into the audio data stream so as to indicate to an audio decoder, for a predetermined access unit, an end portion of an audio frame with which the predetermined access unit is associated, as to be discarded in playout.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Herbert Thoma, Robert Bleidt, Stefan Kraegeloh, Max Neuendorf, Achim Kuntz, Andreas Niedermeier, Michael Kratschmer
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Publication number: 20230388565Abstract: Audio video synchronization and alignment or alignment of audio to some other external clock are rendered more effective or easier by treating fragment grid and frame grid as independent values, but, nevertheless, for each fragment the frame grid is aligned to the respective fragment's beginning. A compression effectiveness lost may be kept low when appropriately selecting the fragment size. On the other hand, the alignment of the frame grid with respect to the fragments' beginnings allows for an easy and fragment-synchronized way of handling the fragments in connection with, for example, parallel audio video streaming, bitrate adaptive streaming or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Bernd CZELHAN, Harald FUCHS, Ingo HOFMANN, Herbert THOMA, Stephan SCHREINER
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Publication number: 20230353787Abstract: An apparatus for decoding a sequence of pictures from a data stream is configured for decoding a picture of the sequence by deriving a residual transform signal of the picture from the data stream; combining a residual transform signal with a buffered transform signal approximation of a previous picture of the sequence so as to obtain a transform signal representing the picture, the transform signal having a plurality of transform coefficients; and subjecting the transform signal to a spectral-to-spatial transformation. The apparatus is configured for deriving the buffered transform signal approximation from a further transform signal representing the previous picture so that the buffered transform signal approximation has approximations of further transform coefficients of the further transform signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Thomas RICHTER, Wolfgang HEPPNER, Joachim KEINERT, Siegfried FÖßEL, Herbert THOMA, Christian SCHERL, Christian MINUTH, Bilal AHMED, Nisha BHASKAR, Heiko SPARENBERG
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Publication number: 20230345050Abstract: An apparatus for decoding a sequence of pictures from a data stream is configured for decoding a picture of the sequence by deriving a residual transform signal of the picture from the data stream; combining a residual transform signal with a buffered transform signal approximation of a previous picture of the sequence so as to obtain a transform signal representing the picture, the transform signal having a plurality of transform coefficients; and subjecting the transform signal to a spectral-to-spatial transformation. The apparatus is configured for deriving the buffered transform signal approximation from a further transform signal representing the previous picture so that the buffered transform signal approximation has approximations of further transform coefficients of the further transform signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Thomas RICHTER, Wolfgang HEPPNER, Joachim KEINERT, Siegfried FÖßEL, Herbert THOMA, Christian SCHERL, Christian MINUTH, Bilal AHMED, Nisha BHASKAR, Heiko SPARENBERG
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Patent number: 11765415Abstract: Audio video synchronization and alignment or alignment of audio to some other external clock are rendered more effective or easier by treating fragment grid and frame grid as independent values, but, nevertheless, for each fragment the frame grid is aligned to the respective fragment's beginning. A compression effectiveness lost may be kept low when appropriately selecting the fragment size. On the other hand, the alignment of the frame grid with respect to the fragments' beginnings allows for an easy and fragment-synchronized way of handling the fragments in connection with, for example, parallel audio video streaming, bitrate adaptive streaming or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Bernd Czelhan, Harald Fuchs, Ingo Hofmann, Herbert Thoma, Stephan Schreiner
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Publication number: 20230279933Abstract: A gear reducer with a first center sprocket having a first number of teeth and second center sprocket having a second number of teeth are mechanically coupled by a rotor including a plurality of sprockets, wherein minimal inertial mass is required to be overcome while changing the direction of a driven sprocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventor: Herbert Thomas Baumgartner
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Publication number: 20230264964Abstract: Modified silicas, having the following physicochemical parameters: a CTABmod of <200 m2/g, a BETMP of 50-500 m2/g, a CTABmod-BETMP of <0 m2/g, a carbon content of >0.5% by weight, a modemod from CPS particle size determination of >50 nm, a d75mod from CPS particle size determination of 20-150 nm, a Rmin from Hg pore size determination, pressurized of <10 nm, and a sulfur content of ?1.50% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbHInventors: Herbert THOMA, Dominik MASCHKE, Rainer LAMANN, Roland KRAFCZYK, Andre WEHMEIER, Caren ROEBEN, Olga KUFELT, Anke BLUME
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Patent number: 11736731Abstract: An apparatus for decoding a sequence of pictures from a data stream is configured for decoding a picture of the sequence by deriving a residual transform signal of the picture from the data stream; combining a residual transform signal with a buffered transform signal approximation of a previous picture of the sequence so as to obtain a transform signal representing the picture, the transform signal comprising a plurality of transform coefficients; and subjecting the transform signal to a spectral-to-spatial transformation. The apparatus is configured for deriving the buffered transform signal approximation from a further transform signal representing the previous picture so that the buffered transform signal approximation comprises approximations of further transform coefficients of the further transform signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Thomas Richter, Wolfgang Heppner, Joachim Keinert, Siegfried Fößel, Herbert Thoma, Christian Scherl, Christian Minuth, Bilal Ahmed, Nisha Bhaskar, Heiko Sparenberg
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Publication number: 20230232048Abstract: An apparatus for decoding a sequence of pictures from a data stream is configured for decoding a picture of the sequence by deriving a residual transform signal of the picture from the data stream; combining a residual transform signal with a buffered transform signal approximation of a previous picture of the sequence so as to obtain a transform signal representing the picture, the transform signal comprising a plurality of transform coefficients; and subjecting the transform signal to a spectral-to-spatial transformation. The apparatus is configured for deriving the buffered transform signal approximation from a further transform signal representing the previous picture so that the buffered transform signal approximation comprises approximations of further transform coefficients of the further transform signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Thomas RICHTER, Wolfgang HEPPNER, Joachim KEINERT, Siegfried FÖßEL, Herbert THOMA, Christian SCHERL, Christian MINUTH, Bilal AHMED, Nisha BHASKAR, Heiko SPARENBERG
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Publication number: 20230230283Abstract: There is disclosed an encoder, a decoder, related methods, and non-transitory storage units storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the methods. At an encoder (300), after a spatial transformation stage (304), there is obtained a spatially transformed version (306) of input image information (302) having multiple bands and, for each band, multiple transform band coefficients. After the generation of precincts (311), each comprising transform coefficients covering a predetermined spatial area of the input image information (302), there is provided a component transformation stage (320, 325), to apply one component transformation (CTr) selected (327) out of a plurality of predetermined component transformations, to each band (102?) of each precinct (311). Hence, there is obtained a spatially transformed and color transformed version (323) of the input image information (302), which is subsequently quantized and entropy encoded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Thomas RICHTER, Wolfgang HEPPNER, Joachim KEINERT, Siegfried FÖßEL, Herbert THOMA, Christian SCHERL, Christian MINUTH, Bilal AHMED, Nisha BHASKAR, Heiko SPARENBERG
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Publication number: 20230232047Abstract: An apparatus for decoding a sequence of pictures from a data stream is configured for decoding a picture of the sequence by: deriving a residual transform signal of the picture from the data stream; combining the residual transform signal with a buffered transform signal of a previous picture of the sequence so as to obtain a transform signal of the picture, the transform signal representing the picture in spectral components; and subjecting the transform signal to a spectral-to-spatial transformation, wherein the buffered transform signal comprises a selection out of spectral components representing the previous picture.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Thomas RICHTER, Wolfgang HEPPNER, Joachim KEINERT, Siegfried FÖßEL, Herbert THOMA, Christian SCHERL, Christian MINUTH, Bilal AHMED, Nisha BHASKAR, Heiko SPARENBERG
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Publication number: 20230074155Abstract: Audio splicing is rendered more effective by the use of one or more truncation unit packets inserted into the audio data stream so as to indicate to an audio decoder, for a predetermined access unit, an end portion of an audio frame with which the predetermined access unit is associated, as to be discarded in playout.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Herbert THOMA, Robert BLEIDT, Stefan KRAEGELOH, Max NEUENDORF, Achim KUNTZ, Andreas NIEDERMEIER, Michael KRATSCHMER
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Patent number: 11477497Abstract: Audio splicing is rendered more effective by the use of one or more truncation unit packets inserted into the audio data stream so as to indicate to an audio decoder, for a predetermined access unit, an end portion of an audio frame with which the predetermined access unit is associated, as to be discarded in playout.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Herbert Thoma, Robert Bleidt, Stefan Kraegeloh, Max Neuendorf, Achim Kuntz, Andreas Niedermeier, Michael Kratschmer
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Patent number: 11457232Abstract: A coding efficiency improvement is achieved by performing bit-plane coding in a manner so that coefficient groups for which the set of coded bit-planes is predictively signaled in the datastream, are grouped in two group sets and if a signal is spent in the datastream which signals, for a group set, whether the set of coded bit-planes of all coefficient groups of the respective group set are empty, i.e. all coefficients within the respective group sets are insignificant. In accordance with another aspect, a coding efficiency improvement is achieved by providing bit-plane coding with group-set-wise insignificant signalization according to the first aspect as a coding option alternative relative to the signalization for group sets for which it is signaled that there is no coded prediction residual for the coded bit-planes for the claim groups within the respective group set.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Joachim Keinert, Thomas Richter, Miguel Ángel Martínez Del Amor, Manuel De Frutos López, Christian Scherl, Herbert Thoma, Siegfried Foessel
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Patent number: 11438617Abstract: A coding efficiency improvement is achieved by performing bit-plane coding in a manner so that coefficient groups for which the set of coded bit-planes is predictively signaled in the datastream, are grouped in two group sets and if a signal is spent in the datastream which signals, for a group set, whether the set of coded bit-planes of all coefficient groups of the respective group set are empty, i.e. all coefficients within the respective group sets are insignificant. In accordance with another aspect, a coding efficiency improvement is achieved by providing bit-plane coding with group-set-wise insignificant signalization according to the first aspect as a coding option alternative relative to the signalization for group sets for which it is signaled that there is no coded prediction residual for the coded bit-planes for the claim groups within the respective group set.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Joachim Keinert, Thomas Richter, Miguel Ángel Martínez Del Amor, Manuel De Frutos López, Christian Scherl, Herbert Thoma, Siegfried Foessel
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Patent number: 11413951Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a vehicle coolant circuit. In one example, the coolant circuit includes a heater core isolation valve (HCIV) where a status of the HCIV may be diagnosed by intrusively activating a positive temperature coefficient heater in a cooling loop in which the HCIV is arranged. A response of coolant temperature to heater activation may be used to determine a position of the HCIV.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Sridhar Kalivarapu, Robert Roy Jentz, Athira Vilson, Herbert Thomas Meissner, Sitaram Rejeti
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Publication number: 20220167031Abstract: Audio video synchronization and alignment or alignment of audio to some other external clock are rendered more effective or easier by treating fragment grid and frame grid as independent values, but, nevertheless, for each fragment the frame grid is aligned to the respective fragment's beginning. A compression effectiveness lost may be kept low when appropriately selecting the fragment size. On the other hand, the alignment of the frame grid with respect to the fragments' beginnings allows for an easy and fragment-synchronized way of handling the fragments in connection with, for example, parallel audio video streaming, bitrate adaptive streaming or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Bernd CZELHAN, Harald FUCHS, Ingo HOFMANN, Herbert THOMA, Stephan SCHREINER
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Patent number: D954852Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventor: Herbert Thomas Baumgartner