Patents by Inventor Holger SCHWENK

Holger SCHWENK 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: 20230186035
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first utterance of a content by a first speaker, generating first discrete speech units from the first utterance based on a speech-learning model, wherein each of the first discrete speech units is associated with a speech cluster, accessing second utterances of the content by second speakers different from the first speaker, and training a speech normalizer by processing each of the second utterances using the speech normalizer to generate second discrete speech units and updating the speech normalizer by using the first discrete speech units as an optimization target for the second discrete speech units associated with each of the second utterances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Ann Lee, Peng-Jen Chen, Holger Schwenk, Jiatao Gu, Wei-Ning Hsu
  • Patent number: 11300591
    Abstract: For contactless current measurement at a first primary conductor that is configured to conduct a first primary current having a first current strength, and at a second primary conductor that is configured to conduct a second primary current having a second current strength, a ring-shaped magnetic core that encircles the first primary conductor and the second primary conductor detects the total magnetic field in the magnetic core and generates from the total magnetic field detected in the magnetic core a signal corresponding to the superposition of the first current strength and the second current strength. The first or second magnetic field component or individually both are also detected, and from the detected first or second magnetic field component or from both, a signal corresponding to the first current strength or a signal corresponding to the second current strength or both are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Boettcher, Holger Schwenk
  • Publication number: 20190178916
    Abstract: For contactless current measurement at a first primary conductor that is configured to conduct a first primary current having a first current strength, and at a second primary conductor that is configured to conduct a second primary current having a second current strength, a ring-shaped magnetic core that encircles the first primary conductor and the second primary conductor detects the total magnetic field in the magnetic core and generates from the total magnetic field detected in the magnetic core a signal corresponding to the superposition of the first current strength and the second current strength. The first or second magnetic field component or individually both are also detected, and from the detected first or second magnetic field component or from both, a signal corresponding to the first current strength or a signal corresponding to the second current strength or both are generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen BOETTCHER, Holger SCHWENK
  • Patent number: 9846181
    Abstract: A current sensor arrangement for measuring an effective primary current in a primary conductor having a magnetic core for magnetic coupling of the primary conductor to a secondary conductor and a controlled voltage source connected to the secondary conductor and configured to apply a voltage with adjustable polarity to the secondary conductor so that a secondary current passes through the secondary conductor. A measurement and control unit is coupled to the secondary conductor and configured to generate a measuring signal that represents the secondary current, to continuously detect the occurrence of magnetic saturation in the core, and to reverse the polarity of the voltage upon the detection thereof in order to reverse magnetization of the core. Furthermore, the measurement and control unit is configured to evaluate a spectrum of the measuring signal and determine a frequency of a current passing through the primary conductor based on the spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Boettcher, Holger Schwenk
  • Publication number: 20160033555
    Abstract: A current sensor arrangement for measuring an effective primary current in a primary conductor having a magnetic core for magnetic coupling of the primary conductor to a secondary conductor and a controlled voltage source connected to the secondary conductor and configured to apply a voltage with adjustable polarity to the secondary conductor so that a secondary current passes through the secondary conductor. A measurement and control unit is coupled to the secondary conductor and configured to generate a measuring signal that represents the secondary current, to continuously detect the occurrence of magnetic saturation in the core, and to reverse the polarity of the voltage upon the detection thereof in order to reverse magnetization of the core. Furthermore, the measurement and control unit is configured to evaluate a spectrum of the measuring signal and determine a frequency of a current passing through the primary conductor based on the spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Steffen BOETTCHER, Holger SCHWENK
  • Publication number: 20150293153
    Abstract: A current sensor arrangement for measuring an effective primary current in a primary conductor is described. The current sensor arrangement comprises a magnetic core for the magnetic connection of the primary conductor to a secondary conductor, as well as a controlled voltage source that is connected to the secondary conductor and configured to apply a voltage with adjustable polarity to the secondary conductor. As a result of this, a secondary current flows through the secondary conductor. A measurement and control unit connected to the secondary conductor is configured to generate a measurement signal representing a secondary current and to continuously detect the achievement of a magnetic saturation in the core. In the case of detection of a magnetic saturation of the core, the polarity of the voltage is reversed in order to reversely magnetize the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Steffen BOETTCHER, Holger SCHWENK