Patents by Inventor Marc Ferras Font
Marc Ferras Font 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: 20230215454Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Marc FERRAS FONT, Giorgio FABBRO, Falk-Martin HOFFMANN, Thomas KEMP, Stefan UHLICH
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Publication number: 20230186782Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Falk-Martin HOFFMANN, Giorgio FABBRO, Marc FERRAS FONT, Thomas KEMP, Stefan UHLICH
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Publication number: 20230186937Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Stefan UHLICH, Giorgio FABBRO, Marc FERRAS FONT, Falk-Martin HOFFMANN, Thomas KEMP
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Patent number: 11670292Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to perform a transcript based voice enhancement based on a transcript to obtain an enhanced audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Marc Ferras Font
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Publication number: 20220408212Abstract: An electronic device for a vehicle comprising circuitry configured to obtain information about a planned maneuver of the vehicle; and circuitry configured to determine the position and/or orientation of a sound field based on the information about the planned maneuver of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Franck GIRON, Fabien CARDINAUX, Thomas KEMP, Stefan UHLICH, Marc FERRAS FONT, Andreas SCHWAGER, Patrick PUTZOLU, Michael ENENKL
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Patent number: 11457328Abstract: An electronic device for a vehicle comprising circuitry configured to obtain information about a planned maneuver of the vehicle; and circuitry configured to determine the position and/or orientation of a sound field based on the information about the planned maneuver of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Franck Giron, Fabien Cardinaux, Thomas Kemp, Stefan Uhlich, Marc Ferras Font, Andreas Schwager, Patrick Putzolu, Michael Enenkl
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Patent number: 11265669Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to obtain an audio signal of a first passenger of a vehicle and to control a loudspeaker array to generate at least one virtual sound source that reproduces the audio signal obtained from the first passenger, the virtual sound source being provided for a second passenger.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Marc Ferras Font, Franck Giron, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Andreas Schwager, Stefan Uhlich
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Patent number: 11082792Abstract: An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to generate one or more focused sound sources as virtual loudspeakers of an announcement system.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Marc Ferras Font, Franck Giron, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Andreas Schwager, Stefan Uhlich
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Publication number: 20210006926Abstract: An electronic device for a vehicle comprising circuitry configured to obtain information about a planned maneuver of the vehicle; and circuitry configured to determine the position and/or orientation of a sound field based on the information about the planned maneuver of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Franck GIRON, Fabien CARDINAUX, Thomas KEMP, Stefan UHLICH, Marc FERRAS FONT, Andreas SCHWAGER, Patrick PUTZOLU, Michael ENENKL
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Publication number: 20200404443Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to obtain an audio signal of a first passenger of a vehicle and to control a loudspeaker array to generate at least one virtual sound source that reproduces the audio signal obtained from the first passenger, the virtual sound source being provided for a second passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Fabien CARDINAUX, Michael ENENKL, Marc FERRAS FONT, Franck GIRON, Thomas KEMP, Patrick PUTZOLU, Andreas SCHWAGER, Stefan UHLICH
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Publication number: 20200312322Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to perform a transcript based voice enhancement based on a transcript to obtain an enhanced audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Fabien CARDINAUX, Marc FERRAS FONT
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Patent number: 10764703Abstract: A device for room geometry analysis comprising: a plurality of segments (101-106) built of acoustic metamaterials, each segment (?, ?) acting as a waveguide with a unique transfer function (B(?, ?, ?)); and a processor configured to calculate delays (?(?, ?)) and respective directions (c(?, ?)) of mirror sound sources (721-725) by decomposing a sound signal (?) obtained from a microphone (110) based on the transfer functions (B(?, ?, ?)) of the segments (101-106) and based on a calibration signal (tsp(t)) emitted by a speaker (420).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Franck Giron, Fabien Cardinaux, Thomas Kemp, Stefan Uhlich, Marc Ferras Font, Andreas Schwager, Patrick Putzolu
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Publication number: 20200175959Abstract: An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to generate artificial sound for an electric vehicle, the artificial sound being configured for being easily cancellable, reducible and/or modifiable.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Fabien CARDINAUX, Andreas SCHWAGER, Thomas KEMP, Stefan UHLICH, Marc FERRAS FONT, Franck GIRON, Patrick PUTZOLU
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Patent number: 10650798Abstract: A device for active noise control inside a vehicle, the device comprising a processor (7610) configured to determine a noise wavefield within the vehicle based on noise signals captured by a microphone array (M1-M10); determine the position of the ears of a passenger (P1) based on information obtained from a head tracking sensor (HTU1); capture a noise field inside the vehicle based on information obtained by the microphone array; obtain a noise level at the ears of the passenger (P1) from the noise field; and determine an anti-noise field based on the noise level at the position of the ears of the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Marc Ferras Font, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Stefan Uhlich
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Publication number: 20200145775Abstract: An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to generate one or more focused sound sources as virtual loudspeakers of an announcement system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Fabien CARDINAUX, Michael ENENKL, Marc Ferras Font, Franck GIRON, Thomas KEMP, Patrick PUTZOLU, Andreas SCHWAGER, Stefan UHLICH
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Publication number: 20190304431Abstract: A device for active noise control inside a vehicle, the device comprising a processor (7610) configured to determine a noise wavefield within the vehicle based on noise signals captured by a microphone array (M1-M10); determine the position of the ears of a passenger (P1) based on information obtained from a head tracking sensor (HTU1); capture a noise field inside the vehicle based on information obtained by the microphone array; obtain a noise level at the ears of the passenger (P1) from the noise field; and determine an anti-noise field based on the noise level at the position of the ears of the passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Marc Ferras Font, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Stefan Uhlich
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Publication number: 20190306649Abstract: A device for room geometry analysis comprising: a plurality of segments (101-106) built of acoustic metamaterials, each segment (?, ?) acting as a waveguide with a unique transfer function (B(?, ?, ?)); and a processor configured to calculate delays (?(?, ?)) and respective directions (c(?, ?)) of mirror sound sources (721-725) by decomposing a sound signal (?) obtained from a microphone (110) based on the transfer functions (B(?, ?, ?)) of the segments (101-106) and based on a calibration signal (tsp(t)) emitted by a speaker (420).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Franck Giron, Fabien Cardinaux, Thomas Kemp, Stefan Uhlich, Marc Ferras Font, Andreas Schwager, Patrick Putzolu