Patents by Inventor Markus Schubert

Markus Schubert 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: 11929084
    Abstract: An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal has: a first encoding processor for encoding a first audio signal portion in a frequency domain, having: a time frequency converter for converting the first audio signal portion into a frequency domain representation; an analyzer for analyzing the frequency domain representation to determine first spectral portions to be encoded with a first spectral resolution and second regions to be encoded with a second resolution; and a spectral encoder for encoding the first spectral portions with the first spectral resolution and encoding the second portions with the second resolution; a second encoding processor for encoding a second different audio signal portion in the time domain; a controller for analyzing and determining, which portion of the audio signal is the first audio signal portion encoded in the frequency domain and which portion is the second audio signal portion encoded in the time domain; and an encoded signal former for forming an encoded audio signal havi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sascha Disch, Martin Dietz, Markus Multrus, Guillaume Fuchs, Emmanuel Ravelli, Matthias Neusinger, Markus Schnell, Benjamin Schubert, Bernhard Grill
  • Patent number: 11922961
    Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information includes a linear-prediction-domain decoder configured to provide a first decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a linear prediction domain, a frequency domain decoder configured to provide a second decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain, and a transition processor. The transition processor is configured to obtain a zero-input-response of a linear predictive filtering, wherein an initial state of the linear predictive filtering is defined depending on the first decoded audio information and the second decoded audio information, and modify the second decoded audio information depending on the zero-input-response, to obtain a smooth transition between the first and the modified second decoded audio information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Ravelli, Guillaume Fuchs, Sascha Disch, Markus Multrus, Grzegorz Pietrzyk, Benjamin Schubert
  • Patent number: 11915712
    Abstract: An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal includes: a first encoding processor for encoding a first audio signal portion in a frequency domain, wherein the first encoding processor includes: a time frequency converter for converting the first audio signal portion into a frequency domain representation having spectral lines up to a maximum frequency of the first audio signal portion; a spectral encoder for encoding the frequency domain representation; a second encoding processor for encoding a second different audio signal portion in the time domain; a cross-processor for calculating, from the encoded spectral representation of the first audio signal portion, initialization data of the second encoding processor, so that the second encoding processing is initialized to encode the second audio signal portion immediately following the first audio signal portion in time in the audio signal; a controller configured for analyzing the audio signal and for determining, which portion of the audio signal is the firs
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sascha Disch, Martin Dietz, Markus Multrus, Guillaume Fuchs, Emmanuel Ravelli, Matthias Neusinger, Markus Schnell, Benjamin Schubert, Bernhard Grill
  • Patent number: 10566615
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a battery preparing a first electrode by providing a substrate and depositing onto the substrate at least one silicon-based semiconductor layer of a specific porosity, in particular a doped micro-crystalline silicon layer that may comprise additions of Ge, Sn and/or C; treating the semiconductor layer using laser radiation for fully or partially varying the porosity, in particular by increasing the porosity of active regions for accommodating ions, in particular lithium-ions, or for reducing the porosity of inactive regions, for decreasing the ion-absorption capacity; arranging the first electrode together with a second electrode and an electrolyte within a housing; and contacting the two electrodes and connecting with external terminals accessible from outside the housing. Also disclosed is a battery made according to the disclosed method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Universitaet Stuttgart
    Inventors: Juergen H. Werner, Markus Schubert, Juergen Koehler, Ahmed Garamoun, Christian Saemann
  • Publication number: 20190226909
    Abstract: A measuring method and a measuring device for the spatially resolved measurement of radiation signals, in particular light signals, wherein RIfS-measurements can be carried out. At least two locations are imaged onto a detector in a spatially resolved manner by means of a spatial modulator, and either by means of a Hadamard transformation the intensity difference is calculated between the two locations from the detected signal by modulating the locations using the same Hadamard sequence, wherein one of the Hadamard sequences at one location is inverted compared to the other sequence at the respective other location, or the intensity difference between the two locations is calculated from the signal detected from the two locations with the same frequency by means of a Fourier transformation, wherein the signals are amplitude-modulated, but phase-shifted relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Marcel BERNER, Sascha KOCH, Urs HILBIG, Markus SCHUBERT, Günter GAUGLITZ
  • Patent number: 10307741
    Abstract: The invention relates to shaped catalyst bodies for the oxidation of SO2 to SO3, which comprise vanadium, at least one alkali metal and sulfate on a silicon dioxide support material, wherein the shaped body has the shape of a cylinder having 3 or 4 hollow-cylindrical convexities, obtainable by extrusion of a catalyst precursor composition comprising vanadium, at least one alkali metal and sulfate on a silicon dioxide support material through the opening of an extrusion tool, wherein the opening of the extrusion tool has a cross section formed by 3 or 4 partly overlapping rings whose midpoints lie essentially on a circular line having a diameter of y, wherein the rings are bounded by an outer line lying on a circle having an external diameter x1 and an inner line lying on a circle having an internal diameter x2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Philipp Grüne, Christian Walsdorff, Markus Schubert, Holger Borchert, Jacob Cornelis Van Dorland, Jürgen Zühlke, Stefan Lipp, Michael Krämer
  • Publication number: 20180104674
    Abstract: The invention relates to shaped catalyst bodies for the oxidation of SO2 to SO3, which comprise vanadium, at least one alkali metal and sulfate on a silicon dioxide support material, wherein the shaped body has the shape of a cylinder having 3 or 4 hollow-cylindrical convexities, obtainable by extrusion of a catalyst precursor composition comprising vanadium, at least one alkali metal and sulfate on a silicon dioxide support material through the opening of an extrusion tool, wherein the opening of the extrusion tool has a cross section formed by 3 or 4 partly overlapping rings whose midpoints lie essentially on a circular line having a diameter of y, wherein the rings are bounded by an outer line lying on a circle having an external diameter x1 and an inner line lying on a circle having an internal diameter x2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: PHILIPP GRÜNE, Christian WALSDORFF, Markus SCHUBERT, Holger BORCHERT, Jacob Cornelis VAN DORLAND, Jürgen ZÜHLKE, Stefan LIPP, Michael KRÄMER
  • Patent number: 9878906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a porous metal-organic framework by reacting at least one metal compound in which the metal is Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Al, Ga or In with at least one at least bidentate organic compound and also the use of such porous metal-organic frameworks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Ulrich Mueller, Markus Tonigold, Roger Ruetz
  • Patent number: 9868713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst system for oxidation of o-xylene and/or naphthalene to phthalic anhydride (PA), comprising a plurality of catalyst zones arranged in succession in the reaction tube, which have been produced using antimony trioxide comprising a noticeable proportion of senarmontite wherein some of the primary crystallites have a size of less than 200 nm. The present invention further relates to a process for gas phase oxidation, in which a gas stream comprising at least one hydrocarbon and molecular oxygen is passed through a catalyst system which comprises a plurality of catalyst zones arranged in succession in the reaction tube and which has been produced using an antimony trioxide comprising a noticeable proportion of senarmontite wherein some of the primary crystallites have a size of less than 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nico F. Fischer, Diana C. Galeano Nunez, Michael Krämer, Markus Schubert, Jürgen Zühlke, Hans-Martin Allmann
  • Publication number: 20170008866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst system for oxidation of o-xylene and/or naphthalene to phthalic anhydride (PA), comprising a plurality of catalyst zones arranged in succession in the reaction tube, which have been produced using antimony trioxide comprising a noticeable proportion of senarmontite wherein some of the primary crystallites have a size of less than 200 nm. The present invention further relates to a process for gas phase oxidation, in which a gas stream comprising at least one hydrocarbon and molecular oxygen is passed through a catalyst system which comprises a plurality of catalyst zones arranged in succession in the reaction tube and which has been produced using an antimony trioxide comprising a noticeable proportion of senarmontite wherein some of the primary crystallites have a size of less than 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Nico F. FISCHER, Diana C. GALEANO NUNEZ, Michael KRÄMER, Markus SCHUBERT, Jürgen ZÜHLKE, Hans-Martin ALLMANN
  • Publication number: 20160301068
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a battery preparing a first electrode by providing a substrate and depositing onto the substrate at least one silicon-based semiconductor layer of a specific porosity, in particular a doped micro-crystalline silicon layer that may comprise additions of Ge, Sn and/or C; treating the semiconductor layer using laser radiation for fully or partially varying the porosity, in particular by increasing the porosity of active regions for accommodating ions, in particular lithium-ions, or for reducing the porosity of inactive regions, for decreasing the ion-absorption capacity; arranging the first electrode together with a second electrode and an electrolyte within a housing; and contacting the two electrodes and connecting with external terminals accessible from outside the housing. Also disclosed is a battery made according to the disclosed method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Juergen H. WERNER, Markus SCHUBERT, Juergen KOEHLER, Ahmed GARAMOUN, Christian SAEMANN
  • Patent number: 8734652
    Abstract: Porous metal organic frameworks formed by AlIII ions to which fumarate ions are coordinated to produce a framework structure; shaped bodies comprising such porous metal organic frameworks, and also the preparation and use thereof for the uptake of a substance for the purposes of its storage, controlled release, separation, chemical reaction or as support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christoph Kiener, Ulrich Müller, Markus Schubert
  • Patent number: 8658849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the separation of at least one unbranched C4-C2O hydrocarbon from a fluid mixture containing the unbranched hydrocarbon and at least one branched isomer of the unbranched hydrocarbon, which comprises the step of—contacting the fluid mixture with an adsorbent comprising a porous metal organic framework material, which material comprises at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinately bound to at least one metal ion, to get the unbranched hydrocarbon adsorbed, wherein the at least one at least bidentate organic compound is a monocyclic, bicyclic or polycyclic ring system which is derived from at least one heterocycle selected from the group consisting of pyrrole, alpha-pyridone and gamma-pyridone and has at least two ring nitrogens and is unsubstituted or bears one or more substituents selected independently from the group consisting of halogen, Ci-6-alkyl, phenyl, NH2, NH(d-6-alkyl), N(C1-6-alkyl)2, OH, Ophenyl and OCi-6-alkyl, where the substituents
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Ulrich Mueller, Christoph Kiener, Ingo Richter, William Dolan, Frank Poplow
  • Patent number: 8648002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous metal organic framework comprising a bidentate organic compound coordinated to a metal ion selected from the group of metals consisting of Al, Fe and Cr, with the bidentate organic compound being derived from a dicarboxylic acid, wherein the framework has a structure whose projection along [001] has a pattern in which each side of a hexagon is bounded by a triangle. The present invention further relates to shaped bodies and a process for preparing the porous metal organic framework and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Ulrich Müller, Stefan Marx
  • Patent number: 8603225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous metal-organic framework material comprising a bidentate organic compound bound by coordination to a metal ion, the metal ion being AlIII and the bidentate organic compound being 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate, wherein the X-ray diffractogram (XRD) of the framework material has a first reflection in the range from 6.5°<2?<7.5° and a second reflection in the range from 13.8°<2?<15.0°, the area of the first reflection being greatest in relation to the area of all reflections in the range from 2°<2?<70° and the area of the second reflection being second greatest, and the sum of the areas of the first and second reflections giving at least 50% in relation to the total area of all reflections in the range from 2°<2?<70°. The invention further relates to shaped bodies comprising such a framework material, processes for production of the framework material and also to the use of the framework material or of the proposed shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Ulrich Mueller, Stefan Marx, Christoph Kiener, James Reuben Brown, Gerhard Krennrich
  • Patent number: 8563464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a porous metal-organic framework material comprising at least one, at least bidentate, organic compound bound to at least one metal ion by coordination, the at least one metal ion, the at least one, at least bidentate, organic compound, or if appropriate a further component, being a coloring component, as sorbent and for permanent color marking of a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Ulrich Mueller, Christoph Kiener, Marcus Guzmann, Juergen Huff, Joerg Pastre
  • Patent number: 8530717
    Abstract: A process for the industrial isolation of propene from a gas stream comprising at least propene and propane, which involves contacting of the gas stream with an adsorbent having a porous metal organic framework having at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinated to at least one metal ion, with the adsorbent becoming laden with propane and the gas stream therefore having an increased proportion of propene, wherein the W least bidentate organic compound is an imidazolate which is unsubstituted or has one or more substituents selected independently from of halogen, C1-6-alkyl, phenyl, NH2, NH(C1-6-alkyl), N(C1-6-alkyl)2, OH, O-phenyl and O—C1-6-alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Ingo Richter, Ulrich Mueller, Frank Poplow, William Dolan, Christoph Kiener
  • Patent number: 8518264
    Abstract: A method comprising (i) providing a metal organic framework formed by AlIII ions to which fumarate ions are coordinated to produce a porous framework structure, (ii) bringing a substance into contact with the metal organic framework such that the substance is uptaken by the porous metal organic framework to provide storage of or controlled release of, the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christoph Kiener, Ulrich Müller, Markus Schubert
  • Patent number: 8501150
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a metal oxide by heating a porous metal-organic framework material, the framework material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound bound to at least one metal ion by coordination, and the metal ion being selected from the metals comprising groups 2 to 4 and 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, above the complete decomposition temperature of the framework material, and also to metal oxides obtainable by this method, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Ulrich Müller, Natalia Trukhan
  • Publication number: 20130165687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous metal organic framework comprising a bidentate organic compound coordinated to a metal ion selected from the group of metals consisting of Al, Fe and Cr, with the bidentate organic compound being derived from a dicarboxylic acid, wherein the framework has a structure whose projection along [001] has a pattern in which each side of a hexagon is bounded by a triangle. The present invention further relates to shaped bodies and a process for preparing the porous metal organic framework and its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Markus SCHUBERT, Ulrich Mueller, Stefan Marx