Patents by Inventor Michael Enenkl

Michael Enenkl 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: 11968518
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to an apparatus comprising circuitry configured to: determine a loudspeaker dependent spread factor for at least one individual loudspeaker of a loudspeaker arrangement, wherein the loudspeaker dependent spread factor depends on a specification of the at least one individual loudspeaker; and 5 control the outputs of the loudspeakers of the loudspeaker arrangement based on the loudspeaker dependent spread factor for the at least one individual loudspeaker to generate at least one virtual sound source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Franck Giron, Michael Enenkl
  • Patent number: 11966660
    Abstract: It is disclosed a method comprising obtaining a target spectrum, obtaining a set of non-target spectra, the set of non-target spectra comprising one or more non-target spectra, summing the target spectrum and the set of non-target spectra to obtain a mixture spectrum, and training an artificial neural network by using the mixture spectrum as input of the neural network and by using a spectrum which is based on the target spectrum as desired output of the artificial neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Franck Giron, Thomas Kemp, Stefan Uhlich
  • Patent number: 11935552
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to perform (402; 702; 1204) source separation (201) based on a received audio input to obtain a separated source, to perform onset detection (202) on the separated source to obtain an onset detection signal and to mix (405; 706; 1207) the audio signal with the separated source based on the onset detection signal to obtain an enhanced separated source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan Uhlich, Michael Enenkl
  • Publication number: 20230269552
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to receive an audio mixture signal and side information related to sources present in the audio mixture signal, perform audio source separation on the audio mixture to obtain separated sources, and generate respective virtual audio objects based on the separated sources and the side information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Michael ENENKL, Stefan UHLICH, Giorgio FABBRO
  • Publication number: 20230057082
    Abstract: An electronic device having circuitry configured to perform source separation on an audio signal to obtain a separated source and a residual signal, to perform feature extraction on the separated source to obtain one or more processing parameters, and to perform audio processing on a captured audio signal based on the one or more processing parameters to obtain an adjusted separated source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Giorgio FABBRO, Stefan UHLICH, Michael ENENKL, Thomas KEMP
  • Publication number: 20220408212
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Franck GIRON, Fabien CARDINAUX, Thomas KEMP, Stefan UHLICH, Marc FERRAS FONT, Andreas SCHWAGER, Patrick PUTZOLU, Michael ENENKL
  • Patent number: 11457328
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Franck Giron, Fabien Cardinaux, Thomas Kemp, Stefan Uhlich, Marc Ferras Font, Andreas Schwager, Patrick Putzolu, Michael Enenkl
  • Publication number: 20220182776
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to an apparatus comprising circuitry configured to: determine a loudspeaker dependent spread factor for at least one individual loudspeaker of a loudspeaker arrangement, wherein the loudspeaker dependent spread factor depends on a specification of the at least one individual loudspeaker; and 5 control the outputs of the loudspeakers of the loudspeaker arrangement based on the loudspeaker dependent spread factor for the at least one individual loudspeaker to generate at least one virtual sound source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Franck GIRON, Michael ENENKL
  • Publication number: 20220101821
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising a circuitry configured to perform (402; 602; 902; 1002) blind source separation (201) based on a received input signal (1) to obtain separated sources; to perform (403; 605; 906; 1005) time-domain filtering (202) on at least one of the separated sources to obtain at least one filtered separated source; and to perform (404; 606; 907; 1006) remixing or upmixing (203) based on the at least one filtered separated source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan UHLICH, Michael ENENKL
  • Publication number: 20220076687
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to perform (402; 702; 1204) source separation (201) based on a received audio input to obtain a separated source, to perform onset detection (202) on the separated source to obtain an onset detection signal and to mix (405; 706; 1207) the audio signal with the separated source based on the onset detection signal to obtain an enhanced separated source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan UHLICH, Michael ENENKL
  • Patent number: 11265669
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Marc Ferras Font, Franck Giron, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Andreas Schwager, Stefan Uhlich
  • Patent number: 11082792
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to generate one or more focused sound sources as virtual loudspeakers of an announcement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Marc Ferras Font, Franck Giron, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Andreas Schwager, Stefan Uhlich
  • Patent number: 11044292
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which has a receiver configured to receive a media stream from a broadcast source and a circuitry. The circuitry is configured to obtain a specific media content included in the received media stream from a second source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Enenkl, Thomas Kemp
  • Patent number: 11012788
    Abstract: A loudspeaker system comprising a diaphragm (101) and an electrostatic foil (108) mounted on top of the diaphragm (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Enenkl, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Stefan Uhlich
  • Patent number: 10924849
    Abstract: Provided is a sound source separation device that includes a combining unit that combines a first sound source separation signal of a predetermined sound source, the first sound source separation signal being separated from a mixed sound signal by a first sound source separation system, with a second sound source separation signal of the sound source, the second sound source separation signal being separated from the mixed sound signal by a second sound source separation system that differs in separation performance from the first sound source separation system in predetermined units of time, and that outputs a sound source separation signal obtained by the combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Takahashi, Yuhki Mitsufuji, Stefan Uhlich, Michael Enenkl, Thomas Kemp
  • Publication number: 20210006926
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Franck GIRON, Fabien CARDINAUX, Thomas KEMP, Stefan UHLICH, Marc FERRAS FONT, Andreas SCHWAGER, Patrick PUTZOLU, Michael ENENKL
  • Publication number: 20200404443
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fabien CARDINAUX, Michael ENENKL, Marc FERRAS FONT, Franck GIRON, Thomas KEMP, Patrick PUTZOLU, Andreas SCHWAGER, Stefan UHLICH
  • Patent number: 10701477
    Abstract: A loudspeaker comprising an acoustic waveguide (210), the acoustic waveguide (210) being configured to change its shape in order to change the directivity of sound emitted by the loudspeaker
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Enenkl, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Andreas Schwager
  • Publication number: 20200159490
    Abstract: It is disclosed a method comprising obtaining a target spectrum, obtaining a set of non-target spectra, the set of non-target spectra comprising one or more non-target spectra, summing the target spectrum and the set of non-target spectra to obtain a mixture spectrum, and training an artificial neural network by using the mixture spectrum as input of the neural network and by using a spectrum which is based on the target spectrum as desired output of the artificial neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fabien CARDINAUX, Michael ENENKL, Franck GIRON, Thomas KEMP, Stefan UHLICH
  • Patent number: 10650798
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Marc Ferras Font, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Stefan Uhlich