Patents by Inventor Milan Jelinek

Milan Jelinek 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: 12125492
    Abstract: A stereo sound decoding method and system decode left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, using received encoding parameters comprising encoding parameters of a primary channel, encoding parameters of a secondary channel, and a factor ?. The primary channel encoding parameters comprise LP filter coefficients of the primary channel. The primary channel is decoded in response to the primary channel encoding parameters. The secondary channel is decoded using one of a plurality of coding models, wherein at least one of the coding models uses the primary channel LP filter coefficients to decode the secondary channel. The decoded primary and secondary channels are time domain up-mixed using the factor ? to produce the decoded left and right channels of the stereo sound signal, wherein the factor ? determines respective contributions of the primary and secondary channels upon production of the left and right channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: VOICEAGE COPRORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Patent number: 11056121
    Abstract: A stereo sound encoding method and system, for encoding left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, down mix the left and right channels of the stereo sound signal to produce primary and secondary channels and encode the primary and secondary channels. Encoding the primary channel and encoding the secondary channel comprise determining a first bit budget to encode the primary channel and a second bit budget to encode the secondary channel. If the second bit budget is sufficient, the secondary channel is encoded using a four subframes model and, if the second bit budget is insufficient for using the four subframes model, the secondary channel is encoded using a two subframes model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Patent number: 10984806
    Abstract: A stereo sound encoding method and system for encoding left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, down mix the left and right channels of the stereo sound signal to produce primary and secondary channels, encode the primary channel, and encode the secondary channel. Encoding the secondary channel comprises analyzing coherence between coding parameters calculated during the secondary channel encoding and coding parameters calculated during the primary channel encoding to decide if the coding parameters calculated during the primary channel encoding are sufficiently close to the coding parameters calculated during the secondary channel encoding to be re-used during the secondary channel encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Publication number: 20210027794
    Abstract: A stereo sound decoding method and system decode left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, using received encoding parameters comprising encoding parameters of a primary channel, encoding parameters of a secondary channel, and a factor ?. The primary channel encoding parameters comprise LP filter coefficients of the primary channel. The primary channel is decoded in response to the primary channel encoding parameters. The secondary channel is decoded using one of a plurality of coding models, wherein at least one of the coding models uses the primary channel LP filter coefficients to decode the secondary channel. The decoded primary and secondary channels are time domain up-mixed using the factor ? to produce the decoded left and right channels of the stereo sound signal, wherein the factor ? determines respective contributions of the primary and secondary channels upon production of the left and right channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Patent number: 10839813
    Abstract: A stereo sound decoding method and system decode left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, using received encoding parameters comprising encoding parameters of a primary channel, encoding parameters of a secondary channel, and a factor ?. The primary channel encoding parameters comprise LP filter coefficients of the primary channel. The primary channel is decoded in response to the primary channel encoding parameters. The secondary channel is decoded using one of a plurality of coding models, wherein at least one of the coding models uses the primary channel LP filter coefficients to decode the secondary channel. The decoded primary and secondary channels are time domain up-mixed using the factor ? to produce the decoded left and right channels of the stereo sound signal, wherein the factor ? determines respective contributions of the primary and secondary channels upon production of the left and right channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Patent number: 10573327
    Abstract: A stereo sound signal encoding method and system for time domain down mixing right and left channels of an input stereo sound signal into primary and secondary channels, determine normalised correlations of the left channel and right channel in relation to a monophonic signal version of the sound. A long-term correlation difference is determined on the basis of the normalised correlation of the left channel and the normalized correlation of the right channel. The long-term correlation difference is converted into a factor ?, and the left and right channels are mixed to produce the primary and secondary channels using the factor ?, wherein the factor ? determines respective contributions of the left and right channels upon production of the primary and secondary channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Patent number: 10522157
    Abstract: A method and system are implemented in a stereo sound signal encoding system for time domain down mixing right and left channels of an input stereo sound signal into primary and secondary channels. Correlation of the primary and secondary channels of previous frames is determined, and an out-of-phase condition of the left and right channels is detected based on the correlation of the primary and secondary channels of the previous frames. The left and right channels are time domain down mixed, as a function of the detection, to produce the primary and secondary channels using a factor ?, wherein the factor ? determines respective contributions of the left and right channels upon production of the primary and secondary channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Publication number: 20190237087
    Abstract: A stereo sound encoding method and system for encoding left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, down mix the left and right channels of the stereo sound signal to produce primary and secondary channels, encode the primary channel, and encode the secondary channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: VoiceAge Corporation
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Publication number: 20190228785
    Abstract: A stereo sound signal encoding method and system for time domain down mixing right and left channels of an input stereo sound signal into primary and secondary channels, determine normalised correlations of the left channel and right channel in relation to a monophonic signal version of the sound. A long-term correlation difference is determined on the basis of the normalised correlation of the left channel and the normalized correlation of the right channel. The long-term correlation difference is converted into a factor ?, and the left and right channels are mixed to produce the primary and secondary channels using the factor ?, wherein the factor ? determines respective contributions of the left and right channels upon production of the primary and secondary channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: VoiceAge Corporation
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Publication number: 20190228784
    Abstract: A stereo sound encoding method and system, for encoding left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, down mix the left and right channels of the stereo sound signal to produce primary and secondary channels and encode the primary and secondary channels. Encoding the primary channel and encoding the secondary channel comprise determining a first bit budget to encode the primary channel and a second bit budget to encode the secondary channel. If the second bit budget is sufficient, the secondary channel is encoded using a four subframes model and, if the second bit budget is insufficient for using the four subframes model, the secondary channel is encoded using a two subframes model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: VoiceAge Corporation
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Patent number: 10339940
    Abstract: A stereo sound encoding method and system for encoding left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, down mix the left and right channels of the stereo sound signal to produce primary and secondary channels, encode the primary channel, and encode the secondary channel. Encoding the secondary channel comprises analyzing coherence between coding parameters calculated during the secondary channel encoding and coding parameters calculated during the primary channel encoding to decide if the coding parameters calculated during the primary channel encoding are sufficiently close to the coding parameters calculated during the secondary channel encoding to be re-used during the secondary channel encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: VoiceAge Corporation
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Patent number: 10325606
    Abstract: A stereo sound signal encoding method and system for time domain down mixing right and left channels of an input stereo sound signal into primary and secondary channels, determine normalised correlations of the left channel and right channel in relation to a monophonic signal version of the sound. A long-term correlation difference is determined on the basis of the normalised correlation of the left channel and the normalised correlation of the right channel. The long-term correlation difference is converted into a factor ?, and the left and right channels are mixed to produce the primary and secondary channels using the factor ?, wherein the factor ? determines respective contributions of the left and right channels upon production of the primary and secondary channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: VoiceAge Corporation
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Patent number: 10319385
    Abstract: A stereo sound encoding method and system, for encoding left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, down mix the left and right channels of the stereo sound signal to produce primary and secondary channels and encode the primary and secondary channels. Encoding the primary channel and encoding the secondary channel comprise determining a first bit budget to encode the primary channel and a second bit budget to encode the secondary channel. If the second bit budget is sufficient, the secondary channel is encoded using a four subframes model and, if the second bit budget is insufficient for using the four subframes model, the secondary channel is encoded using a two subframes model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: VoiceAge Corporation
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Publication number: 20180286415
    Abstract: A method and system are implemented in a stereo sound signal encoding system for time domain down mixing right and left channels of an input stereo sound signal into primary and secondary channels. Correlation of the primary and secondary channels of previous frames is determined, and an out-of-phase condition of the left and right channels is detected based on the correlation of the primary and secondary channels of the previous frames. The left and right channels are time domain down mixed, as a function of the detection, to produce the primary and secondary channels using a factor ?, wherein the factor ? determines respective contributions of the left and right channels upon production of the primary and secondary channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy VAILLANCOURT, Milan JELINEK
  • Publication number: 20180277126
    Abstract: A stereo sound encoding method and system for encoding left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, down mix the left and right channels of the stereo sound signal to produce primary and secondary channels, encode the primary channel, and encode the secondary channel. Encoding the secondary channel comprises analyzing coherence between coding parameters calculated during the secondary channel encoding and coding parameters calculated during the primary channel encoding to decide if the coding parameters calculated during the primary channel encoding are sufficiently close to the coding parameters calculated during the secondary channel encoding to be re-used during the secondary channel encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Publication number: 20180268826
    Abstract: A stereo sound decoding method and system decode left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, using received encoding parameters comprising encoding parameters of a primary channel, encoding parameters of a secondary channel, and a factor ?. The primary channel encoding parameters comprise LP filter coefficients of the primary channel. The primary channel is decoded in response to the primary channel encoding parameters. The secondary channel is decoded using one of a plurality of coding models, wherein at least one of the coding models uses the primary channel LP filter coefficients to decode the secondary channel. The decoded primary and secondary channels are time domain up-mixed using the factor ? to produce the decoded left and right channels of the stereo sound signal, wherein the factor ? determines respective contributions of the primary and secondary channels upon production of the left and right channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Publication number: 20180261231
    Abstract: A stereo sound signal encoding method and system for time domain down mixing right and left channels of an input stereo sound signal into primary and secondary channels, determine normalised correlations of the left channel and right channel in relation to a monophonic signal version of the sound. A long-term correlation difference is determined on the basis of the normalised correlation of the left channel and the normalised correlation of the right channel. The long-term correlation difference is converted into a factor ?, and the left and right channels are mixed to produce the primary and secondary channels using the factor ?, wherein the factor ? determines respective contributions of the left and right channels upon production of the primary and secondary channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Publication number: 20180233154
    Abstract: A stereo sound encoding method and system, for encoding left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, down mix the left and right channels of the stereo sound signal to produce primary and secondary channels and encode the primary and secondary channels. Encoding the primary channel and encoding the secondary channel comprise determining a first bit budget to encode the primary channel and a second bit budget to encode the secondary channel. If the second bit budget is sufficient, the secondary channel is encoded using a four subframes model and, if the second bit budget is insufficient for using the four subframes model, the secondary channel is encoded using a two subframes model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Patent number: 9870781
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and method for reducing quantization noise in a sound signal contained in a time-domain excitation decoded by a time-domain decoder. A future frame time-domain excitation is evaluated based on the decoded time-domain excitation. A concatenated time-domain excitation is produced from the decoded time-domain excitation of the time-domain excitation of the future frame and is converted into a frequency-domain excitation. A weighting mask is produced for retrieving spectral information lost in the quantization noise. The frequency-domain excitation is modified to increase spectral dynamics by application of the weighting mask. The modified frequency-domain excitation is converted into a modified time-domain excitation. The latter conversion is delay-less. In an embodiment, the weighting mask may be produced using time averaging or frequency averaging or a combination of time and frequency averaging of the frequency-domain excitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: VOICEAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tommy Vaillancourt, Milan Jelinek
  • Publication number: 20160300582
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and method for reducing quantization noise in a sound signal contained in a time-domain excitation decoded by a time-domain decoder. A future frame time-domain excitation is evaluated based on the decoded time-domain excitation. A concatenated time-domain excitation is produced from the decoded time-domain excitation of the time-domain excitation of the future frame and is converted into a frequency-domain excitation. A weighting mask is produced for retrieving spectral information lost in the quantization noise. The frequency-domain excitation is modified to increase spectral dynamics by application of the weighting mask. The modified frequency-domain excitation is converted into a modified time-domain excitation. The latter conversion is delay-less. In an embodiment, the weighting mask may be produced using time averaging or frequency averaging or a combination of time and frequency averaging of the frequency-domain excitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Tommy VAILLANCOURT, Milan JELINEK