Patents by Inventor Nikolaus Faerber
Nikolaus Faerber 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: 20230335146Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Daniel FISCHER, Bernd CZELHAN, Max NEUENDORF, Nikolaus RETTELBACH, Ingo HOFMANN, Harald FUCHS, Stefan DOEHLA, Nikolaus FAERBER
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Patent number: 11670314Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Daniel Fischer, Bernd Czelhan, Max Neuendorf, Nikolaus Rettelbach, Ingo Hofmann, Harald Fuchs, Stefan Doehla, Nikolaus Faerber
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Patent number: 11423919Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Daniel Fischer, Bernd Czelhan, Max Neuendorf, Nikolaus Rettelbach, Ingo Hofmann, Harald Fuchs, Stefan Doehla, Nikolaus Faerber
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Publication number: 20220215850Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Daniel FISCHER, Bernd CZELHAN, Max NEUENDORF, Nikolaus RETTELBACH, Ingo HOFMANN, Harald FUCHS, Stefan DOEHLA, Nikolaus FAERBER
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Publication number: 20210233553Abstract: A time scaler for providing a time scaled version of an input audio signal is configured to compute or estimate a quality of a time scaled version of the input audio signal obtainable by a time scaling of the input audio signal. The time scaler is configured to perform the time scaling of the input audio signal in dependence on the computation or estimation of the quality of the time scaled version of the input audio signal obtainable by the time scaling. An audio decoder has such a time scaler.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Stefan REUSCHL, Stefan DOEHLA, Jérémie LECOMTE, Manuel JANDER, Nikolaus FAERBER
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Patent number: 10984817Abstract: A time scaler for providing a time scaled version of an input audio signal is configured to compute or estimate a quality of a time scaled version of the input audio signal obtainable by a time scaling of the input audio signal. The time scaler is configured to perform the time scaling of the input audio signal in dependence on the computation or estimation of the quality of the time scaled version of the input audio signal obtainable by the time scaling. An audio decoder has such a time scaler.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Stefan Reuschl, Stefan Doehla, Jérémie Lecomte, Manuel Jander, Nikolaus Faerber
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Publication number: 20200234726Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Daniel FISCHER, Bernd CZELHAN, Max NEUENDORF, Nikolaus RETTELBACH, Ingo HOFMANN, Harald FUCHS, Stefan DOEHLA, Nikolaus FAERBER
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Patent number: 10614824Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Daniel Fischer, Bernd Czelhan, Max Neuendorf, Nikolaus Rettelbach, Ingo Hofmann, Harald Fuchs, Stefan Doehla, Nikolaus Faerber
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Publication number: 20190156844Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Daniel FISCHER, Bernd Czelhan, Max Neuendorf, Nikolaus Rettelbach, Ingo Hofmann, Harald Fuchs, Stefan Doehla, Nikolaus Faerber
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Publication number: 20190147901Abstract: A time scaler for providing a time scaled version of an input audio signal is configured to compute or estimate a quality of a time scaled version of the input audio signal obtainable by a time scaling of the input audio signal. The time scaler is configured to perform the time scaling of the input audio signal in dependence on the computation or estimation of the quality of the time scaled version of the input audio signal obtainable by the time scaling. An audio decoder has such a time scaler.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Stefan REUSCHL, Stefan DOEHLA, Jeremie LECOMTE, Manuel JANDER, Nikolaus FAERBER
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Patent number: 10229694Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Daniel Fischer, Bernd Czelhan, Max Neuendorf, Nikolaus Rettelbach, Ingo Hofmann, Harald Fuchs, Stefan Doehla, Nikolaus Faerber
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Patent number: 10204640Abstract: A time scaler for providing a time scaled version of an input audio signal is configured to compute or estimate a quality of a time scaled version of the input audio signal obtainable by a time scaling of the input audio signal. The time scaler is configured to perform the time scaling of the input audio signal in dependence on the computation or estimation of the quality of the time scaled version of the input audio signal obtainable by the time scaling. An audio decoder has such a time scaler.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Stefan Reuschl, Stefan Doehla, Jeremie Lecomte, Manuel Jander, Nikolaus Faerber
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Publication number: 20180197556Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Daniel FISCHER, Bernd CZELHAN, Max NEUENDORF, Nikolaus RETTELBACH, Ingo HOFMANN, Harald FUCHS, Stefan DOEHLA, Nikolaus FAERBER
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Patent number: 9928845Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Daniel Fischer, Bernd Czelhan, Max Neuendorf, Nikolaus Rettelbach, Ingo Hofmann, Harald Fuchs, Stefan Doehla, Nikolaus Faerber
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Publication number: 20160232910Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Daniel FISCHER, Bernd CZELHAN, Max NEUENDORF, Nikolaus RETTELBACH, Ingo HOFMANN, Harald FUCHS, Stefan DOEHLA, Nikolaus FAERBER
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Publication number: 20160171990Abstract: A time scaler for providing a time scaled version of an input audio signal is configured to compute or estimate a quality of a time scaled version of the input audio signal obtainable by a time scaling of the input audio signal. The time scaler is configured to perform the time scaling of the input audio signal in dependence on the computation or estimation of the quality of the time scaled version of the input audio signal obtainable by the time scaling. An audio decoder has such a time scaler.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Stefan REUSCHL, Stefan DOEHLA, Jeremie LECOMTE, Manuel JANDER, Nikolaus FAERBER
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Patent number: 9294808Abstract: A transmission signal having a sequence of logical frames embed therein, is constructed such that each logical frame has a useful data section, wherein consecutive access units of an access unit stream are consecutively inserted into the useful data section of the sequence of logical frames, wherein each logical frame into which a begin of an access unit falls, has an access unit table having, per begin of the access units falling into the respective logical frame, a pointer pointing thereto.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Alexander Zink, Christian Kellermann, Hussain Mohammed, Nikolaus Faerber, Herbert Thoma
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Patent number: 9236091Abstract: An apparatus for processing stored data packets in a media data container and stored associated meta information in a metadata container, the associated meta information having transport timing information and location information indicating a storage location of the stored data packets in the media data container, the apparatus having a processor for determining, based on the stored data packets and the stored associated meta information, decoding information for a media payload of the stored data packets, wherein the decoding information indicates at which time instant to replay which payload of the stored data packets.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Stefan Doehla, Stefan Kraegeloh, Nikolaus Faerber, Harald Fuchs
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Patent number: 8462845Abstract: A method for determining an order of values for an encoding parameter of a hybrid encoding scheme for each frame of a frame sequence for use for encoding the frame sequence by means of the hybrid encoding scheme is described. Using the hybrid encoding scheme, resulting distortions and compression rates for the frames of the frame sequence are established for the case of the complete encoding of the frame sequence, and for the case of the incomplete encoding of a real partial sequence of the frame sequence. Thereupon, establishing of estimated distortions and compression rates for frames of the frame sequence takes place, followed by determining the order of values for the encoding parameter of the hybrid encoding scheme based on the established resulting and estimated distortions and compression rates.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Franhofer-Gesellschaft zur Ferderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.Inventors: Nikolaus Faerber, Herbert Thoma
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Patent number: 8462946Abstract: An apparatus for recording a file having a related media data container and a metadata container, the apparatus a receiver for receiving first data packets having packetized first media data samples based on a first clock, and for receiving second data packets having second media data samples based on a second clock different from the first clock, wherein the second media data samples are associated to the first media data samples, and for receiving first control packets including information for indicating a relationship of the first clock to a reference clock and for receiving second control packets including information for indicating a relationship of the second clock to the reference clock, and a recorder for storing the received first and second data packets and at least a portion of the received first and second control packets in the media data container, and for storing associated metadata in the metadata container, the associated metadata having timing information of the received first and second daType: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Stefan Doehla, Stefan Kraegeloh, Nikolaus Faerber, Harald Fuchs