Patents by Inventor Sebastian Näslund
Sebastian Näslund 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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Patent number: 9691398Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention improves conventional attenuation schemes by replacing constant attenuation with an adaptive attenuation scheme that allows more aggressive attenuation, without introducing audible change of signal frequency characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Erik Norvell
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Publication number: 20170178638Abstract: Methods and arrangements in a codec for supporting bandwidth extension, BWE, of an harmonic audio signal. The method in the decoder part of the codec comprises receiving a plurality of gain values associated with a frequency band b and a number of adjacent frequency bands of band b. The method further comprises determining whether a reconstructed corresponding frequency band b? comprises a spectral peak. When the band b? comprises a spectral peak, a gain value associated with the band b? is set to a first value based on the received plurality of gain values; and otherwise the gain value is set to a second value based on the received plurality of gain values. The suggested technology enables bringing gain values into agreement with peak positions in a bandwidth extended frequency region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Sebastian NÄSLUND, Volodya Grancharov, Tomas Jansson Toftgård
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Patent number: 9626978Abstract: Methods and arrangements in a codec for supporting bandwidth extension, BWE, of an harmonic audio signal. The method in the decoder part of the codec comprises receiving a plurality of gain values associated with a frequency band b and a number of adjacent frequency bands of band b. The method further comprises determining whether a reconstructed corresponding frequency band b? comprises a spectral peak. When the band b? comprises a spectral peak, a gain value associated with the band b? is set to a first value based on the received plurality of gain values; and otherwise the gain value is set to a second value based on the received plurality of gain values. The suggested technology enables bringing gain values into agreement with peak positions in a bandwidth extended frequency region.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Tomas Jansson Toftgård
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Publication number: 20170103760Abstract: A frame error concealment method based on frames including transform coefficient vectors including the following steps: It tracks sign changes between corresponding transform coefficients of predetermined sub-vectors of consecutive good stationary frames. It accumulates the number of sign changes in corresponding sub-vectors of a predetermined number of consecutive good stationary frames. It reconstructs an erroneous frame with the latest good stationary frame, but with reversed signs of transform coefficients in sub-vectors having an accumulated number of sign changes that exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Sebastian NÄSLUND, Volodya GRANCHAROV, Jonas SVEDBERG
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Patent number: 9595268Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention improves conventional attenuation schemes by replacing constant attenuation with an adaptive attenuation scheme that allows more aggressive attenuation, without introducing audible change of signal frequency characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Erik Norvell
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Publication number: 20170061977Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention improves conventional attenuation schemes by replacing constant attenuation with an adaptive attenuation scheme that allows more aggressive attenuation, without introducing audible change of signal frequency characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Erik Norvell
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Patent number: 9514756Abstract: A frame error concealment method based on frames including transform coefficient vectors including the following steps: It tracks (S11) sign changes between corresponding transform coefficients of predetermined sub-vectors of consecutive good stationary frames. It accumulates (S12) the number of sign changes in corresponding sub-vectors of a predetermined number of consecutive good stationary frames. It reconstructs (S13) an erroneous frame with the latest good stationary frame, but with reversed signs of transform coefficients in sub-vectors having an accumulated number of sign changes that exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Jonas Svedberg
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Publication number: 20160343381Abstract: An encoder for encoding frequency transform coefficients of a harmonic audio signal include the following elements: A peak locator configured to locate spectral peaks having magnitudes exceeding a predetermined frequency dependent threshold. A peak region encoder configured to encode peak regions including and surrounding the located peaks. A low-frequency set encoder configured to encode at least one low-frequency set of coefficients outside the peak regions and below a crossover frequency that depends on the number of bits used to encode the peak regions. A noise-floor gain encoder configured to encode a noise-floor gain of at least one high-frequency set of not yet encoded coefficients outside the peak regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Volodya Grancharov, Tomas Jansson Toftgård, Sebastian Näslund, Harald Pobloth
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Publication number: 20160336016Abstract: Methods and arrangements in a codec for supporting bandwidth extension, BWE, of an harmonic audio signal. The method in the decoder part of the codec comprises receiving a plurality of gain values associated with a frequency band b and a number of adjacent frequency bands of band b. The method further comprises determining whether a reconstructed corresponding frequency band b? comprises a spectral peak. When the band b? comprises a spectral peak, a gain value associated with the band b? is set to a first value based on the received plurality of gain values; and otherwise the gain value is set to a second value based on the received plurality of gain values. The suggested technology enables bringing gain values into agreement with peak positions in a bandwidth extended frequency region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Sebastian NÄSLUND, Volodya Grancharov, Tomas Jansson Toftgård
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Publication number: 20160322058Abstract: A spectrum filler for filling non-coded residual sub-vectors of a transform coded audio signal includes a sub-vector compressor configured to compress actually coded residual sub-vectors. A sub-vector rejecter is configured to reject compressed residual sub-vectors that do not fulfill a predetermined sparseness criterion. A sub-vector collector is configured to concatenate the remaining compressed residual sub-vectors to form a first virtual codebook. A coefficient combiner is configured to combine pairs of coefficients of the first virtual codebook to form a second virtual codebook. A sub-vector filler is configured to fill non-coded residual sub-vectors below a predetermined frequency with coefficients from the first virtual codebook, and to fill non-coded residual sub-vectors above the predetermined frequency with coefficients from the second virtual codebook.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Volodya Grancharov, Sebastian Näslund, Sigurdur Sverrisson
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Patent number: 9478222Abstract: A frame error concealment method based on frames including transform coefficient vectors including the following steps: It tracks (S11) sign changes between corresponding transform coefficients of predetermined sub-vectors of consecutive good stationary frames. It accumulates (S12) the number of sign changes in corresponding sub-vectors of a predetermined number of consecutive good stationary frames. It reconstructs (S13) an erroneous frame with the latest good stationary frame, but with reversed signs of transform coefficients in sub-vectors having an accumulated number of sign changes that exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Jonas Svedberg
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Patent number: 9437204Abstract: An encoder (20) for encoding frequency transform coefficients (Y(k)) of a harmonic audio signal include the following elements: A peak locator (22) configured to locate spectral peaks having magnitudes exceeding a predetermined frequency dependent threshold. A peak region encoder (24) configured to encode peak regions including and surrounding the located peaks. A low-frequency set encoder (26) configured to encode at least one low-frequency set of coefficients outside the peak regions and below a crossover frequency that depends on the number of bits used to encode the peak regions. A noise-floor gain encoder (28) configured to encode a noise-floor gain of at least one high-frequency set of not yet encoded coefficients outside the peak regions.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Volodya Grancharov, Tomas Jansson Toftgård, Sebastian Näslund, Harald Pobloth
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Patent number: 9437202Abstract: Methods and arrangements in a codec for supporting bandwidth extension, BWE, of an harmonic audio signal. The method in the decoder part of the codec comprises receiving a plurality of gain values associated with a frequency band b and a number of adjacent frequency bands of band b. The method further comprises determining whether a reconstructed corresponding frequency band b? comprises a spectral peak. When the band b? comprises a spectral peak, a gain value associated with the band b? is set to a first value based on the received plurality of gain values; and otherwise the gain value is set to a second value based on the received plurality of gain values. The suggested technology enables bringing gain values into agreement with peak positions in a bandwidth extended frequency region.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Tomas Jansson Toftgård
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Patent number: 9424856Abstract: A spectrum filler for filling non-coded residual sub-vectors of a transform coded audio signal includes a sub-vector compressor (42) configured to compress actually coded residual sub-vectors. A sub-vector rejecter (44) is configured to reject compressed residual sub-vectors that do not fulfill a predetermined sparseness criterion. A sub-vector collector (46) is configured to concatenate the remaining compressed residual sub-vectors to form a first virtual codebook (VC1). A coefficient combiner (48) is configured to combine pairs of coefficients of the first virtual codebook (VC1) to form a second virtual codebook (VC2). A sub-vector filler (50) is configured to fill non-coded residual sub-vectors below a predetermined frequency with coefficients from the first virtual codebook (VC1), and to fill non-coded residual sub-vectors above the predetermined frequency with coefficients from the second virtual codebook (VC2).Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Volodya Grancharov, Sebastian Näslund, Sigurdur Sverrisson
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Publication number: 20160240201Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention improves conventional attenuation schemes by replacing constant attenuation with an adaptive attenuation scheme that allows more aggressive attenuation, without introducing audible change of signal frequency characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Erik Norvell
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Patent number: 9349379Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention improves conventional attenuation schemes by replacing constant attenuation with an adaptive attenuation scheme that allows more aggressive attenuation, without introducing audible change of signal frequency characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Erik Norvell
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Patent number: 9240191Abstract: An audio classifier for frame based audio signal classification includes a feature extractor configured to determine, for each of a predetermined number of consecutive frames, feature measures representing at least the following features: auto correlation, frame signal energy, inter-frame signal energy variation. A feature measure comparator is configured to compare each determined feature measure to at least one corresponding predetermined feature interval. A frame classifier is configured to calculate, for each feature interval, a fraction measure representing the total number of corresponding feature measures that fall within the feature interval, and to classify the latest of the consecutive frames as speech if each fraction measure lies within a corresponding fraction interval, and as non-speech otherwise.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Volodya Grancharov, Sebastian Näslund
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Publication number: 20150379998Abstract: A frame error concealment method based on frames including transform coefficient vectors including the following steps: It tracks (S11) sign changes between corresponding transform coefficients of predetermined sub-vectors of consecutive good stationary frames. It accumulates (S12) the number of sign changes in corresponding sub-vectors of a predetermined number of consecutive good stationary frames. It reconstructs (S13) an erroneous frame with the latest good stationary frame, but with reversed signs of transform coefficients in sub-vectors having an accumulated number of sign changes that exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Sebastian NÄSLUND, Volodya GRANCHAROV, Jonas SVEDBERG
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Publication number: 20150088527Abstract: Methods and arrangements in a codec for supporting bandwidth extension, BWE, of an harmonic audio signal. The method in the decoder part of the codec comprises receiving a plurality of gain values associated with a frequency band b and a number of adjacent frequency bands of band b. The method further comprises determining whether a reconstructed corresponding frequency band b? comprises a spectral peak. When the band b? comprises a spectral peak, a gain value associated with the band b? is set to a first value based on the received plurality of gain values; and otherwise the gain value is set to a second value based on the received plurality of gain values. The suggested technology enables bringing gain values into agreement with peak positions in a bandwidth extended frequency region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Sebastian Näslund, Volodya Grancharov, Tomas Jansson Toftgård
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Publication number: 20150046171Abstract: An encoder (20) for encoding frequency transform coefficients (Y(k)) of a harmonic audio signal include the following elements: A peak locator (22) configured to locate spectral peaks having magnitudes exceeding a predetermined frequency dependent threshold. A peak region encoder (24) configured to encode peak regions including and surrounding the located peaks. A low-frequency set encoder (26) configured to encode at least one low-frequency set of coefficients outside the peak regions and below a crossover frequency that depends on the number of bits used to encode the peak regions. A noise-floor gain encoder (28) configured to encode a noise-floor gain of at least one high-frequency set of not yet encoded coefficients outside the peak regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2012Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Volodya Grancharov, Tomas Jansson Toftgård, Sebastian Näslund, Harald Pobloth