Patents by Inventor Stefan Bruhn

Stefan Bruhn 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: 10580422
    Abstract: There is presented mechanisms for handling input envelope representation coefficients. A method is performed by an encoder of a communication system. The method comprises determining envelope representation residual coefficients as first compressed envelope representation coefficients subtracted from the input envelope representation coefficients. The method comprises transforming the envelope representation residual coefficients into a warped domain so as to obtain transformed envelope representation residual coefficients. The method comprises applying, at least one of a plurality of gain-shape coding schemes on the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients in order to achieve gain-shape coded envelope representation residual coefficients, where the plurality of gain-shape coding schemes have mutually different trade-offs in one or more of gain resolution and shape resolution for one or more of the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jonas Svedberg, Stefan Bruhn, Martin Sehlstedt
  • Patent number: 10559314
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame of a received audio signal. A method for a decoder of concealing a lost audio frame comprises detecting in a property of the previously received and reconstructed audio signal, or in a statistical property of observed frame losses, a condition for which the substitution of a lost frame provides relatively reduced quality. In case such a condition is detected, the concealment method is modified by selectively adjusting a phase or a spectrum magnitude of a substitution frame spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Bruhn, Jonas Svedberg
  • Publication number: 20200036614
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for selecting a packet loss concealment procedure for a lost audio frame of a received audio signal. A method for selecting a packet loss concealment procedure comprises detecting an audio type of a received audio frame and determining a packet loss concealment procedure based on the audio type. In the method, detecting an audio type comprises determining a stability of a spectral envelope of signals of received audio frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Stefan Bruhn
  • Patent number: 10535359
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for formatting a payload for transmission of multi-mode speech/audio codec data. The method comprises deciding whether a header-less or a header-full payload format is used for transmission of a coded frame. The decision is based on a codec mode and a required functionality. The payload data is packetized with or without the payload header depending on the decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Stefan Bruhn
  • Patent number: 10529341
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for frame loss concealment. A method is performed by a receiving entity. The method comprises adding, in association with constructing a substitution frame for a lost frame, a noise component to the substitution frame. The noise component has a frequency characteristic corresponding to a low-resolution spectral representation of a signal in a previously received frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Stefan Bruhn
  • Publication number: 20190362730
    Abstract: There is presented mechanisms for handling input envelope representation coefficients. A method is performed by an encoder of a communication system. The method comprises determining envelope representation residual coefficients as first compressed envelope representation coefficients subtracted from the input envelope representation coefficients. The method comprises transforming the envelope representation residual coefficients into a warped domain so as to obtain transformed envelope representation residual coefficients. The method comprises applying, at least one of a plurality of gain-shape coding schemes on the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients in order to achieve gain-shape coded envelope representation residual coefficients, where the plurality of gain-shape coding schemes have mutually different trade-offs in one or more of gain resolution and shape resolution for one or more of the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jonas SVEDBERG, Stefan BRUHN, Martin SEHLSTEDT
  • Patent number: 10476769
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for selecting a packet loss concealment procedure for a lost audio frame of a received audio signal. A method for selecting a packet loss concealment procedure comprises detecting an audio type of a received audio frame and determining a packet loss concealment procedure based on the audio type. In the method, detecting an audio type comprises determining a stability of a spectral envelope of signals of received audio frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Stefan Bruhn
  • Patent number: 10438601
    Abstract: In a method for coding of information for enhancing a background noise representation, voice activity of an input speech signal is determined. A noisiness parameter is determined for an inactive speech signal, wherein the noisiness parameter is based on a ratio of prediction gains of two Linear Predictive Coder (LPC) prediction filters with different orders. The noisiness parameter is quantized, and the quantized noisiness parameter is encoded for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Stefan Bruhn
  • Publication number: 20190279651
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for handling input Line Spectral Frequency, LSF, coefficients. The method comprises determining LSF residual coefficients as first compressed LSF coefficients subtracted from the input LSF coefficients, and transforming the LSF residual coefficients into a warped domain. One of a plurality of gain-shape coding schemes is applied on the transformed LSF residual coefficients in order to achieve gain-shape coded LSF residual coefficients, where the plurality of gain-shape coding schemes have mutually different trade-offs in one or more of gain resolution and shape resolution for one or more of the transformed LSF residual coefficients. A representation of the first compressed LSF coefficients, the gain-shape coded LSF residual coefficients, and information on the applied gain-shape coding scheme are transmitted over a communication channel to a decoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jonas Svedberg, Stefan Bruhn, Martin Sehlstedt
  • Publication number: 20190272832
    Abstract: Concealing a lost audio frame of a received audio signal is provided by performing a sinusoidal analysis (81) of a part of a previously received or reconstructed audio signal, wherein the sinusoidal analysis involves identifying frequencies of sinusoidal components of the audio signal, applying a sinusoidal model on a segment of the previously received or reconstructed audio signal, wherein said segment is used as a prototype frame in order to create a substitution frame for a lost audio frame, and creating the substitution frame (83) for the lost audio frame by time-evolving sinusoidal components of the prototype frame, up to the time instance of the lost audio frame, in response to the corresponding identified frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventor: Stefan BRUHN
  • Publication number: 20190267011
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame of a received audio signal. A method for a decoder of concealing a lost audio frame comprises detecting in a property of the previously received and reconstructed audio signal, or in a statistical property of observed frame losses, a condition for which the substitution of a lost frame provides relatively reduced quality. In case such a condition is detected, the concealment method is modified by selectively adjusting a phase or a spectrum magnitude of a substitution frame spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan BRUHN, Jonas SVEDBERG
  • Publication number: 20190267014
    Abstract: Transmitting node and receiving node for audio coding and methods therein. The nodes being operable to encode/decode speech and to apply a discontinuous transmission (DTX) scheme comprising transmission/reception of Silence Insertion Descriptor (SID) frames during speech inactivity. The method in the transmitting node comprising determining, from amongst a number N of hangover frames, a set Y of frames being representative of background noise, and further transmitting the N hangover frames, comprising at least said set Y of frames, to the receiving node. The method further comprises transmitting a first SID frame to the receiving node in association with the transmission of the N hangover frames, where the SID frame comprises information indicating the determined set Y of hangover frames to the receiving node. The method enables the receiving node to generate comfort noise based on the hangover frames most adequate for the purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefan BRUHN, Tomas JANSSON TOFTGÅRD, Martin SEHLSTEDT
  • Publication number: 20190240119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pulverulent vitamin formulation in which the vitamin essentially has a particle size of less than 0.7 ?m and which comprises an effective amount of propyl gallate, and also to processes for producing this formulation, and to formulations obtainable by these processes and to the use thereof as animal feed, food, food supplement, personal care product or pharmaceutical composition. The formulations of the invention have improved stability compared to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: KATHRIN MEYER-BOEHM, Thrandur HELGASON, Raajvinder SINGH, Walter DOBLER, Peter SCHORDING, Christof Wilhelm WIGBERS, Karl KOLTER, Stefan BRUHNS, Wolf PELLETIER, Daniel WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20190214032
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for formatting a payload for transmission of multi-mode speech/audio codec data. The method comprises deciding whether a header-less or a header-full payload format is used for transmission of a coded frame. The decision is based on a codec mode and a required functionality. The payload data is packetized with or without the payload header depending on the decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Stefan Bruhn
  • Patent number: 10339939
    Abstract: Concealing a lost audio frame of a received audio signal by performing a sinusoidal analysis of a part of a previously received or reconstructed audio signal, wherein the sinusoidal analysis involves identifying frequencies of sinusoidal components of the audio signal, applying a sinusoidal model on a segment of the previously received or reconstructed audio signal, wherein said segment is used as a prototype frame in order to create a substitution frame for a lost audio frame, and creating the substitution frame for the lost audio frame by time-evolving sinusoidal components of the prototype frame, up to the time instance of the lost audio frame, in response to the corresponding identified frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Stefan Bruhn
  • Patent number: 10332528
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame of a received audio signal. A method for a decoder of concealing a lost audio frame comprises detecting in a property of the previously received and reconstructed audio signal, or in a statistical property of observed frame losses, a condition for which the substitution of a lost frame provides relatively reduced quality. In case such a condition is detected, the concealment method is modified by selectively adjusting a phase or a spectrum magnitude of a substitution frame spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Bruhn, Jonas Svedberg
  • Patent number: 10319386
    Abstract: Transmitting node and receiving node for audio coding and methods therein. The nodes being operable to encode/decode speech and to apply a discontinuous transmission (DTX) scheme comprising transmission/reception of Silence Insertion Descriptor (SID) frames during speech inactivity. The method in the transmitting node comprising determining, from amongst a number N of hangover frames, a set Y of frames being representative of background noise, and further transmitting the N hangover frames, comprising at least said set Y of frames, to the receiving node. The method further comprises transmitting a first SID frame to the receiving node in association with the transmission of the N hangover frames, where the SID frame comprises information indicating the determined set Y of hangover frames to the receiving node. The method enables the receiving node to generate comfort noise based on the hangover frames most adequate for the purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Stefan Bruhn, Tomas Jansson Toftgård, Martin Sehlstedt
  • Patent number: 10297264
    Abstract: The invention relates to a codec and a signal classifier and methods therein for signal classification and selection of a coding mode based on audio signal characteristics. A method embodiment to be performed by a decoder comprises, for a frame m: determining a stability value D(m) based on a difference, in a transform domain, between a range of a spectral envelope of frame m and a corresponding range of a spectral envelope of an adjacent frame m?1. Each such range comprises a set of quantized spectral envelope values related to the energy in spectral bands of a segment of the audio signal. The method further comprises selecting a decoding mode, out of a plurality of decoding modes, based on the stability value D(m); and applying the selected decoding mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Erik Norvell, Stefan Bruhn
  • Publication number: 20190099371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid, at least three-phase active substance preparations, in which two separate phases are embedded multiparticulately into a coherent, active substance-free and antioxidant-free phase, where one of the embedded phases comprises at least one oxidation-sensitive active substance and the second comprises at least one antioxidant. The invention also relates to a method for producing these active substance preparations, and to the use thereof in food supplements, foods, feeds, body care products, and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Rene HANSEN, Katrine KORTEGAARD, Inge-Lise KRYLBO, Hans-Peter HARZ, Wolf PELLETIER, Stefan BRUHNS, Mona Glenstrup JORGENSEN
  • Patent number: 10242686
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for formatting a payload for transmission of multi-mode speech/audio codec data. The method comprises deciding whether a header-less or a header-full payload format is used for transmission of a coded frame. The decision is based on a codec mode and a required functionality. The payload data is packetized with or without the payload header depending on the decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Stefan Bruhn