Patents by Inventor Thomas Schierl

Thomas Schierl 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: 12689523
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for checking a data stream on trustworthiness are described. According to an aspect, the data stream indicates, whether a segment is a first segment or whether a segment is a last segment of assigned sequence of segments. According to another aspect, an apparatus for decoding a data stream is configured for deriving, from the data stream, whether a verification chain within a temporal sequence of segments is interrupted at a segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jonathan Pfaff, Tobias Hinz, Karsten Sühring, Heiko Schwarz, Robert Skupin, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20260205307
    Abstract: An apparatus for checking a video data stream on trustworthiness derives a number of substreams of a predetermine temporal segment out of a sequence of temporal segments, in units of which the video data stream is checkable on trustworthiness, and further derives dependency information, which indicates, for the substream, whether the substream is dependent or whether the substream depends on one or more reference substreams. The trustworthiness check is performed by forming a verification stream based on a hash value, which is obtained from a portion of the substream to be verified and based on a reference hash value. If the substream is independent, a hash value derived for a corresponding substream of the preceding temporal segment is used as the reference hash value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Jonathan PFAFF, Tobias HINZ, Karsten SUEHRING, Heiko SCHWARZ, Robert SKUPIN, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Publication number: 20260205306
    Abstract: An apparatus for checking a video data stream on trustworthiness derives a number of substreams of a predetermine temporal segment out of a sequence of temporal segments, units of which the video data stream is checkable on trustworthiness, and further derives dependency information, which indicates, for the substream, whether the substream is dependent or whether the substream depends on one or more reference substreams. The trustworthiness check is performed by forming a verification stream based on a hash value, which is obtained from a portion of the substream to be verified and based on a reference hash value. If the substream is independent, a hash value derived for a corresponding substream of the preceding temporal segment is used as the reference hash value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Jonathan PFAFF, Tobias HINZ, Karsten SÜHRING, Heiko SCHWARZ, Robert SKUPIN, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Patent number: 12684122
    Abstract: A video decoder for decoding an encoded video signal including encoded picture data and indication data of a picture of a video to reconstruct the picture of the video is provided. The video decoder includes an interface configured for receiving the encoded video signal, and a data decoder configured for reconstructing the picture of the video by decoding the encoded picture data using the indication data. The picture is partitioned into a plurality of coding areas. One or more coding areas of the plurality of coding areas include two or more coding tree units of the plurality of coding tree units, wherein each coding area of the one or more coding areas which includes two or more coding tree units exhibits a coding order for the two or more coding tree units of the coding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Valeri George, Tobias Hinz, Jackie Ma, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Robert Skupin, Thomas Schierl, Jens Brandenburg, Christian Lehmann, Adam Wieckowski, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12684556
    Abstract: Device node of a (cellular) communication system including a base station node and a group of nodes; wherein the device node is configured to determine a field parameter to obtain a field parameter value and to transmit the respective field parameter value to the base station node using type-based multiple access resources; wherein the device node is configured to receive from the base station node information and to enable a type-based multiple access resource communication in response to the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Zoran Utkovski, Johannes Dommel, Thomas Haustein, Lars Thiele, Dennis Wieruch, Baris Goektepe, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge
  • Publication number: 20260197504
    Abstract: A motion-vector wrap-around coding tool may be reliably used, for instance, in the context of segmental video bitstream formation under switching between different video bitstream representations. A video encoder encodes a video and an indication into a data stream, which is valid for a sequence of pictures, and indicates that certain or all Random Access Skipped Leading (RASL) pictures within the sequence of pictures are coded in a manner excluding a predetermined set of one or more coding tools which includes a wrap-around motion compensation tool. A video decoder decodes from a data stream an indication that indicates that certain or all RASL pictures within a sequence of pictures are coded in a manner excluding a predetermined set of one or more coding tools including a wrap-around motion compensation tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Robert SKUPIN, Christian BARTNIK, Adam WIECKOWSKI, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Cornelius HELLGE, Benjamin BROSS, Thomas SCHIERL, Thomas WIEGAND, Detlev MARPE
  • Patent number: 12677304
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a transceiver being configured to participate in at least one communication service provided by a wireless communication network, the transceiver having a communication interface for receiving and/or transmitting communication data pertaining to the at least one communication service. The transceiver is configured to transmit and/or receive the communication data pertaining to the at least one communication service only if at least one of the following predetermined criteria is met: a) the current location of the transceiver is determined to be inside a designated geographical area being related to the at least one communication service, b) the transceiver receives an intimation signal from a second being different to the at least one communication service, c) the transceiver received communication data pertaining to the at least one communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Sarun Selvanesan, Baris Goektepe
  • Publication number: 20260181192
    Abstract: Interpolation between explicitly signaled CPB (or HRD) parameters at selected bit rates is used to achieve a good compromise between CPB parameter transmission capacity and CPB parametrization effectiveness and may be, particularly, made in an effective manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventors: Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Benjamin BROSS, Robert SKUPIN, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Patent number: 12666062
    Abstract: Concepts for a video coding are described. A first aspect provides a concept for determining an interlayer reference picture for inter-predicting a picture of a multi-layered video data stream. A second aspect provides a concept for the usage of an interlayer prediction tool in multi-layered video data streams. A third aspect is concerned with a determination of a maximum temporal sublayer of an OLS or a maximum temporal sublayer to be decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Karsten Sühring, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Robert Skupin, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20260172911
    Abstract: An embodiment of a user equipment supports conditional handovers to one or more cells of a cellular network. The user equipment is configured to receive configuration data from the cellular network. The configuration data indicates for a plurality of target cells of the cellular network, conditions to trigger a conditional handover to any of the target cells. The user equipment is further configured to check the conditions with respect to appliance, and, in case of appliance, trigger the conditional handover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Eiko SEIDEL, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Sarun SELVANESAN, Baris GÖKTEPE
  • Publication number: 20260172183
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the invention comprise a device for operating in a wireless communication network. The device is to operate a model to estimate (and/or optionally to model) and/or to predict one or more parameters and/or a characteristics of the wireless communication network. Furthermore, corresponding entities, signals and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2026
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Tatiana RYKOV, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GÖKTEPE, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Publication number: 20260173064
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, is to transmit or receive at a plurality of configured or preconfigured opportunities, like a plurality or semi-persistent scheduling, SPS, or configured grant, CG, opportunities; and wherein, responsive to one or more criteria, the UE is to skip one or more of the SPS or CG opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2026
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Baris GÖKTEPE, Jasmina MCMENAMY, Sarun SELVANESAN, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE
  • Patent number: 12659822
    Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless communication system is described, where the wireless communication system includes one or more UEs and a plurality of cells. A UE entering into a predefined handover event measures a channel condition of one or more neighboring cells for a predefined time, e.g., the time to trigger, TTT. The apparatus adapts the TTT based on one or more channel conditions of the one or more neighboring cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Baris Göktepe, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Nithin Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20260164502
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of user devices, UEs. The UE communicates with one or more further UEs using a sidelink, SL. The UE operates in a Discontinuous Reception, DRX, mode. When out-of-coverage, the UE obtains one or more resources available for a transmission from an assistance information message, AIM, received from one or more of the further UEs during an ON duration of one or more DRX cycles, and/or from an assistance information message, AIM, received from one or more of the further UEs during a listening duration, and/or by carrying out sensing in a set of sidelink resources or in a sidelink resource pool of the wireless communication system during an ON duration of one or more DRX cycles, and/or by carrying out sensing in a set of sidelink resources or in a sidelink resource pool of the wireless communication system during a listening duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Sarun SELVANESAN, Baris GOEKTEPE, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE
  • Patent number: 12652418
    Abstract: Aspects of a trustworthiness check of a video data stream are described. According to a first aspect, a unique identifier which identifies a media asset to which a portion of a video data stream to be checked on trustworthiness belongs, is included into the trustworthiness check. According to a second aspect, a certificate of a content provider for performing the trustworthiness check is retrieved from a track of editors stored at an external resource. A third aspect provides a method for identifying a portion of a video data stream to be checked on trustworthiness using a digital signature. According to a fourth aspect, a digital signature for checking a portion of a video data stream is retrieved from an external resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jonathan Pfaff, Tobias Hinz, Karsten Suehring, Heiko Schwarz, Karsten Grueneberg, Robert Skupin, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12652570
    Abstract: A user device, UE, is described which monitors a plurality of beams for a predefined time period for one or more predefined event criteria and determines a meeting of the one or more predefined event criteria using a Layer1 measurement. The one or more of the predefined event criteria include one or more of the following: LTM2, LTM3, LTM4, LTM5. Responsive to meeting one or more of the predefined event criteria, the UE provides a measurement report. The UE sends the measurement report to a network entity in case a leaving condition is met, the measurement report having a CRI and/or a SSBRI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Baris Göktepe, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Wiegand, Alvaro López Raventós, Buket Torun
  • Patent number: 12652380
    Abstract: A video encoder is disclosed that is configured to encode a slice of a current picture into a data stream by partitioning the slice into rows of Coding Tree Units (CTUs), select a CTU dependency offset for the slice out of a plurality of CTU dependency offsets, the CTU dependency offset indicating a minimum CTU offset between consecutive CTU rows to be obeyed by a decoder when decoding CTU rows in parallel, and signal the CTU dependency offset in the data stream. The CTU dependency offset is selected based on a slice type of the slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Valeri George, Tobia Hinz, Jackie Ma, Jens Brandenburg, Christian Lehmann, Adam Wieckowski, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand, Thomas Schierl
  • Publication number: 20260156658
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, is described. The UE is to communicate with one or more further UEs in the wireless communication network over a sidelink, SL. The UE is configured or preconfigured to support sidelink carrier aggregation, SL-CA, the SL-CA comprising a plurality of component carriers, CCs. The UE is to select the CCs for the SL communication in accordance with a configuration or pre-configuration of the SL-CA, and/or based on inter-UE coordination, IuC, information indicating available/preferred or unavailable/not-preferred resources or a collision, e.g., collision indicator, CI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas WIRTH, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GÖKTEPE, Thomas SCHIERL, Thomas WIEGAND, Cornelius HELLGE
  • Publication number: 20260150121
    Abstract: In the field of wireless communication systems or networks, the design of resource pools as they may be used in sidelink communications among users of the wireless communication system, for example in V2X applications, is described. In particular, an improved resource pool design, for example for resource pools to be used in sidelink communications in V2X services in view of the advantages defined by the NR 5G standard, is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Sarun SELVANESAN, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Cornelius HELLGE, Roya EBRAHIM REZAGAH, Robin THOMAS, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Eiko SEIDEL
  • Publication number: 20260149949
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel form of communication within a cellular wireless communication network. One aspect of the invention concerns a User Equipment for a cellular network, wherein the UE inter alia includes a first interface for UE-to-Basestation communication configured to communicate with a base station of the cellular network and a second interface for UE-to-UE communication configured to communicate with one or more other UEs of a UE-Group to which the UE belongs. According to the invention the UE is configured to receive via its first interface configuration data for configuring its second interface, and to coordinate, via the second interface, a communication within the UE Group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Robin Thomas, Thomas Schierl, Lars Thiele, Eiko Seidel