Patents by Inventor Tim Fingscheidt

Tim Fingscheidt 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).

  • Publication number: 20240119720
    Abstract: A network architecture for a three-dimensional object detection in a point cloud to a method and to vehicle. The network architecture for a three-dimensional object detection in a point cloud may include an encoder, a backbone, and a head, wherein the backbone and/or the head may include a three-dimensional convolution component for processing three-dimensional data of the point cloud within a three-dimensional voxel grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Plachetka, Tim Fingscheidt, Benjamin Sertolli
  • Publication number: 20230325982
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program for processing image data, to a vehicle comprising such a system, and to a method, system and computer program for generating a filter. Image data processing may include obtaining the image data, and applying a filter on the image data to generate filtered image data, the filter being configured to suppress adversarial perturbations within the image data. The filtered image data is processed using a machine-learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Nikhil Kapoor, Peter Schlicht, Serin Varghese, Tim Fingscheidt
  • Patent number: 10297272
    Abstract: A signal processor comprising: a signal-manipulation-block configured to: receive a cepstrum-input-signal, wherein the cepstrum-input-signal is in the cepstrum domain and comprises a plurality of bins; receive a pitch-bin-identifier that is indicative of a pitch-bin in the cepstrum-input-signal; and generate a cepstrum-output-signal based on the cepstrum-input-signal by: scaling the pitch-bin relative to one or more of the other bins of the cepstrum-input-signal; or determining an output-pitch-bin-value based on the pitch-bin, and setting one or more of the other bins of the cepstrum-input-signal to a predefined value; or determining an output-other-bin-value based on one or more of the other bins of the cepstrum-input-signal, and setting the pitch-bin to a predefined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Samy Elshamy, Tim Fingscheidt, Nilesh Madhu, Wouter Joos Tirry
  • Patent number: 10249318
    Abstract: A speech-signal-processing-circuit configured to receive a time-frequency-domain-reference-speech-signal and a time-frequency-domain-degraded-speech-signal. The time-frequency-domain-reference-speech-signal comprises: an upper-band-reference-component with frequencies that are greater than a frequency-threshold-value; and a lower-band-reference-component with frequencies that are less than the frequency-threshold-value. The time-frequency-domain-degraded-speech-signal comprises: an upper-band-degraded-component with frequencies that are greater than the frequency-threshold-value; and a lower-band-degraded-component with frequencies that are less than the frequency-threshold-value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Magdalena Kaniewska, Wouter Joos Tirry, Cyril Guillaumé, Johannes Abel, Tim Fingscheidt
  • Publication number: 20170323656
    Abstract: A signal processor comprising: a signal-manipulation-block configured to: receive a cepstrum-input-signal, wherein the cepstrum-input-signal is in the cepstrum domain and comprises a plurality of bins; receive a pitch-bin-identifier that is indicative of a pitch-bin in the cepstrum-input-signal; and generate a cepstrum-output-signal based on the cepstrum-input-signal by: scaling the pitch-bin relative to one or more of the other bins of the cepstrum-input-signal; or determining an output-pitch-bin-value based on the pitch-bin, and setting one or more of the other bins of the cepstrum-input-signal to a predefined value; or determining an output-other-bin-value based on one or more of the other bins of the cepstrum-input-signal, and setting the pitch-bin to a predefined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Samy Elshamy, Tim Fingscheidt, Nilesh Madhu, Wouter Joos Tirry
  • Publication number: 20170270946
    Abstract: A speech-signal-processing-circuit configured to receive a time-frequency-domain-reference-speech-signal and a time-frequency-domain-degraded-speech-signal. The time-frequency-domain-reference-speech-signal comprises: an upper-band-reference-component with frequencies that are greater than a frequency-threshold-value; and a lower-band-reference-component with frequencies that are less than the frequency-threshold-value. The time-frequency-domain-degraded-speech-signal comprises: an upper-band-degraded-component with frequencies that are greater than the frequency-threshold-value; and a lower-band-degraded-component with frequencies that are less than the frequency-threshold-value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Magdalena Kaniewska, Wouter Joos Tirry, Cyril Guillaumé, Johannes Abel, Tim Fingscheidt
  • Patent number: 9570089
    Abstract: A hearing system for improving intelligibility during the holding of a telephone conversation, includes a receiving device for receiving a first signal having first acoustic information and converting the first signal into electrical signals having the first acoustic information, a signal processing device for processing the electrical signals having the first acoustic information into electrical signals having second acoustic information, and an output device for outputting a second signal having the second acoustic information. A method for improving intelligibility during the holding of a telephone conversation using a hearing system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Patrick Bauer, Tim Fingscheidt, Rosa-Linde Fischer, Henning Puder
  • Publication number: 20150243298
    Abstract: A hearing system for improving intelligibility during the holding of a telephone conversation, includes a receiving device for receiving a first signal having first acoustic information and converting the first signal into electrical signals having the first acoustic information, a signal processing device for processing the electrical signals having the first acoustic information into electrical signals having second acoustic information, and an output device for outputting a second signal having the second acoustic information. A method for improving intelligibility during the holding of a telephone conversation using a hearing system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Patrick Bauer, Tim Fingscheidt, Rosa-Linde Fischer, Henning Puder
  • Patent number: 7630878
    Abstract: Speaker-dependent speech recognition is performed upon detecting a speech signal encompassing a voice command. The speech signal is divided into time frames and characterized in each detected time frame by forming a corresponding property vector. A language-independent feature vector sequence is formed from one or several property vectors and then stored. The language-independent feature vector sequence is allocated to a language-dependent sequence of model vectors in a speech resource having a plurality of model vectors. A piece of allocation information indicating allocation of the language-independent feature vector sequence to a language-dependent sequence of model vectors is stored, then the voice command allocated to the model vector sequence is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: SVOX AG
    Inventors: Tim Fingscheidt, Sorel Stan
  • Publication number: 20080228477
    Abstract: A speech signal is processed for subsequent speech recognition. The speech signal is tainted by noise and represents at least one speech command. The following steps are executed: a) recording of the noise-tainted speech signal; b) use of noise reduction on the speech signal to generate a noise-reduced speech signal; c) normalization of the noise-reduced speech signal to a target signal value with the aid of a normalization factor, to generate a noise-reduced, normalized speech signal).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Tim Fingscheidt, Panji Setiawan, Sorel Stan
  • Publication number: 20070198255
    Abstract: A method reduces for noise in a speech input signal of a speaker by detecting the speech input signal; accessing a determined speech characteristic of the speaker; reducing a noise portion in the speech input signal using the determined speech characteristic of the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Tim Fingscheidt, Sorel Stan
  • Publication number: 20070112568
    Abstract: Speaker-dependent speech recognition is performed upon detecting a speech signal encompassing a voice command. The speech signal is divided into time frames and characterized in each detected time frame by forming a corresponding property vector. A property vector sequence is formed from one or several property vectors and then stored. The property vector sequence is allocated to a sequence of model vectors in a speech resource having a plurality of model vectors. A piece of allocation information indicating allocation of the property vector sequence to a sequence of model vectors is stored, then the voice command allocated to the model vector sequence is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Tim Fingscheidt, Sorel Stan
  • Publication number: 20060160581
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for suppressing (10) echo (z(t)) in uplink data (y(t), 12-16) originating from a terminal (2, 3), said method allowing a delay and a decrease in quality during echo suppression of uplink data originating from a wireless terminal (2, 3). According to the inventive method, original or copied downlink data (12-16) and uplink data (19-21) are analyzed in order to prepare echo suppression (10), and uplink data (19-21) is modified in the compressed state in order to reduce echo (10) by using the results of said analysis (9) of the downlink data (12-16) and uplink data (19-21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Beaugeant, Renato Beluffi, Tim Fingscheidt, Herbert Heib, Bernd Jager, Luca Prati, Herve Taddei
  • Publication number: 20040148162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for encoding voice signals, especially so-called voice onset sections. By establishing the first amplification factor, the data quantity for representing the whole of the first or adaptive amplification factor and adaptive code book entry is reduced, whereby other parameters which occur during the voice encoding can be represented in a more precise manner. The invention also relates to a method for transmitting voice signals which are encoded in such a way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Tim Fingscheidt, Herve Taddei, Imre Varga
  • Publication number: 20040148168
    Abstract: A method and device are provided for automatically differentiating and/or detecting acoustic signals, whereby the signals are statistically analyzed, at least in part, and their reflection coefficients of at least one are calculated. Thereafter, a comparison value, which is dependent exclusively on a single reflection coefficient, is calculated and compared with at least one predetermined reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventor: Tim Fingscheidt
  • Publication number: 20040138878
    Abstract: A method is provided for estimating a codec parameter, wherein the method is particularly applicable to the estimation of filter coefficients in all known forms thereof, from amplification factors and from speech base frequency values such as occur in the coding of speech. Extrapolation, interpolation and linear prediction are used in combination for the estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Tim Fingscheidt, Jesus Fernando Guitarte Perez
  • Patent number: 6377553
    Abstract: With a method and a device for error masking in digital transmission systems whereby a distribution function for estimating transmitted parameters is determined at the receiving end, the method provides that a distribution function is adjusted around the output signal value of a predictor and is integrated by sections into a new distribution function; this new distribution function is multiplied by a distribution function which takes the received quality into consideration and the result of an a posteriori distribution which can be used with conventional estimation methods for the final parameter estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Peter Vary, Tim Fingscheidt