Patents by Inventor Ulrich Heute

Ulrich Heute 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).

  • Method and system for the integral and diagnostic assessment of listening speech quality
    Patent number: 8566082
    Abstract: A method for determining a speech quality measure of an output speech signal with respect to an input speech signal, wherein the input signal passes through a signal path of a data transmission system resulting in the output signal, includes the steps of pre-processing the output signal; determining at least one of an interruption rate of the pre-processed output signal and a measure for an intensity of musical tones present in the pre-processed output signal; and determining the speech quality measure from at least one of the interruption rate and the measure for the intensity of the musical tones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Deutsche Telekom AG, France Telecom
    Inventors: Vincent Barriac, Nicolas Cote, Valerie Gautier-Turbin, Sebastian Moeller, Alexander Raake, Marcel Waeltermann, Ulrich Heute, Kirstin Scholz
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE INTEGRAL AND DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF LISTENING SPEECH QUALITY
    Publication number: 20090099843
    Abstract: A method for determining a speech quality measure of an output speech signal with respect to an input speech signal, wherein the input signal passes through a signal path of a data transmission system resulting in the output signal, includes the steps of pre-processing the output signal; determining at least one of an interruption rate of the pre-processed output signal and a measure for an intensity of musical tones present in the pre-processed output signal; and determining the speech quality measure from at least one of the interruption rate and the measure for the intensity of the musical tones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicants: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, FRANCE TELECOM, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN
    Inventors: Vincent Barriac, Nicolas Cote, Valerie Gautier-Turbin, Sebastian Moeller, Alexander Raake, Marcel Waeltermann, Ulrich Heute, Kirstin Scholz