Patents by Inventor Walter J. Wihardja

Walter J. Wihardja 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: 9178553
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for enhancing the audio quality of an FM receiver. In embodiments described herein, a stop band noise signal is extracted from an L+R or L?R signal produced by an FM stereo decoder. A channel quality measure is calculated based on the stop band noise signal and is used to control whether a pop suppression technique is applied to the L+R signal. The channel quality measure and the stop band noise signal are also leveraged to perform single-channel noise suppression in the frequency domain on the L?R signal and on the L+R signal. The channel quality measure is also used to control the application of a fast fading compensation process that replaces noisy segments of the L?R and L+R signal with replacement waveforms generated via waveform extrapolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Juin-Hwey Chen, Thomas F. Baker, Evan S. McCarthy, Jes Thyssen, Walter J. Wihardja, David C. Garrett
  • Patent number: 9130643
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for enhancing the audio quality of an FM receiver. In embodiments described herein, quadrature L?R demodulation is applied to a composite baseband signal output by an FM demodulator to obtain an L?R noise signal. A channel quality measure is calculated based on the L?R noise signal and is used to control whether a pop suppression technique is applied to an L+R signal obtained from the composite baseband signal to detect and remove noise pulses therefrom. The channel quality measure and the L?R noise signal are also leveraged to perform single-channel noise suppression in the frequency domain on an L?R signal obtained from the composite baseband signal and on the L+R signal. The channel quality measure is also used to control the application of a fast fading compensation process that replaces noisy segments of the L?R and L+R signal with replacement waveforms generated via waveform extrapolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Juin-Hwey Chen, Thomas F. Baker, Evan S. McCarthy, Jes Thyssen, Walter J. Wihardja, David C. Garrett
  • Publication number: 20130195163
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for enhancing the audio quality of an FM receiver. In embodiments described herein, quadrature L?R demodulation is applied to a composite baseband signal output by an FM demodulator to obtain an L?R noise signal. A channel quality measure is calculated based on the L?R noise signal and is used to control whether a pop suppression technique is applied to an L+R signal obtained from the composite baseband signal to detect and remove noise pulses therefrom. The channel quality measure and the L?R noise signal are also leveraged to perform single-channel noise suppression in the frequency domain on an L?R signal obtained from the composite baseband signal and on the L+R signal. The channel quality measure is also used to control the application of a fast fading compensation process that replaces noisy segments of the L?R and L+R signal with replacement waveforms generated via waveform extrapolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Juin-Hwey Chen, Thomas F. Baker, Evan S. McCarthy, Jes Thyssen, Walter J. Wihardja, David C. Garrett
  • Publication number: 20130195164
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for enhancing the audio quality of an FM receiver. In embodiments described herein, a stop band noise signal is extracted from an L+R or L?R signal produced by an FM stereo decoder. A channel quality measure is calculated based on the stop band noise signal and is used to control whether a pop suppression technique is applied to the L+R signal. The channel quality measure and the stop band noise signal are also leveraged to perform single-channel noise suppression in the frequency domain on the L?R signal and on the L+R signal. The channel quality measure is also used to control the application of a fast fading compensation process that replaces noisy segments of the L?R and L+R signal with replacement waveforms generated via waveform extrapolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juin-Hwey Chen, Thomas F. Baker, Evan S. McCarthy, Jes Thyssen, Walter J. Wihardja, David C. Garrett