Inventor
GEORGE SAPNA
SG54 patents
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ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA
30 patentsUS7003449B1Feb 21, 2006
Method of encoding an audio signal using a quality value for bit allocation
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA51 citations96
US6356870B1Mar 12, 2002
Method and apparatus for decoding multi-channel audio data
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA73 citations96
US6952677B1Oct 4, 2005
Fast frame optimization in an audio encoder
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA63 citations95
US7873510B2Jan 18, 2011
Adaptive rate control algorithm for low complexity AAC encoding
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA27 citations92
US7369989B2May 6, 2008
Unified filter bank for audio coding
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA44 citations92
US7117053B1Oct 3, 2006
Multi-precision technique for digital audio encoder
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA24 citations92
US7096240B1Aug 22, 2006
Channel coupling for an AC-3 encoder
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA39 citations92
US6931291B1Aug 16, 2005
Method and apparatus for frequency-domain downmixing with block-switch forcing for audio decoding functions
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA57 citations92
US6591241B1Jul 8, 2003
Selecting a coupling scheme for each subband for estimation of coupling parameters in a transform coder for high quality audio
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA21 citations92
US7653537B2Jan 26, 2010
Method and system for detecting voice activity based on cross-correlation
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA45 citations91
US8351614B2Jan 8, 2013
Digital reverberations for audio signals
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA14 citations84
US8054980B2Nov 8, 2011
Apparatus and method for rendering audio information to virtualize speakers in an audio system
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA18 citations84
US7363216B2Apr 22, 2008
Method and system for parametric characterization of transient audio signals
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA11 citations84
US6839674B1Jan 4, 2005
Method and apparatus for spectral exponent reshaping in a transform coder for high quality audio
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA13 citations83
US7660718B2Feb 9, 2010
Pitch detection of speech signals
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA18 citations82
US7873515B2Jan 18, 2011
System and method for error reconstruction of streaming audio information
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA7 citations77
US6775587B1Aug 10, 2004
Method of encoding frequency coefficients in an AC-3 encoder
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA7 citations74
US8874175B2Oct 28, 2014
Converting samples of a signal at a sample rate into samples of another signal at another sample rate
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA4 citations64
US7203717B1Apr 10, 2007
Fast modified discrete cosine transform method
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA7 citations63
US7359521B1Apr 15, 2008
Aliasing cancellation in audio effects algorithms
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA2 citations62
US7337025B1Feb 26, 2008
Neural network based method for exponent coding in a transform coder for high quality audio
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA6 citations62
US7177812B1Feb 13, 2007
Universal sampling rate converter for digital audio frequencies
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA6 citations62
US6574602B1Jun 3, 2003
Dual channel phase flag determination for coupling bands in a transform coder for high quality audio
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA3 citations62
US7626110B2Dec 1, 2009
Energy-based audio pattern recognition
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA3 citations61
US7563971B2Jul 21, 2009
Energy-based audio pattern recognition with weighting of energy matches
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA3 citations61
US7961888B2Jun 14, 2011
Method and system for enhancing bass effect in audio signals
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA2 citations59
US7725323B2May 25, 2010
Device and process for encoding audio data
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA3 citations58
US7705912B2Apr 27, 2010
Method for processing a digital video signal
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA0 citations52
US8374857B2Feb 12, 2013
Estimating rate controlling parameters in perceptual audio encoders
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA0 citations51
US7680671B2Mar 16, 2010
Multi-precision technique for digital audio encoder
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA0 citations51
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD
4 patentsUS9633652B2Apr 25, 2017
Methods, systems, and circuits for speaker dependent voice recognition with a single lexicon
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD46 citations93
US9647624B2May 9, 2017
Adaptive loudness levelling method for digital audio signals in frequency domain
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD3 citations73
US9530417B2Dec 27, 2016
Methods, systems, and circuits for text independent speaker recognition with automatic learning features
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD6 citations72
US9466304B2Oct 11, 2016
Method and system for digital watermarking
ST MICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD2 citations58
ZONG WENBO
4 patentsUS8275611B2Sep 25, 2012
Adaptive noise suppression for digital speech signals
ZONG WENBO34 citations90
US8437480B2May 7, 2013
Adaptive loudness levelling for digital audio signals
ZONG WENBO9 citations81
US8903730B2Dec 2, 2014
Content feature-preserving and complexity-scalable system and method to modify time scaling of digital audio signals
ZONG WENBO2 citations60
US8670570B2Mar 11, 2014
Environmental effects generator for digital audio signals
ZONG WENBO2 citations60
KURNIAWATI EVELYN
3 patentsUS8489391B2Jul 16, 2013
Scalable hybrid auto coder for transient detection in advanced audio coding with spectral band replication
KURNIAWATI EVELYN20 citations90
US8332216B2Dec 11, 2012
System and method for low power stereo perceptual audio coding using adaptive masking threshold
KURNIAWATI EVELYN21 citations90
US8200351B2Jun 12, 2012
Low power downmix energy equalization in parametric stereo encoders
KURNIAWATI EVELYN14 citations82
KASARGOD SUDHIR K
2 patentsSAMSUDIN
2 patentsSUN JIANHUA
1 patentKARTHIK MURALIDHAR
1 patentPADHI KABI P
1 patentNG SAMUEL SAMSUDIN
1 patentSWAMINATHAN ANNAMALAI
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