Inventor
THIERGART OLIVER
DE44 patents
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37 patentsUS9396731B2Jul 19, 2016
Sound acquisition via the extraction of geometrical information from direction of arrival estimates
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG19 citations92
US9215542B2Dec 15, 2015
Apparatus and method for measuring a plurality of loudspeakers and microphone array
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG17 citations92
US11272305B2Mar 8, 2022
Apparatus, method or computer program for generating a sound field description
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG11 citations83
US10109282B2Oct 23, 2018
Apparatus and method for geometry-based spatial audio coding
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG9 citations83
US11361778B2Jun 14, 2022
Audio scene encoder, audio scene decoder and related methods using hybrid encoder-decoder spatial analysis
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG2 citations73
US11937075B2Mar 19, 2024
Apparatus, method and computer program for encoding, decoding, scene processing and other procedures related to DirAC based spatial audio coding using low-order, mid-order and high-order components generators
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG2 citations72
US11783843B2Oct 10, 2023
Apparatus and method for encoding or decoding directional audio coding parameters using different time/frequency resolutions
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG2 citations72
US11368790B2Jun 21, 2022
Apparatus, method and computer program for encoding, decoding, scene processing and other procedures related to DirAC based spatial audio coding
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG2 citations72
US11367454B2Jun 21, 2022
Apparatus and method for encoding or decoding directional audio coding parameters using quantization and entropy coding
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG2 citations72
US10331396B2Jun 25, 2019
Filter and method for informed spatial filtering using multiple instantaneous direction-of-arrival estimates
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG4 citations70
US12574700B2Mar 10, 2026
Apparatus, method and computer program for encoding, decoding, scene processing and other procedures related to DirAC based spatial audio coding using low-order, mid-order and high-order components generators
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US12537011B2Jan 27, 2026
Audio scene encoder, audio scene decoder and related methods using hybrid encoder-decoder spatial analysis
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US12418768B2Sep 16, 2025
Apparatus, method and computer program for encoding, decoding, scene processing and other procedures related to DirAC based spatial audio coding using diffuse compensation
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US12369008B2Jul 22, 2025
Apparatus, method and computer program for encoding, decoding, scene processing and other procedures related to DirAC based spatial audio coding using low-order, mid-order and high-order components generators
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US12277941B2Apr 15, 2025
Parameter encoding and decoding
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US12266372B2Apr 1, 2025
Parameter encoding and decoding
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US12112762B2Oct 8, 2024
Apparatus and method for encoding or decoding directional audio coding parameters using different time/frequency resolutions
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US12106763B2Oct 1, 2024
Apparatus and method for encoding or decoding directional audio coding parameters using quantization and entropy coding
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US12058501B2Aug 6, 2024
Apparatus, method and computer program for encoding, decoding, scene processing and other procedures related to DirAC based spatial audio coding
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US11990142B2May 21, 2024
Parameter encoding and decoding
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US11854560B2Dec 26, 2023
Audio scene encoder, audio scene decoder and related methods using hybrid encoder-decoder spatial analysis
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US11856389B2Dec 26, 2023
Apparatus, method and computer program for encoding, decoding, scene processing and other procedures related to DirAC based spatial audio coding using direct component compensation
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US11838743B2Dec 5, 2023
Apparatus, method and computer program for encoding, decoding, scene processing and other procedures related to DirAC based spatial audio coding using diffuse compensation
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US11729554B2Aug 15, 2023
Apparatus, method and computer program for encoding, decoding, scene processing and other procedures related to DirAC based spatial audio coding
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations62
US10327088B2Jun 18, 2019
Spatial audio processor and a method for providing spatial parameters based on an acoustic input signal
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG1 citations62
US8705319B2Apr 22, 2014
Apparatus and method for resolving an ambiguity from a direction of arrival estimate
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG3 citations62
US11477594B2Oct 18, 2022
Concept for generating an enhanced sound-field description or a modified sound field description using a depth-extended DirAC technique or other techniques
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations59
US11176952B2Nov 16, 2021
Direction of arrival estimation using watermarked audio signals and microphone arrays
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG1 citations59
US12198709B2Jan 14, 2025
Apparatus and method for encoding a spatial audio representation or apparatus and method for decoding an encoded audio signal using transport metadata and related computer programs
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations51
US12586593B2Mar 24, 2026
Apparatus and method for encoding a plurality of audio objects or apparatus and method for decoding using two or more relevant audio objects
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations49
US12494213B2Dec 9, 2025
Apparatus and method for encoding a plurality of audio objects using direction information during a downmixing or apparatus and method for decoding using an optimized covariance synthesis
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations49
US10694306B2Jun 23, 2020
Apparatus, method or computer program for generating a sound field description
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations49
US10524072B2Dec 31, 2019
Apparatus, method or computer program for generating a sound field description
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations49
US10015613B2Jul 3, 2018
System, apparatus and method for consistent acoustic scene reproduction based on adaptive functions
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations49
US9936323B2Apr 3, 2018
System, apparatus and method for consistent acoustic scene reproduction based on informed spatial filtering
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations49
US12022276B2Jun 25, 2024
Apparatus, method or computer program for processing a sound field representation in a spatial transform domain
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations47
US9984702B2May 29, 2018
Extraction of reverberant sound using microphone arrays
FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG0 citations41
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3 patentsUS9462378B2Oct 4, 2016
Apparatus and method for deriving a directional information and computer program product
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E V41 citations94
US9661432B2May 23, 2017
Apparatus and method for measuring a plurality of loudspeakers and microphone array
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E V6 citations83
US9626974B2Apr 18, 2017
Spatial audio processor and a method for providing spatial parameters based on an acoustic input signal
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E V12 citations83