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Nikolaus Augsten, Bozen-Bolzano IT
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20120254251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT TOP-k APPROXIMATE SUBTREE MATCHING - Systems and method for searching for approximate matches in a database of documents represented by a tree structure. A fast solution to the Top-k Approximate Subtree Matching Problem involves determining candidate subtrees which will be considered as possible matches to a query also represented by a tree structure. Once these candidate subtrees are found, a tree edit distance between each candidate subtree and the query tree is calculated. The results are then sorted to find those with the lowest tree edit distance. | 10-04-2012 |
Nikolaus Balmus, Dortmund DE
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20100024929 | METHOD FOR THE THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT OF SEAMLESS RINGS PRODUCED ON RADIAL-AXIAL RING ROLLING MACHINES - A method and a device are provided for the thermomechanical treatment of seamless steel rings produced on radial-axial ring rolling machines, particularly rings of fine grain steel, heat-treatable steel, case hardened steel, or austenitic steel, preferably of steel tower flanges for wind turbine generators. The ring blank is inserted into the ring rolling machine at a temperature in the range of 900° C. to 1150° C. and is rolled to an outer diameter preferably in the range of 0.2 m to 10 m by a hot forming process. The hot ring ( | 02-04-2010 |
Nikolaus Batge, Deisenhofen DE
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20100320642 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TAKING UP, POSITIONING AND DRAPING DRY TEXTILE FIBER SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 12-23-2010 |
Nikolaus Bätge, Deisenhofen DE
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20110151179 | SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT AND PREFORM USED TO MANUFACTURE A PART MADE FROM COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A semi-finished product used to mold a composite part including at least one dry laminar reinforcing layer that is designed to be impregnated with an impregnation matrix by liquid injection/infusion. The semi-finished product includes a thermoplastic layer, at least locally, where the properties of the component materials provide the future molded part, at least locally, with the required properties; since the thermoplastic layer has been stitched to at least one reinforcing layer using at least one yarn crossing through the perforations in said thermoplastic layer and in at least one reinforcing layer. | 06-23-2011 |
20110174426 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A PART OUT OF REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND A METHOD OF REPAIRING SUCH A PART - The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a composite part presenting an integral structure of composite material comprising at least one reinforcing layer based on reinforcing fibers, fabrics, or textiles, and at least one impregnation matrix, the method consisting in assembling the integral structure, in placing said integral structure in a mold, in impregnating said integral structure with the impregnation matrix by injection or infusion, and in solidifying said impregnated integral structure by raising it to a determined temperature, the method being characterized in that it consists in: using at least two distinct primary parts for making up the integral structure; placing a thermoplastic sheet on at least one of the primary parts so as to make the interface between said primary parts once they are assembled together. | 07-21-2011 |
Nikolaus Bieler, Brig-Glis CH
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20090087359 | MICRO-REACTOR SYSTEM - A micro-reactor system assembly comprises a stack of at least n process modules ( | 04-02-2009 |
20090270663 | METHOD FOR GRIGNARD TYPE REACTIONS IN MICROREACTORS - The present invention relates to a process for Grignard type reactions comprising mixing at least two fluids in a microreactor having at least two injection points. | 10-29-2009 |
20110150727 | Micro-Reactor System Assembly - A micro-reactor system assembly comprises a stack of at least n process modules ( | 06-23-2011 |
20120189511 | Micro-Reactor System Assembly - A micro-reactor system assembly comprises a stack of at least n process modules ( | 07-26-2012 |
20130259768 | Micro-Reactor System Assembly - A micro-reactor system assembly comprises a stack of at least n process modules ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130338400 | PROCESS FOR THE SELECTIVE META-CHLORINATION OF ALKYLANILINES - A process for the chlorination of alkylanilines is provided allowing a highly selective chlorination in the meta-position of the aromatic ring. This is achieved by reacting a mixture comprising the alkylaniline and sulfuric acid with chlorine. This process allows a meta-chlorination with a selectivity of more than 90%. | 12-19-2013 |
20140322105 | Micro-Reactor System Assembly - A micro-reactor system assembly comprises a stack of at least n process modules ( | 10-30-2014 |
Nikolaus Chorinsky, Graz AT
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20120251857 | INSERT FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PART - The invention relates to an insert ( | 10-04-2012 |
20130052504 | BATTERY UNIT - The invention relates to a storage battery unit ( | 02-28-2013 |
Nikolaus Decius, Lippstadt DE
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20080239746 | Headlamp for Vehicles - The present invention relates to a headlamp for vehicles with a plurality of LED light sources combined into a single light-emitting surface, where an optical unit is allocated to at least one LED light source to generate some of a specified light distribution, where one or several LED light sources can be turned on or off such that the light distribution can be modified, where a first optical unit with first projection characteristics is placed before a first group of LED light sources and a second optical unit with second projection characteristics is placed before a second group of LED light sources such that a number of differently sized light spots can be generated in the traffic space by optionally turning on or off or dimming the LED light sources of the first group of LED light sources or the second group of LED light sources. | 10-02-2008 |
20130154503 | METHOD TO CONTROL A LIGHTING CURRENT OF A LIGHTING DEVICE - A method for controlling a lighting current of a lighting device with a number of semiconductor lighting means, installed for signaling and marking traffic areas of airports, in which period intervals are predetermined with a fixed period length, selected with an average lighting current to operate a semiconductor lighting means within the period intervals and in each of the period intervals a number of current pulses is generated with a pulse amplitude I | 06-20-2013 |
20140070964 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING AND MARKING TRAFFIC AREAS OF AIRPORTS - A lighting device, capable of identifying and marking traffic areas of airports, comprises at least one semiconductor lamp and an electronic control circuit, which is connectable to an electrical AC supply network with constant current feed. For controlling the operation of the semiconductor lamp, the control circuit has a rectifier, which is connectable without a transformer to the electrical AC supply network. It further has an internal power supply, which is connected to the rectifier, for supplying the semiconductor lamp with an electric direct current. Furthermore, the voltage supply device ( | 03-13-2014 |
Nikolaus Dellantoni, Sooss AT
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20090119469 | Procedure for Time-Limited Storage of Data on Storage Media - There is described a procedure for temporally limiting the storage of data on storage media, in which the data are provided with an expiry date when being stored on a storage medium. When access is made to these data by a read/write device, the expiry date is compared with a current date. When the expiry date is reached or exceeded, a pre-specified action is initiated—for example the deletion of the data from the storage medium or access being made to the data only by authorization. Based upon the procedure it is possible, on the one hand, to easily render sensitive information such as personal data unusable upon expiration of a storage period, if for example the expiry date is set to coincide with the date when the storage period elapses. On the other hand, copyright and marketing rights for digital data can thereby be easily protected without the additional use of licensing servers of the installation of executable programs. | 05-07-2009 |
20110273140 | ENERGY STORAGE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to an energy storage assembly, comprising a plurality of cells connected in series, wherein the series connection of cells is connected to a power output of the energy storage assembly and a control unit, wherein at least a part of the cells connected in series is connected to the power output and the control unit by way of potential-free controlled converter and control units connected in parallel, such that during the charging, discharging and recharging processes each of the cells is operated according to the individual performance characteristics of said cell by means of selective current drains by the converter and control units and a total current flowing at the power output of the energy storage assembly is formed by a base current flowing through the series connection of the cells and by additional currents, which are drained from the individual cells depending on the capacity of the cells. The invention allows for the interconnection of different cell types to form an energy storage assembly and for uniform charging or discharging thereof, thus facilitating optimal use of the energy stored and extending the total usage period. | 11-10-2011 |
20120218412 | SCALABLE INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FOR VEHICLE - A vehicular scalable integrated control system includes a plurality of cameras, a vehicular scalable integrated control unit, and a display screen for displaying video information to a driver of the vehicle. Visual image data captured by the cameras is processed by an image processor to detect objects in the fields of view of the cameras. The control unit determines a current geographical location of the vehicle and accommodates downloading of applications, which may include a tour guide application, with the tour guide application providing information associated with various geographical locations of a selected tour area. The control unit, responsive to a determination that the current geographical location of the vehicle is at a location identified in the tour guide application for the selected tour area, controls the display screen to display information associated with the identified location of the tour guide application and the current geographical location of the vehicle. | 08-30-2012 |
Nikolaus Demharter, Dormitz NL
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20090082683 | Adapter device for physiological signals as well as magnetic resonance device therewith - An adapter device for physiological signals includes a signal input for a physiological signal transformed with a measuring unit according to its measurement. The signal input connects a converter unit for retransforming the transformed physiological signal in its electrical source characteristics, which it has on the measuring unit. A signal output connected to the converter unit is provided in order to output the retransformed signal. | 03-26-2009 |
Nikolaus Erharter, San Candido IT
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20090165666 | CABLE DERAILING PREVENTION DEVICE FOR CARRIER/TRACTION CABLES OF CABLE CAR SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a cable derailing prevention device for carrier/traction cables of cable car systems in an installation including: a carrier/traction cable; a multitude of rollers which flank a coupling rail and are located at the exit from the station; a multftude of clamps from which the driving means are suspended; at least one roller that has a couple and clamp and supports the cable, and a support roller or hold-down roller battery according to the cable guide, the coupling rail forming a coupling area between the cable and the clamps. According to the invention, an aligning device is mounted in front of the coupling area of the clamps on the cable before the coupling rail and limits the deviation of the cable due to a derailing on the roller battery so that the cable is always located inside the opening of the clamp. | 07-02-2009 |
20130319280 | CABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH AT LEAST ONE HAUL CABLE AND A TROLLEY, AND RELATIVE OPERATING METHOD - A cable transportation system having a rolling track extending along a designated path; a trolley configured to roll along the rolling track; a haul cable extending along the designated path and selectively connectable to the trolley; and at least one roller assembly having a frame, a plurality of rollers fitted movably to the frame, and elastic members located between the frame and the rollers to enable the rollers to assume a first operating position contacting the haul cable, and a second operating position lower than the first operating position and contacting the trolley as the trolley runs along the roller assembly. | 12-05-2013 |
20130333588 | CABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH AT LEAST ONE HAUL CABLE - A cable transportation system with at least one haul cable has a supporting structure with a tubular portion defining an axis of rotation; a pulley extending about the axis of rotation; and a bearing assembly, which is connected to the pulley and the tubular portion to enable the pulley to rotate about the axis of rotation with respect to the supporting structure, and has a first and second bearing arranged concentrically and in series, so as to ensure rotation of the pulley about the axis of rotation and with respect to the supporting structure utilizing at least the first or second bearing. | 12-19-2013 |
Nikolaus Ernsting, Berlin DE
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20080239313 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AN OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT, TIME-RESOLVED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY, OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR THE POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF MEASUREMENT LIGHT - The invention is directed to an arrangement for an optical system for polarizalion-dependent, time-resolved optical spectroscopy, in particular a spectrometer that includes a polarization device which has a crystal polarizer and includes a light entry area which is arranged upstream of the polarization device and which is formed in such a way as to enclose a spatial acceptance angle of the crystal polarizer, and also that includes a light exit area which is arranged downstream of the polarization device, wherein an intermediate area which connects the light entry area and the light exit area is formed in the polarization device with a path length of at most approximately 4 mm which is traversed in the crystal polarizer by light impinging within the spatial acceptance angle. The invention also is directed to an optical measurement system comprising an arrangement, and also to a method for the polarization-dependent spectroscopic analysis of measurement light, in particular in time-resolved optical spectroscopy. | 10-02-2008 |
Nikolaus Foidl, Graz AT
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20120125064 | BIOCHAR COMPLEX - The invention relates to a biochar-containing composition comprising biochar having organic matter therein and/or thereon, clay associated, optionally intercalated, with the organic matter, a non-clay mineral and optionally also a plant growth promoter. | 05-24-2012 |
Nikolaus Gassler, Heidelberg DE
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20080241097 | METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH HEMATOPOEITIC GROWTH FACTORS - The present invention relates to a method of treating a neurological condition in a mammal by administering at least one hematopoietic growth factor. | 10-02-2008 |
20080279814 | METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH HEMATOPOEITIC GROWTH FACTORS - The present invention relates to a method of treating a neurological condition in a mammal by administering at least one hematopoietic growth factor. | 11-13-2008 |
20090087481 | METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH HEMATOPOEITIC GROWTH FACTORS - The present invention relates to a method of treating a neurological condition in a mammal by administering at least one hematopoietic growth factor. | 04-02-2009 |
20100112038 | METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH HEMATOPOEITIC GROWTH FACTORS - The present invention relates to a method of treating a neurological condition in a mammal by administering at least one hematopoietic growth factor. | 05-06-2010 |
20120231065 | METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH HEMATOPOEITIC GROWTH FACTORS - The present invention relates to a method of treating a neurological condition in a mammal by administering at least one hematopoietic growth factor. | 09-13-2012 |
Nikolaus Gerteis, Horst DE
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20110016393 | RESERVING MEMORY TO HANDLE MEMORY ALLOCATION ERRORS - A computer implemented method for reserving memory to handle memory allocation errors is disclosed. The method can include reserving, by a processor, a first and second reserve memory in a memory storage device in response to initiating a graphical user interface for managing a project. Thereafter, the method can provide for releasing, by the processor, the first reserve memory in response to receiving a first memory allocation error. A warning message regarding the memory allocation error can be displayed. Furthermore, upon receiving a second memory allocation error, a second reserve memory can be released. Subsequently, upon termination of the graphical user interface, the project is saved. | 01-20-2011 |
Nikolaus Gmeinwieser, Obertraubling DE
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20110175121 | Optical-Electronic Component and Method for Production Thereof - An optoelectronic component ( | 07-21-2011 |
20120132945 | OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence. The semiconductor layer sequence contains at least one active layer for generating primary radiation. In addition, the semiconductor layer sequence includes a plurality of conversion layers, the conversion layers being designed to absorb the primary radiation at least partially and to convert it into secondary radiation of a longer wavelength than the primary radiation. Furthermore the semiconductor layer sequence comprises a roughening which extends at least into the conversion layers. | 05-31-2012 |
20120146044 | Optoelectronic Semiconductor Chip and Method for Producing an Optoelectronic Semiconductor Chip - In at least one embodiment of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120273824 | OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer and a light-outcoupling layer applied at least indirectly on a radiation permeable surface of the semiconductor layer sequence. A material of the light-outcoupling layer is different from a material of the semiconductor layer sequence and refractive indices of the materials of the light-outcoupling layer and of the semiconductor layer sequence differ from each other by 20% at most. Recesses in the light-outcoupling layer form facets, wherein the recesses do not penetrate the light-outcoupling layer completely. The facets have a total area of at least 25% of an area of the radiation permeable surface. | 11-01-2012 |
20120313138 | OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND USE OF AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER BASED ON AlGaN - An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes an epitaxially grown semiconductor layer sequence based on GaN, InGaN, AlGaN and/or InAlGaN, a p-doped layer sequence, an n-doped layer sequence, an active zone that generates an electromagnetic radiation and is situated between the p-doped layer sequence and the n-doped layer sequence, and at least one AlxGa 1-xN-based intermediate layer where 012-13-2012 | |
20130069086 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS - A method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor chips includes providing a carrier wafer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. wherein a plurality of individual component layer sequences spaced apart from one another in a lateral direction are applied on the first surface, the component layer sequences being separated from one another by separation trenches; introducing at least one crystal imperfection in at least one region of the carrier wafer which at least partly overlaps a separation trench in a vertical direction; singulating the carrier wafer along the at least one crystal imperfection into individual semiconductor. | 03-21-2013 |
20130146910 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE CHIP - A light emitting diode chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence, the semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer that generates electromagnetic radiation, wherein the light emitting diode chip has a radiation exit area at a front side. At a rear side lying opposite the radiation exit area, the light emitting diode chip has, at least in regions, a mirror layer containing silver. A functional layer that reduces corrosion and/or improves adhesion of the mirror layer is arranged on the mirror layer, wherein a material from which the functional layer is formed is also distributed in the entire mirror layer. The material of the functional layer has a concentration gradient in the mirror layer, wherein the concentration of the material of the functional layer in the mirror layer decreases proceeding from the functional layer in the direction toward the semiconductor layer sequence. | 06-13-2013 |
20150053919 | OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - An optoelectronic semiconductor chip having a semiconductor layer sequence includes at least one active layer that generates primary radiation; a plurality of conversion layers that at least partially absorb the primary radiation and convert the primary radiation into secondary radiation of a longer wavelength than the primary radiation; and a roughened portion that extends at least into one of the conversion layers, wherein the roughened portion has a random structure, the semiconductor layer sequence is arranged on a carrier, a top side of the semiconductor layer sequence facing away from the carrier is formed by the roughened portion, the at least one active layer is located between the carrier and the conversion layers, and the roughened portion includes a plurality of recesses free of a semiconductor material. | 02-26-2015 |
Nikolaus Hannoschoeck, Grabs CH
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20090016813 | Chemically anchorable fastening element - A chemically anchorable fastening element ( | 01-15-2009 |
Nikolaus Haselberger, Radolfzell-Markelfingen DE
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20090211953 | Method of Sorting Flat Mail Items - A sorting device has at least one mail item buffer receptacle, a number of storage pockets for mail items arranged one after another and circulating continuously in a conveyor belt and moved past one or more loading stations. Below straight transfer sections of the conveyors fixed intermediate storage receptacles open at the top are arranged to accept one or more mail items from the loaded storage pockets to be opened under control in the transfer sections. On a transport path below the intermediate storage receptacles there are also continuously circulating mail item containers open at the top as sorting end points assigned to the destination addresses or destination address groups. In the mail item containers the mail items are unloaded downwards in a horizontal position in accordance with their read destination address through controllable opening of the relevant intermediate storage receptacle at the point, in which the mail item container assigned to the address is located in the corresponding position below the intermediate storage receptacle with mail items for this mail item container. | 08-27-2009 |
20120118797 | SORTING METHOD AND SORTING CONFIGURATION FOR SORTING TWO TYPES OF ARTICLES TO PRODUCE A SINGLE SUCCESSION - A sorting method and a sorting configuration for sorting two types of articles, particularly two types of flat mail items, on the basis of a prescribed order among the possible values of a prescribed sorting feature. The articles of the first type are sorted on the basis of the order and divided into sequences of sorted articles. A first supply and feed device in a sorting installation takes these sequences to holding apparatuses, so that each holding apparatus contains a respective sequence. A second supply and feed device takes the articles of the second article type to a respective holding apparatus. A transportation device produces a succession of sequences and articles of the second article type and transfers the succession to sorting outputs of the sorting installation. In the sorting outputs all articles have been sorted on the basis of the prescribed order. | 05-17-2012 |
Nikolaus Hochgatterer, Graz AT
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20130059206 | MATERIAL FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODES, AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODES AND BATTERIES COMPRISING THIS MATERIAL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE MATERIAL - A material for a battery or an accumulator, especially for a negative electrode of an accumulator, for example, a lithium ion secondary battery, the use of such a material, an electrode that includes such a material, a battery having such an electrode, and a process for producing such a material. The material includes carbon, an alloy and/or a mixture of silicon with at least one element of main group 1 of the Periodic Table of the Elements excluding lithium, and optionally at least one further metallic element and production-related impurities, the elements being distributed within a silicon phase in the case of a mixture, and a binder which binds carbon and the alloy and/or the mixture to give a solid material. | 03-07-2013 |
Nikolaus Hoppenkamps, Moenchengladbach DE
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20100270706 | POWDER PRESS - A powder press has a lower die having an upper face and forming a cavity open upward at the face, a vertically shiftable lower piston downwardly closing the cavity, an upper piston vertically shiftable downward into the cavity, and filler shiftable between an inner position closely juxtaposed with the cavity and an outer position remote from the cavity for pouring a fluent powder into the cavity in the inner position and forming therein a powder mass. An actuator upwardly shifts the lower piston and thereby pushes up the powder mass such that a portion of it projects above the face. An element carried on the filler and shiftable over the surface scrapes away the portion of the mass projecting above the surface. | 10-28-2010 |
20140048965 | PRESS FOR PRODUCING A MOULDED PART AND METHOD FOR CHANGING A DIE ON A PRESS - In order to shorten set-up times, a press for producing a molded part from pourable material, having an apparatus for driving a die comprising a cylinder unit having a cylinder housing and having a cylinder piston is proposed, wherein the cylinder housing is the actuator of the cylinder unit and the cylinder piston is the stator of the cylinder unit. | 02-20-2014 |
Nikolaus Isaak, Bonefeld DE
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20090139838 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPATIALLY ORIENTING BLANKS - A device for spatially orienting blanks having a length in a transport direction has at least one stop roll body rotatable about a rotation axis and having at least one stop element, and a driver transport system for driving the blanks relative to the stop roll body. The driver transport system has at least one driver roller that pushes the blanks against the driver transport system, and at least one roll body roller that pushes the blanks against the stop roll body, wherein the roll body roller is prestressed in contact with the stop roll body. The driver transport system is a transport belt system having at least one endlessly revolving transport belt. The driver roller is mounted such that path spacing between the roll body roller and the driver roller are set to the length of the blanks. | 06-04-2009 |
Nikolaus Keuth, Graz AT
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20090204376 | Method for measuring a nonlinear dynamic real system - In connection with generating a global model of output variables of a nonlinear dynamic real system, for example, of an internal combustion engine, a drive train, or a subsystem thereof that covers the entire space of all operating points of the system, a measurement of the system is performed for a subset of variation points that are defined by a set of parameters of the system. | 08-13-2009 |
20140067197 | Machine-Implemented Method for Obtaining Data From A Nonlinear Dynamic Real System During a Test Run - In a machine-implemented method for obtaining data from a nonlinear dynamic real system during a test run, for instance an internal combustion engine, a drive-train or parts thereof, of a sequence of dynamic excitation signals for at least one measurement channel is generated according to a previously generated design of experiment for said test run and the system output of at least one output channel is measured. To enable the quick and precise generation of experimental designs for global measurement, modeling, and optimization of a nonlinear dynamic real system, it is proposed that the sequence of dynamic excitation signals was generated by the method of generating a design of experiment with a sequence of excitation signals, obtaining output data by feeding said sequence of excitation signals into a model for the real system, said model comprising nonlinear dynamic models, determining a criterion for the information content of the complete design of experiment sequence, and in a following step varying the totality of the sequence of excitation signals, obtaining new output data by feeding said modified sequence of excitation signals into the model for the real system, determining again said criterion for the for the information content, and repeating these steps until said criterion has reached its optimum value, using the last generated sequence of excitation signals as design of experiment for the test run of the real system. | 03-06-2014 |
Nikolaus Koch, Geislingen DE
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20120137850 | CUTTING MACHINE FOR FOOD - A cutting machine for food includes a machine housing having a surface with a coating including an oxide ceramic material and polytetrafluoroethylene. A drive motor is disposed in the machine housing and a cutting blade is driven by the drive motor. | 06-07-2012 |
20120222533 | SLICING MACHINE FOR FOODSTUFFS - A cutting machine for cutting a food product includes a housing and a blade cover removably mounted to the housing via at least two positive or non-positive fastening points. A circular blade is rotatably disposed in the housing such that the blade cover covers a surface of the circular blade. A carriage is movably mounted parallel to the circular blade and includes a carriage surface for holding the food product. Each of the fastening points are disposed beneath the carriage surface. | 09-06-2012 |
20120255408 | DISC CUTTING MACHINE HAVING A CANTILEVERED DRIVE HOUSING AND ACCESSORY UNIT - The invention relates to an electrically operated disc cutting machine for cutting discs from strand-shaped cutting goods, having a cutting unit, which comprises a circular blade mounted in a rotatable manner in a drive housing, an electric motor surrounded by the drive housing, and a base plate on which the drive housing is installed in a cantilevered manner via at least one support column extending in the vertical direction. The invention is characterized in that the support column in the horizontal direction remains open, in which at least one accessory unit for the further processing of cut cutting goods is arranged, wherein a connection of the accessory unit is accommodated in the drive housing. In this way, a conventional disc cutting machine can be improved in a cost effective manner and using simple technical means to the effect that the machine has a particularly compact design and can be easily converted to different operating modes, wherein accessory units necessary therefor can be stored in the same housing as the drive. | 10-11-2012 |
20130167701 | SLICING MACHINE FOR FOOD - The invention relates to a slicing machine ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130192440 | SLICING MACHINE HAVING AN EXTERNAL CARRIAGE GUIDE AND KNIFE LOCKING - The slicing machine according to claim | 08-01-2013 |
Nikolaus Koch, Geslingen DE
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20130025427 | SLICING MACHINE HAVING AN EXTERNAL CARRIAGE GUIDE - The invention relates to a slicing machine ( | 01-31-2013 |
Nikolaus Kowollik, Merzenich-Girbelsrath DE
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20080255125 | Topically Applied Medicament for Animals - The invention relates to pharmaceutical preparations, which are applied to the pelt or skin of animals and are then absorbed by the latter orally. | 10-16-2008 |
20110021641 | SUSPENSION FORMULATION FOR CARBON ADSORBENTS - The invention relates to an aqueous suspension formulation comprising a coarsely particulate carbon adsorbent which is suitable for binding and eliminating harmful substances from the gastrointestinal tract, and a water-soluble or water-dispersible structure-forming agent and a humectant. | 01-27-2011 |
Nikolaus Luckner, Ober-Olm DE
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20100045270 | High-resolution magnetic encoder - A high-resolution magnetic encoder system includes a magnetic resistive sensor, a fixed suspension, and a mechanism. The magnetic resistive sensor is mounted to the fixed suspension above a magnetic medium having at least one magnetic track. The fixed suspension is attached to the mechanism, such as a housing, a substrate, and/or an electronic board. The sensor is adapted to perform a relative movement with respect to and in close contact to the surface of the magnetic medium. The magnetic medium may be protected by an overcoat layer. The magnetic resistive sensor may be Giant Magnetic-Resistive (GMR) sensor and/or a Tunneling Magnetic-Resistive Sensor (TMR). | 02-25-2010 |
Nikolaus Machuy, Hamburg DE
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20130004502 | INFLUENZA TARGETS - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitor of influenza virus replication. Yet another aspect is a screening method for identification of new targets for the prevention, alleviation or/and treatment of influenza. | 01-03-2013 |
20130116302 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION - Subject of the present invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one inhibitor of a microorganism selected from the family Chlamydiaceae. | 05-09-2013 |
Nikolaus Machuy, Bad Soden-Salmunster DE
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20110150897 | INFLUENZA TARGETS - The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising modulators of kinases, kinase binding polypeptides or/and an inhibitor for influenza virus replication for the prevention or/and treatment of influenza. | 06-23-2011 |
Nikolaus Machuy, Berlin DE
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20120282674 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN INFLUENZA VIRUS - The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or/and treatment of an influenza virus infection. | 11-08-2012 |
20130115683 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or/and treatment of an influenza virus infection. | 05-09-2013 |
Nikolaus Margadant, Maienfeld CH
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20110284364 | Aluminum Doped Zinc Oxide Sputtering Targets - A sputtering target precursor material comprises a homogeneous distribution of a ZnAl | 11-24-2011 |
20130118898 | NON-CONTINUOUS BONDING OF SPUTTERING TARGET TO BACKING MATERIAL - A target assembly comprising—a support body having a carrying surface;—a sputtering target having an attaching surface, said carrying surface and said attaching surface being arranged in opposing facing relation to one another, thereby defining an intermediate space between said carrying surface and said attaching surface; and—a bonding material disposed in the intermediate space for binding said attaching surface to said carrying surface,—wherein distinct areas of one or both of said attaching surface and said carrying surface are selectively, superficially treated to enhance the bonding strength of said bonding material in said distinct areas. | 05-16-2013 |
Nikolaus Meyer, Berlin DE
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20080305247 | Method And Device For Converting Metallic Precursors Into Chalcopyrite Layers Of Cigss Solar Cells - The invention relates to a method and a device for reacting metallic precursors with sulfur and/or selenium to chalcopyrite layers of CIGSS solar cells in a reaction chamber of an RTP furnace. The aim of the invention is to produce thin-layer solar modules. Said aim is achieved by introducing a substrate coated with the precursor as well as an amount of sulfur and/or selenium that is sufficient to carry out the reaction into a sealingly closable reaction box which is provided with at least one discharge valve that can be controlled from outside the reaction chamber. The reaction box is introduced into the reaction chamber of the RTP furnace, the reaction chamber is evacuated, the reaction box is heated to a predetermined temperature in the reaction chamber along with the substrate and is maintained at said temperature for a certain process time, the pressure in the reaction box being measured and being controlled via the at least one discharge valve during the process time. | 12-11-2008 |
Nikolaus Mueller, Wallhausen DE
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20110034510 | ENANTIOMER-ENRICHED ALPHA-,OMEGA-AMINO ALCOHOL DERIVATIVES, THEIR PRODUCTION AND USE AS INSECT- AND MITE-REPELLING AGENTS - The invention relates to an insect- and mite-repelling agent, characterized by a content of at least one substituted, enantiomer-enriched α-,ω-amino alcohol derivative of formula (1) wherein X represents hydrogen, COR | 02-10-2011 |
Nikolaus Muller, Wallhausen DE
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20090143594 | PROCESS FOR THE CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS OF DIARYL ETHERS - Described is a process for preparing diaryl ethers of the formula (I) | 06-04-2009 |
Nikolaus Muller, Muenchen DE
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20100287962 | Device and Method for Cooling an Electric Component for a Vehicle - A cooling device for an arrangement with at least one electric component, particularly power electronics ( | 11-18-2010 |
Nikolaus Müller, Monheim DE
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20090062541 | Process for catalytically preparing aromatic or heteroaromatic nitriles - The present invention relates to a process for preparing optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic nitriles starting from haloaromatics. These are reacted in a copper-catalysed reaction with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) or potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) in the presence of heteroaromatic amines. | 03-05-2009 |
Nikolaus Müller, Monheim DE
Nikolaus Müller, Wallhausen DE
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20120083509 | Synergistically active mixtures of alpha,omega-amino alcohol enantiomers, preparation thereof and use thereof in insect- and mite-repellent formulations - What are described are insect- and mite-repellent compositions comprising at least 2 enantiomers selected from the group of 1-[(S)-sec-butyloxycarbonyl]-2-(S)-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperidine (referred to hereinafter as S,S), 1-[(R)-sec-butyloxycarbonyl]-2-(R)-(+)-(2-hydroxyethyl) piperidine (referred to hereinafter as R,R), 1-[(S)-sec-butoxycarbonyl]-2-(R)-(+)-(2-hydroxyethyl) piperidine (referred to hereinafter as S,R), 1-[(R)-sec-butyloxycarbonyl]-2-(S)-(+)-(2-hydroxyethyl) piperidine (referred to hereinafter as R,S), excluding the racemate mixture thereof, a process for preparation thereof and the use thereof in insect- and mite-repellent formulations. | 04-05-2012 |
Nikolaus Oancea, Muenchen DE
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20120107071 | Motor Vehicle Having a U-Shaped Bow - A motor vehicle has a U-shaped bow which can be simply fastened to a sheet metal component. The U-shaped bow is developed at each free end as a blind rivet. The U-shaped bow itself forms the pull mandrel for the blind rivets. Such a U-shaped bow can be used, for example, for fastening a child seat in the motor vehicle according to the Isofix standard, for a locking bow for a lock of a door or lid of the motor vehicle and/or for serving cargo in a vehicle trunk. | 05-03-2012 |
Nikolaus Ohrloff, Buxtehude DE
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20110236711 | STRUCTURAL ELEMENT FOR REINFORCING A FUSELAGE OF AN AIRCRAFT - A structural element for reinforcing a fuselage cell of an aircraft is provided. The structural element comprises a reinforcement profile which is made in one piece from a metallic material. The profile is provided with a strap at least in regions. As a result of the strap which is made of a fibre-reinforced layer material or fibre metal laminate and is adhesively bonded, at least in regions, to a flange of the reinforcement profile the structural element has high damage tolerance and advantageous fatigue properties. The fibre metal laminate or layer material is made of a plurality of metal layers and fibre-reinforced plastics material layers which are stacked in alternating fashion and adhesively bonded to one another over the entire surface. The reinforcement profile and the strap are joined by means of a joining layer. Said joining layer is preferably constructed from two prepreg layers and a non-fibre-reinforced adhesive layer. | 09-29-2011 |
20110290770 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING CRACK FORMATION AND FOR SLOWING DOWN THE ADVANCEMENT OF A CRACK IN METAL AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES BY MEANS OF LASER SHOCK RAYS - The present invention provides a method for preventing the forming of cracks and slowing the crack propagation in metallic airplane structural parts by laser shock peening with the following steps: Providing an airplane structural part having a crack; irradiating a first surface area of the airplane structural part close to the crack with a first pulsed laser beam having a first wavelength and a first pulsation frequency, wherein energy of the first laser beam is absorbed by the airplane structural part and a shock wave runs through the airplane structural part, which creates compressive prestressings in the airplane structural part. | 12-01-2011 |
Nikolaus Osterrieder, Potsdam DE
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20110182865 | Method for Prophylaxis and Treatment of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 Infections - Provided are compositions and methods for treatment and/or prophylaxis of EHV-I infections in horses. The compositions and methods effect treatment and/or prophylaxis of EHV-I infections through RNAi mediated inhibition of EHV-I gB and EHV-I Ori genes, which results in a reduction of the severity of neurological symptoms that are induced by EHV-I infection in horses, and/or a reduction in EHV-I viral shedding in the horses. Included are siRNAs or shRNAs that are designed to target EHV-I gB and EHV-I Ori helicase mRNAs. Also included are vectors encoding such shRNAs. | 07-28-2011 |
20120034262 | Bovine Herpes Virus-1 Compositions, Vaccines and Methods - The disclosure relates generally to the treatment or prevention of disease in cattle. More particularly, the invention is directed to the production and use of modified bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) and their use in compositions and vaccines that protect cattle from BHV-1 infection while not suppressing the immunological response in the host. In one example, the invention is directed to the use of modified BHV-1, administered with additional immunogens, either through co-administration and/or through administration in combination vaccines, and the use of these vaccines for the protection of cattle from disease. In one example, use of the modified BHV-1 in the administered compositions facilitates an immune response to or against the additional immunogens. | 02-09-2012 |
20130195918 | Equine Herpesvirus 1 Vaccine and Vector and Uses Thereof - We have constructed a mutant EHV-1 that is lacking the entire 12.7 kbp IR segment of the viral genome and found the mutant EHV-1 to be replication competent, to have the ability to replicate in mammalian cell types (including human cells), and to exhibit reduced virulence in the mouse model of EHV-1 virulence. | 08-01-2013 |
20130251747 | RECOMBINANT EQUINE HERPESVIRUS-1 VACCINE CONTAINING MUTATED GLYCOPROTEIN C AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides compositions or vaccines that contain a recombinant EHV-1 that elicit an immune response in animals against equine herpesvirus, including compositions comprising said recombinant EHV-1, methods of vaccination against equine herpesvirus, and kits for use with such methods and compositions. | 09-26-2013 |
Nikolaus Pfaffinger, St. Pantaleon AT
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20090087814 | DENTAL HANDPIECE FOR ROOT CANAL TREATMENT AND METHOD - A dental handpiece for root canal treatment comprises an outer sleeve, a connecting device for connecting the handpiece to a control and analyzing unit, a measurement circuit having a power source and to a drive unit, an electrically conducting tool receptacle and an electrically conducting driving device, wherein the tool receptacle and the driving device are mechanically and electrically connected together so that a driving motion generated by the drive unit can be transmitted via the driving device to the tool receptacle and electrical measurement signals can be transmitted between the driving device and the tool receptacle. A first connection is provided for transmitting the driving motion. A second electrically conducting connection, which may comprise sliding contacts, is provided for transmitting the electrical measurement signals. With separate connections, an improved signal transmission and in particular a low loss of measurement signals of the root canal length measurement during the signal transmission are achieved. | 04-02-2009 |
20110315173 | CLEANING OR CARE DEVICE FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS - A cleaning or care device for medical instruments has a cleaning or care space, at least one connecting device arranged in the cleaning or care space, to which an instrument to be cleaned can be connected, a delivery device for delivery of at least one cleaning or care medium, wherein the delivery device has a frame, on which at least one nozzle for dispensing a cleaning or care medium is provided on the outside of the instrument to be cleaned, the frame being movable relative to the at least one connecting device, to follow essentially a longitudinal axis of an instrument connected to the at least one connecting device, and a magnetic coupling device, which transfers a driving movement generated outside of the cleaning or care space to the frame to move the frame relative to the at least one connecting device. A method for producing a cleaning or care device is also described. | 12-29-2011 |
20130092192 | CLEANING OR CARE DEVICE FOR MEDICAL OR DENTAL INSTRUMENTS - A cleaning or care device for the cleaning or care of medical or dental instruments, having a cleaning or care chamber in which at least two connections for the instruments to be cleaned are provided, and a supply device for supplying the at least two connections with a cleaning or care agent. The at least two connections and the supply device can be moved relative to one another in such a way that one of the connections can be connected to the supply device and supplied with a cleaning or care agent, while another of the connections is not connected to the supply device and cannot be supplied with a cleaning or care agent. A corresponding method for the cleaning or care of medical or dental instruments with such a cleaning or care device is also described. | 04-18-2013 |
Nikolaus Pietrek, Falkensee DE
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20110121129 | Muscle-powered aircraft with flapping wings - The invention relates to a muscle-powered ornithopter comprising a fuselage, a pair of flapping wings which have an alterable profile or a rudder in an outer wing region located at a distance from the fuselage, said alterable profile or rudder allowing the uplift to be modified in a predefined flow, and an elevator unit in which the deflection of the elevator can be modified. The pair of flapping wings and the fuselage are made of an elastic material, the elasticity of which allows the pair of flapping wings to be flapped. The flapping wings are curved downward in a resting position. The elasticity is calculated such that the flapping wings are urged into a neutral position during a flight because of the pilot's weight. The fuselage is designed to accommodate the pilot in an upright position relative to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage such that the pilot can apply stress to and relieve stress from the aircraft in phases by stretching and bending his or her legs. The ornithopter further comprises mechanisms which allow the alterable outer wing regions and the modifiable deflection of the elevator to be actuated in phase with the movement of the flapping wings. | 05-26-2011 |
Nikolaus Rahaus, Kiel DE
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20080199906 | Optimized Nucleotide Sequences Encoding Sgp 130 - Described are codon optimized sgp130 encoding nucleic acid molecules as well as a method for the highly efficient recombinant production of sgp130 in mammalian cells or bacteria using a nucleic acid molecule of the invention. | 08-21-2008 |
20080227155 | PEGYLATED SOLUBLE GP130-DIMERS USEFUL AS A MEDICAMENT - A polypeptide-dimer comprising two soluble gp130 molecules is described, wherein at least one of said soluble gp130 molecules is covalently linked to polyethylene glycol. Furthermore, a pharmaceutical composition containing said dimer and various medical uses are described. | 09-18-2008 |
Nikolaus Regnat, Munchen DE
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20120123990 | Method And Device For The Quality Analysis Of System Models | 05-17-2012 |
Nikolaus Reifart, Eppstein/taunus DE
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20090018502 | Adjustably Stiffenable Convertible Catheter Assembly - A stiffenable balloon catheter assembly capable of being converted from an “over-the-wire” mode with respect to a guidewire extending therethrough to a “rapid-exchange” mode with respect to a guidewire extending therethrough, and vice versa. The catheter has a plurality of lumens, one lumen however, having a side opening with an obstructable galp, the orientation of which, determines the utilization “mode” of the catheter assembly. Stiffening stylets may be adjustably locked into the lumens, depending upon the “mode”, to control the stiffness of the catheter assembly during its utilization within a patient. | 01-15-2009 |
Nikolaus Reinfried, Lechaschau AT
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20100269907 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL HAVING A MOLYBDENUM-CONTAINING BACK ELECTRODE LAYER - A thin-film solar cell has a rear electrode layer formed of at least 50 atom % of Mo, which in addition to the common contaminants includes 0.1 to 45 atom % of at least one element from the group of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, and W, 0 to 7.5 atom % of Na, and 0 to 7.5 atom % of at least one element forming a compound with Na that has a melting point >500 C. The rear electrode layer has good long-term resistance and bonding with the CIGS absorber layer. In addition, the constancy of the alkali metal integration in the absorber layer is improved. | 10-28-2010 |
20110199341 | TOUCH SENSOR CONFIGURATION - A touch sensor configuration contains an optically transparent substrate, at least one optically transparent touch sensor element formed on the substrate and has at least one electrically conductive, transparent layer, and at least one contacting structure for the electrical contacting of the electrically conductive, transparent layer. The contacting structure has in direct contact with the electrically conductive, transparent layer at least one layer of Mo | 08-18-2011 |
Nikolaus Rennar, Unterpleichfeld DE
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20090173908 | Magnetorheological Elastomers (MREs) with Polynorbornene as a Carrier Medium, Processes for Producing Such Elastomer Composites and Their Use - The invention relates to composites made of an elastic carrier medium comprising polynorbornene (PNR) and magnetisable particles which are polarised reversibly in a magnetic field. Thus the mechanical properties, such as e.g. storage modulus G′ (describes the elastic behaviour or the energy storage) and loss modulus G″ (describes the viscous behaviour or the energy dissipation), of such elastomer composites can be increased rapidly and reversibly within wide limits (up to approx. two orders of magnitude) as a function of an external magnetic field. Wide-ranging application possibilities are produced herefrom, e.g. for adaptive damping systems, in which the damping force can be adjusted via the strength of the magnetic field. | 07-09-2009 |
Nikolaus Rettelbach, Erlangen DE
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20090274210 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A QUANTIZER STEP SIZE - For determining a quantizer step size for quantizing a signal including audio or video information, a first quantizer step size as well as an interference threshold are provided. Then, the actual interference introduced by the first quantizer step size is determined and compared with the interference threshold. Despite the fact that the comparison reveals that the actually introduced interference exceeds the threshold, a second, coarser quantizer step size is nevertheless used, which will then be used for quantization if it turns out that the interference introduced by the coarser, second quantizer step size falls below the threshold or falls below the interference introduced by the first quantizer step size. Thus, the quantization interference is reduced while the quantization is coarsened and, thus, the compression gain is increased. | 11-05-2009 |
Nikolaus Rettelbach, Nuernberg DE
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20100217607 | Audio Decoder, Audio Encoder, Methods for Decoding and Encoding an Audio Signal and Computer Program - An audio decoder for providing a decoded representation of an audio content on the basis of an encoded representation of the audio content comprises a linear-prediction-domain decoder core configured to provide a time-domain representation of an audio frame on the basis of a set of linear-prediction domain parameters associated with the audio frame and a frequency-domain decoder core configured to provide a time-domain representation of an audio frame on the basis of a set of frequency-domain parameters, taking into account a transform window out of a set comprising a plurality of different transform windows. The audio decoder comprises a signal combiner configured to overlap-and-add-time-domain representations of subsequent audio frames encoded in different domains, in order to smoothen a transition between the time-domain representations of the subsequent frames. The set of transform windows comprises one or more windows specifically adapted for a transition between a frequency-domain core mode and a linear-prediction-domain core mode. | 08-26-2010 |
20100262420 | AUDIO ENCODER FOR ENCODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL HAVING AN IMPULSE-LIKE PORTION AND STATIONARY PORTION, ENCODING METHODS, DECODER, DECODING METHOD, AND ENCODING AUDIO SIGNAL - An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal includes an impulse extractor for extracting an impulse-like portion from the audio signal. This impulse-like portion is encoded and forwarded to an output interface. Furthermore, the audio encoder includes a signal encoder which encodes a residual signal derived from the original audio signal so that the impulse-like portion is reduced or eliminated in the residual audio signal. The output interface forwards both, the encoded signals, i.e., the encoded impulse signal and the encoded residual signal for transmission or storage. On the decoder-side, both signal portions are separately decoded and then combined to obtain a decoded audio signal. | 10-14-2010 |
20110112670 | Device and Method for Manipulating an Audio Signal Having a Transient Event - A signal manipulator for manipulating an audio signal having a transient event may have a transient remover, a signal processor and a signal inserter for inserting a time portion in a processed audio signal at a signal location where the transient event was removed before processing by the transient remover, so that a manipulated audio signal has a transient event not influenced by the processing, whereby the vertical coherence of the transient event is maintained instead of any processing performed in the signal processor, which would destroy the vertical coherence of a transient. | 05-12-2011 |
20110170711 | Audio Encoder, Audio Decoder, Methods for Encoding and Decoding an Audio Signal, and a Computer Program - An encoder for providing an audio stream on the basis of a transform-domain representation of an input audio signal includes a quantization error calculator configured to determine a multi-band quantization error over a plurality of frequency bands of the input audio signal for which separate band gain information is available. The encoder also includes an audio stream provider for providing the audio stream such that the audio stream includes information describing an audio content of the frequency bands and information describing the multi-band quantization error. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173006 | Audio Signal Synthesizer and Audio Signal Encoder - An audio signal synthesizer generates a synthesis audio signal having a first frequency band and a second synthesized frequency band derived from the first frequency band and comprises a patch generator, a spectral converter, a raw signal processor and a combiner. The patch generator performs at least two different patching algorithms, each patching algorithm generating a raw signal. The patch generator is adapted to select one of the at least two different patching algorithms in response to a control information. The spectral converter converts the raw signal into a raw signal spectral representation. The raw signal processor processes the raw signal spectral representation in response to spectral domain spectral band replication parameters to obtain an adjusted raw signal spectral representation. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173007 | Audio Encoder and Audio Decoder - An audio encoder for encoding segments of coefficients, the segments of coefficients representing different time or frequency resolutions of a sampled audio signal, the audio encoder including a processor for deriving a coding context for a currently encoded coefficient of a current segment based on a previously encoded coefficient of a previous segment, the previously encoded coefficient representing a different time or frequency resolution than the currently encoded coefficient. The audio encoder further includes an entropy encoder for entropy encoding the current coefficient based on the coding context to obtain an encoded audio stream. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173008 | Audio Encoder and Decoder for Encoding Frames of Sampled Audio Signals - An audio encoder adapted for encoding frames of a sampled audio signal to obtain encoded frames, wherein a frame has a number of time domain audio samples, having a predictive coding analysis stage for determining information on coefficients of a synthesis filter and information on a prediction domain frame based on a frame of audio samples. The audio encoder further has a frequency domain transformer for transforming a frame of audio samples to the frequency domain to obtain a frame spectrum and an encoding domain decider for deciding whether encoded data for a frame is based on the information on the coefficients and on the information on the prediction domain frame, or based on the frame spectrum. Moreover, the audio encoder has a controller for determining an information on a switching coefficient when the encoding domain decider decides that encoded data of a current frame is based on the information on the coefficients and the information on the prediction domain frame when encoded data of a previous frame was encoded based on a previous frame spectrum and a redundancy reducing encoder for encoding the information on the prediction domain frame, the information on the coefficients, the information on the switching coefficient and/or the frame spectrum. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173012 | Noise Filler, Noise Filling Parameter Calculator Encoded Audio Signal Representation, Methods and Computer Program - A noise filler for providing a noise-filled spectral representation of an audio signal on the basis of an input spectral representation of the audio signal has a spectral region identifier configured to identify spectral regions of the input spectral representation spaced from non-zero spectral regions of the input spectral representation by at least one intermediate spectral region, to obtain identified spectral regions, and a noise inserter configured to selectively introduce noise into the identified spectral regions to obtain the noise-filled spectral representation of the audio signal. A noise filling parameter calculator for providing a noise filling parameter on the basis of a quantized spectral representation of an audio signal has a spectral region identifier, as mentioned above, and a noise value calculator configured to selectively consider quantization errors of the identified spectral regions for a calculation of the noise filling parameter. Accordingly, an encoded audio signal representation representing the audio signal can be obtained. | 07-14-2011 |
20110200125 | Method for Encoding a Symbol, Method for Decoding a Symbol, Method for Transmitting a Symbol from a Transmitter to a Receiver, Encoder, Decoder and System for Transmitting a Symbol from a Transmitter to a Receiver - In a method for encoding a symbol it is determined whether the symbol can be encoded by a codeword of a first codebook. In case this is true, the appropriate codeword for the symbol is selected from the first codebook. Otherwise, a codeword is selected from the first codebook indicating that the symbol cannot be encoded by a codeword of the first codebook and the symbol is split into a plurality of first sub-symbols and for at least one of the first sub-symbols a codeword is selected from a second codebook. Also a corresponding method for decoding is described. | 08-18-2011 |
20110200198 | Low Bitrate Audio Encoding/Decoding Scheme with Common Preprocessing - An audio encoder has a common preprocessing stage, an information sink based encoding branch such as spectral domain encoding branch, a information source based encoding branch such as an LPC-domain encoding branch and a switch for switching between these branches at inputs into these branches or outputs of these branches controlled by a decision stage. An audio decoder has a spectral domain decoding branch, an LPC-domain decoding branch, one or more switches for switching between the branches and a common post-processing stage for post-processing a time-domain audio signal for obtaining a post-processed audio signal. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202337 | Method and Discriminator for Classifying Different Segments of a Signal - For classifying different segments of a signal which has segments of at least a first type and second type, e.g. audio and speech segments, the signal is short-term classified on the basis of the at least one short-term feature extracted from the signal and a short-term classification result is delivered. The signal is also long-term classified on the basis of the at least one short-term feature and at least one long-term feature extracted from the signal and a long-term classification result is delivered. The short-term classification result and the long-term classification result are combined to provide an output signal indicating whether a segment of the signal is of the first type or of the second type. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202352 | Apparatus and a Method for Generating Bandwidth Extension Output Data - An apparatus for generating bandwidth extension output data for an audio signal has a noise floor measurer, a signal energy characterizer and a processor. The audio signal has components in a first frequency band and components in a second frequency band, the bandwidth extension output data are adapted to control a synthesis of the components in the second frequency band. The noise floor measurer measures noise floor data of the second frequency band for a time portion of the audio signal. The signal energy characterizer derives energy distribution data, the energy distribution data characterizing an energy distribution in a spectrum of the time portion of the audio signal. The processor combines the noise floor data and the energy distribution data to obtain the bandwidth extension output data. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202353 | Apparatus and a Method for Decoding an Encoded Audio Signal - An apparatus for decoding an encoded audio signal having first and second portions encoded in accordance with first and second encoding algorithms, respectively, BWE parameters for the first and second portions and a coding mode information indicating a first or a second decoding algorithm, includes first and second decoders, a BWE module and a controller. The decoders decode portions in accordance with decoding algorithms for time portions of the encoded signal to obtain decoded signals. The BWE module has a controllable crossover frequency and is configured for performing a bandwidth extension algorithm using the first decoded signal and the BWE parameters for the first portion, and for performing a bandwidth extension algorithm using the second decoded signal and the bandwidth extension parameter for the second portion. The controller controls the crossover frequency for the BWE module in accordance with the coding mode information. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202354 | Low Bitrate Audio Encoding/Decoding Scheme Having Cascaded Switches - An audio encoder has a first information sink oriented encoding branch such as a spectral domain encoding branch, a second information source or SNR oriented encoding branch such as an LPC-domain encoding branch, and a switch for switching between the first encoding branch and the second encoding branch, wherein the second encoding branch has a converter into a specific domain different from the spectral domain such as an LPC analysis stage generating an excitation signal, and wherein the second encoding branch furthermore has a specific domain coding branch such as LPC domain processing branch, and a specific spectral domain coding branch such as LPC spectral domain processing branch, and an additional switch for switching between the specific domain coding branch and the specific spectral domain coding branch. An audio decoder has a first domain decoder such as a spectral domain decoding branch, a second domain decoder such as an LPC domain decoding branch for decoding a signal such as an excitation signal in the second domain, and a third domain decoder such as an LPC-spectral decoder branch and two cascaded switches for switching between the decoders. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202355 | Audio Encoding/Decoding Scheme Having a Switchable Bypass - An apparatus for encoding includes a first domain converter, a switchable bypass, a second domain converter, a first processor and a second processor to obtain an encoded audio signal having different signal portions represented by coded data in different domains, which have been coded by different coding algorithms. Corresponding decoding stages in the decoder together with a bypass for bypassing a domain converter allow the generation of a decoded audio signal with high quality and low bit rate. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202358 | Apparatus and a Method for Calculating a Number of Spectral Envelopes - An apparatus calculates a number of spectral envelopes to be derived by a spectral band replication (SBR) encoder, wherein the SBR encoder is adapted to encode an audio signal using a plurality of sample values within a predetermined number of subsequent time portions in an SBR frame extending from an initial time to a final time, the predetermined number of subsequent time portions being arranged in a time sequence given by the audio signal. The apparatus has a decision value calculator for determining a decision value, the decision value measuring a deviation in spectral energy distributions of a pair of neighboring time portions. The apparatus further has a detector for detecting a violation of a threshold by the decision value and a processor for determining a first envelope border between the pair of neighboring time portions when the violation of the threshold is detected. | 08-18-2011 |
20110216918 | Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended Signal - An apparatus for generating a bandwidth extended signal from an input signal includes a patch generator and a combiner. The input signal is represented for first and second bands by first and second resolution data, respectively, the second resolution being lower than the first. The patch generator generates first and second patches from the first band of the input signal according to first and second patching algorithms, respectively. A spectral density of the second patch generated using the second patching algorithm is higher than a spectral density of a first patch generated using the first patching algorithm. The combiner combines both patches and the first band of the input signal to obtain the bandwidth extended signal. The apparatus scales the input signal according to the first and second patching algorithms or scales the first and second patches, so that the bandwidth extended signal fulfills a spectral envelope criterion. | 09-08-2011 |
20110238425 | Multi-Resolution Switched Audio Encoding/Decoding Scheme - An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal has a first coding branch, the first coding branch comprising a first converter for converting a signal from a time domain into a frequency domain. Furthermore, the audio encoder has a second coding branch comprising a second time/frequency converter. Additionally, a signal analyzer for analyzing the audio signal is provided. The signal analyzer, on the hand, determines whether an audio portion is effective in the encoder output signal as a first encoded signal from the first encoding branch or as a second encoded signal from a second encoding branch. On the other hand, the signal analyzer determines a time/frequency resolution to be applied by the converters when generating the encoded signals. An output interface includes, in addition to the first encoded signal and the second encoded signal, a resolution information identifying the resolution used by the first time/frequency converter and used by the second time/frequency converter. | 09-29-2011 |
20120010880 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING A REPRESENTATION OF A BANDWIDTH-EXTENDED SIGNAL ON THE BASIS OF AN INPUT SIGNAL REPRESENTATION USING A COMBINATION OF A HARMONIC BANDWIDTH-EXTENSION AND A NON-HARMONIC BANDWIDTH-EXTENSION - An apparatus for generating a representation of a bandwidth-extended signal on the basis of an input signal representation includes a phase vocoder configured to obtain values of a spectral domain representation of a first patch of the bandwidth-extended signal on the basis of the input signal representation. The apparatus also includes a value copier configured to copy a set of values of the spectral domain representation of the first patch, which values are provided by the phase vocoder, to obtain a set of values of a spectral domain representation of a second patch, wherein the second patch is associated with higher frequencies than the first patch. The apparatus is configured to obtain the representation of the bandwidth-extended signal using the values of the spectral domain representation of the first patch and the values of the spectral domain representation of the second patch. | 01-12-2012 |
20120245947 | MULTI-MODE AUDIO SIGNAL DECODER, MULTI-MODE AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING A LINEAR-PREDICTION-CODING BASED NOISE SHAPING - A multi-mode audio signal decoder has a spectral value determinator to obtain sets of decoded spectral coefficients for a plurality of portions of an audio content and a spectrum processor configured to apply a spectral shaping to a set of spectral coefficients in dependence on a set of linear-prediction-domain parameters for a portion of the audio content encoded in a linear-prediction mode, and in dependence on a set of scale factor parameters for a portion of the audio content encoded in a frequency-domain mode. The audio signal decoder has a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter configured to obtain a time-domain audio representation on the basis of a spectrally-shaped set of decoded spectral coefficients for a portion of the audio content encoded in the linear-prediction mode and for a portion of the audio content encoded in the frequency domain mode. An audio signal encoder is also described. | 09-27-2012 |
20120265540 | AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING AN AUDIO INFORMATION, METHOD FOR DECODING AN AUDIO INFORMATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING A DETECTION OF A GROUP OF PREVIOUSLY-DECODED SPECTRAL VALUES - An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio information includes a arithmetic decoder for providing a plurality of decoded spectral values on the basis of an arithmetically-encoded representation of the spectral values and a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter for providing a time-domain audio representation using the decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder is configured to select a mapping rule describing a mapping of a code value onto a symbol code in dependence on a context state. The arithmetic decoder is configured to determine or modify the current context state in dependence on a plurality of previously-decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder is configured to detect a group of a plurality of previously-decoded spectral values, which fulfill, individually or taken together, a predetermined condition regarding their magnitudes, and to determine the current context state in dependence on a result of the detection. | 10-18-2012 |
20120265541 | AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER, AUDIO SIGNAL DECODER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ENCODED REPRESENTATION OF AN AUDIO CONTENT, METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DECODED REPRESENTATION OF AN AUDIO CONTENT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR USE IN LOW DELAY APPLICATIONS - An audio signal encoder includes a transform-domain path which obtains spectral coefficients and noise-shaping information on the basis of a portion of the audio content, and which windows a time-domain representation of the audio content and applies a time-domain-to-frequency-domain conversion. The audio signal decoder includes a CELP path to obtain a code-excitation information and a LPD parameter information. A converter applies a predetermined asymmetric analysis window in both if a current portion is followed by a subsequent portion to be encoded in the transform-domain mode or in the CELP mode. Aliasing cancellation information is selectively provided in the later case. | 10-18-2012 |
20120271644 | AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER, AUDIO SIGNAL DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING OR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING AN ALIASING-CANCELLATION - An audio signal decoder includes a transform domain path configured to obtain a time-domain representation of a portion of an audio content on the basis of a first set of spectral coefficients, a representation of an aliasing-cancellation stimulus signal and a plurality of linear-prediction-domain parameters. The transform domain path applies a spectrum shaping to the first set of spectral coefficients to obtain a spectrally-shaped version thereof. The transform domain path obtains a time-domain representation of the audio content on the basis of the spectrally-shaped version of the first set of spectral coefficients. The transform domain path includes an aliasing-cancellation stimulus filter to filter the aliasing-cancellation stimulus signal in dependence on at least a subset of the linear-prediction-domain parameters. The transform domain path also includes a combiner configured to combine the time-domain representation of the audio content with an aliasing-cancellation synthesis signal to obtain an aliasing reduced time-domain signal. | 10-25-2012 |
20120330670 | AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING AN AUDIO INFORMATION, METHOD FOR DECODING AN AUDIO INFORMATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING AN ITERATIVE INTERVAL SIZE REDUCTION - An audio decoder has an arithmetic decoder for providing decoded spectral values on the basis of an arithmetically-encoded representation and a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter for providing a time-domain audio representation. The arithmetic decoder selects a mapping rule describing a mapping of a code value onto a symbol code in dependence on a numeric current context value describing a current context state. The arithmetic decoder determines the numeric current context value in dependence on a plurality of previously decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder evaluates at least one table using an iterative interval size reduction to determine whether the numeric current context value is identical to a table context value described by an entry of the table or lies within an interval described by entries of the table, and derives a mapping rule index value describing a selected mapping table. | 12-27-2012 |
20130003992 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AN AUDIO SIGNAL HAVING A TRANSIENT EVENT - A signal manipulator for manipulating an audio signal having a transient event may have a transient remover, a signal processor and a signal inserter for inserting a time portion in a processed audio signal at a signal location where the transient event was removed before processing by the transient remover, so that a manipulated audio signal has a transient event not influenced by the processing, whereby the vertical coherence of the transient event is maintained instead of any processing performed in the signal processor, which would destroy the vertical coherence of a transient. | 01-03-2013 |
20130010983 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AN AUDIO SIGNAL HAVING A TRANSIENT EVENT - A signal manipulator for manipulating an audio signal having a transient event may have a transient remover, a signal processor and a signal inserter for inserting a time portion in a processed audio signal at a signal location where the transient event was removed before processing by the transient remover, so that a manipulated audio signal has a transient event not influenced by the processing, whereby the vertical coherence of the transient event is maintained instead of any processing performed in the signal processor, which would destroy the vertical coherence of a transient. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010985 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AN AUDIO SIGNAL HAVING A TRANSIENT EVENT - A signal manipulator for manipulating an audio signal having a transient event may have a transient remover, a signal processor and a signal inserter for inserting a time portion in a processed audio signal at a signal location where the transient event was removed before processing by the transient remover, so that a manipulated audio signal has a transient event not influenced by the processing, whereby the vertical coherence of the transient event is maintained instead of any processing performed in the signal processor, which would destroy the vertical coherence of a transient. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013301 | AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING AND AUDIO INFORMATION, METHOD FOR DECODING AN AUDIO INFORMATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING A HASH TABLE DESCRIBING BOTH SIGNIFICANT STATE VALUES AND INTERVAL BOUNDARIES - An audio decoder includes an arithmetic decoder for providing a plurality of decoded spectral values on the basis of an arithmetically encoded representation of the spectral values, and a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter for providing a time-domain audio representation using the decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder selects a mapping rule describing a mapping of a code value onto a symbol code in dependence on a context state described by a numeric current context value. The arithmetic decoder determines the numeric current context value in dependence on a plurality of previously decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder evaluates a hash table, entries of which define both significant state values and boundaries of intervals of numeric context values, in order to select the mapping rule. A mapping rule index value is individually associated to a numeric context value being a significant state value. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013322 | AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AN AUDIO INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM OBTAINING A CONTEXT SUB-REGION VALUE ON THE BASIS OF A NORM OF PREVIOUSLY DECODED SPECTRAL VALUES - An audio decoder has an arithmetic decoder for providing decoded spectral values on the basis of an arithmetically-encoded representation and a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter for providing a time-domain audio representation. The arithmetic decoder selects a mapping rule describing a mapping of a code value onto a symbol code in dependence on a context state described by a numeric current context value which is determined in dependence on previously decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder obtains a plurality of context subregion values on the basis of previously decoded spectral values and derives a numeric current context value associated with one or more spectral values to be decoded in dependence on stored context subregion values. The arithmetic decoder computes the norm of a vector formed by a plurality of previously decoded spectral values in order to obtain a common context subregion value. An audio encoder uses a similar concept. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013323 | AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING AND AUDIO INFORMATION, METHOD FOR DECODING AN AUDIO INFORMATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING A MODIFICATION OF A NUMBER REPRESENTATION OF A NUMERIC PREVIOUS CONTEXT VALUE - An audio decoder includes an arithmetic decoder for providing decoded spectral values on the basis of an arithmetically-encoded representation of the spectral values and a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter for providing a time-domain audio representation using the decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder selects a mapping rule describing a mapping of a code value onto a symbol code in dependence on a context state described by a numeric current context value, and determines the numeric current context value in dependence on a plurality of previously-decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder modifies a number representation of a numeric previous context value, describing a context state associated with one or more previously decoded spectral values, in dependence on a context subregion value, to acquire a number representation of a numeric current context value describing a context state associated with one or more spectral values to be decoded. An audio encoder uses a similar concept. | 01-10-2013 |
20130030819 | AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO DECODER AND RELATED METHODS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNALS USING COMPLEX PREDICTION - An encoder, based on a combination of two audio channels, obtains a first combination signal as a mid-signal and a residual signal derivable using a predicted side signal derived from the mid signal. The first combination signal and the prediction residual signal are encoded and written into a data stream together with the prediction information. A decoder generates decoded first and second channel signals using the prediction residual signal, the first combination signal and the prediction information. A real-to-imaginary transform may be applied for estimating the imaginary part of the spectrum of the first combination signal. For calculating the prediction signal used in the derivation of the prediction residual signal, the real-valued first combination signal is multiplied by a real portion of the complex prediction information and the estimated imaginary part of the first combination signal is multiplied by an imaginary portion of the complex prediction information. | 01-31-2013 |
20130066640 | AUDIO ENCODING/DECODING SCHEME HAVING A SWITCHABLE BYPASS - An apparatus for encoding includes a first domain converter, a switchable bypass, a second domain converter, a first processor and a second processor to obtain an encoded audio signal having different signal portions represented by coded data in different domains, which have been coded by different coding algorithms. Corresponding decoding stages in the decoder together with a bypass for bypassing a domain converter allow the generation of a decoded audio signal with high quality and low bit rate. | 03-14-2013 |
20130096930 | Multi-Resolution Switched Audio Encoding/Decoding Scheme - An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal has a first coding branch, the first coding branch comprising a first converter for converting a signal from a time domain into a frequency domain. Furthermore, the audio encoder has a second coding branch comprising a second time/frequency converter. Additionally, a signal analyzer for analyzing the audio signal is provided. The signal analyzer, on the hand, determines whether an audio portion is effective in the encoder output signal as a first encoded signal from the first encoding branch or as a second encoded signal from a second encoding branch. On the other hand, the signal analyzer determines a time/frequency resolution to be applied by the converters when generating the encoded signals. An output interface includes, in addition to the first encoded signal and the second encoded signal, a resolution information identifying the resolution used by the first time/frequency converter and used by the second time/frequency converter. | 04-18-2013 |
20130121411 | AUDIO OR VIDEO ENCODER, AUDIO OR VIDEO DECODER AND RELATED METHODS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO OR VIDEO SIGNALS USING A VARIABLE PREDICTION DIRECTION - An encoder/decoder is based on a combination of two audio or video channels to obtain a first combination signal as a mid-signal and a residual signal derivable using a predicted side signal derived from the mid-signal. A decoder uses the prediction residual signal, the first combination signal, a prediction direction indicator and prediction information to derive decoded first channel and second channel signals. A real-to-imaginary transform can be applied for estimating the imaginary part of the spectrum of the first combination signal. The prediction signal used in the derivation of the prediction residual signal, the real-valued first combination signal is multiplied by a real portion of the complex prediction information and the estimated imaginary part of the first combination signal is multiplied by an imaginary portion of the complex prediction information. | 05-16-2013 |
20130226570 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL AND FOR PROVIDING A HIGHER TEMPORAL GRANULARITY FOR A COMBINED UNIFIED SPEECH AND AUDIO CODEC (USAC) - An apparatus for processing an audio signal is provided. The apparatus has a signal processor and a configurator. The configurator is adapted to configure the signal processor based on configuration information such that a configurable upsampling factor is equal to a first upsampling value when a first ratio of the second configurable number of samples to a first configurable number of samples has a first ratio value. Moreover, the configurator is adapted to configure the signal processor such that the configurable upsampling factor is equal to a different second upsampling value, when a different second ratio of the second configurable number of samples to the first configurable number of samples has a different second ratio value. The first or the second ratio value is not an integer value. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226594 | AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING AND AUDIO INFORMATION, METHOD FOR DECODING AN AUDIO INFORMATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING AN OPTIMIZED HASH TABLE - An audio decoder includes an arithmetic decoder for providing decoded spectral values on the basis of an arithmetically encoded representation thereof, and a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter for providing a time-domain audio representation. The arithmetic decoder selects a mapping rule describing a mapping of a code value onto a symbol code representing a spectral value, or a most significant bit-plane thereof, in a decoded form, in dependence on a context state described by a numeric current context value. The arithmetic decoder determines the numeric current context value in dependence on a plurality of previously decoded spectral values. It evaluates a hash table, entries of which define both significant state values amongst the numeric context values and boundaries of intervals of numeric context values, in order to select the mapping rule, wherein the hash table ari_hash_m is defined as given in FIGS. | 08-29-2013 |
20130282389 | ENCODER, DECODER AND METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING DATA SEGMENTS REPRESENTING A TIME-DOMAIN DATA STREAM - An apparatus for decoding data segments representing a time-domain data stream, a data segment being encoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain, a data segment being encoded in the frequency domain having successive blocks of data representing successive and overlapping blocks of time-domain data samples. The apparatus includes a time-domain decoder for decoding a data segment being encoded in the time domain and a processor for processing the data segment being encoded in the frequency domain and output data of the time-domain decoder to obtain overlapping time-domain data blocks. The apparatus further includes an overlap/add-combiner for combining the overlapping time-domain data blocks to obtain a decoded data segment of the time-domain data stream. | 10-24-2013 |
20130332153 | LINEAR PREDICTION BASED CODING SCHEME USING SPECTRAL DOMAIN NOISE SHAPING - An encoding concept which is linear prediction based and uses spectral domain noise shaping is rendered less complex at a comparable coding efficiency in terms of, for example, rate/distortion ratio, by using the spectral decomposition of the audio input signal into a spectrogram having a sequence of spectra for both linear prediction coefficient computation as well as spectral domain shaping based on the linear prediction coefficients. The coding efficiency may remain even if such a lapped transform is used for the spectral decomposition which causes aliasing and necessitates time aliasing cancellation such as critically sampled lapped transforms such as an MDCT. | 12-12-2013 |
20140081645 | AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING AN AUDIO INFORMATION, METHOD FOR DECODING AN AUDIO INFORMATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING A DETECTION OF A GROUP OF PREVIOUSLY-DECODED SPECTRAL VALUES - An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio information includes a arithmetic decoder for providing a plurality of decoded spectral values on the basis of an arithmetically-encoded representation of the spectral values and a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter for providing a time-domain audio representation using the decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder is configured to select a mapping rule describing a mapping of a code value onto a symbol code in dependence on a context state. The arithmetic decoder is configured to determine or modify the current context state in dependence on a plurality of previously-decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder is configured to detect a group of a plurality of previously-decoded spectral values, which fulfill, individually or taken together, a predetermined condition regarding their magnitudes, and to determine the current context state in dependence on a result of the detection. | 03-20-2014 |
20140222434 | AUDIO SIGNAL SYNTHESIZER AND AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER - An audio signal synthesizer generates a synthesis audio signal having a first frequency band and a second synthesized frequency band derived from the first frequency band and comprises a patch generator, a spectral converter, a raw signal processor and a combiner. The patch generator performs at least two different patching algorithms, each patching algorithm generating a raw signal. The patch generator is adapted to select one of the at least two different patching algorithms in response to a control information. The spectral converter converts the raw signal into a raw signal spectral representation. The raw signal processor processes the raw signal spectral representation in response to spectral domain spectral band replication parameters to obtain an adjusted raw signal spectral representation. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222442 | ENCODER, DECODER AND METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING DATA SEGMENTS REPRESENTING A TIME-DOMAIN DATA STREAM - An apparatus for decoding data segments representing a time-domain data stream, a data segment being encoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain, a data segment being encoded in the frequency domain having successive blocks of data representing successive and overlapping blocks of time-domain data samples. The apparatus includes a time-domain decoder for decoding a data segment being encoded in the time domain and a processor for processing the data segment being encoded in the frequency domain and output data of the time-domain decoder to obtain overlapping time-domain data blocks. The apparatus further includes an overlap/add-combiner for combining the overlapping time-domain data blocks to obtain a decoded data segment of the time-domain data stream. | 08-07-2014 |
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20140297293 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AVOIDING CLIPPING ARTEFACTS - An audio encoding apparatus includes an encoder for encoding a time segment of an input audio signal to be encoded to obtain a corresponding encoded signal segment. The audio encoding apparatus further includes a decoder for decoding the encoded signal segment to obtain a re-decoded signal segment. A clipping detector is provided for analyzing the re-decoded signal segment with respect to at least one of an actual signal clipping or an perceptible signal clipping and for generating a corresponding clipping alert. The encoder is further configured to again encode the time segment of the audio signal with at least one modified encoding parameter resulting in a reduced clipping probability in response to the clipping alert. | 10-02-2014 |
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20100227951 | POLYMER CONCRETE ELECTRICAL INSULATION - Polymer concrete electrical insulation including a hardened epoxy resin composition filled with an electrically non-conductive inorganic filler compositions. The polymer concrete electrical insulation system optionally may contain additives. The epoxy resin composition is based on a cycloaliphatic epoxy resin. The inorganic filler composition can be present within the range of about 76% by weight to about 86% by weight, calculated to the total weight of the polymer concrete electrical insulation system. The inorganic filler composition includes a uniform mixture of (i) an inorganic filler with an average grain size within the range of 1 micron (μm) to 100 micron (μm) [component c(i)], and (ii) an inorganic filler with an average grain size within the range of 0.1 mm (100 micron) to 2 mm [component c(ii)]. The inorganic filler with an average grain size within the range of 1 micron (μm) to 100 micron (μm) [component c(i)] can be present in an amount within the range of 22% to 42%, calculated to the total weight of the polymer concrete electrical insulation system; and (e) the inorganic filler with an average grain size within the range of 0.1 mm to 2 mm [component c(ii)] is present within the range of 41% to 61% by weight, calculated to the total weight of the polymer concrete electrical insulation; and method of producing said electrical insulation. | 09-09-2010 |
20120222292 | CONDUCTOR HANDLING TOOL AND A METHOD OF APPLYING AN ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL - A conductor handling tool has a plate-shaped tool body. The tool body includes a conductor receiving opening for receiving a conductor portion therein and for holding the conductor portion received therein. Further, an edge of the plate-shaped tool body is shaped convex as a tapered blade edge extending substantially within a y-z-plane. The tapered blade edge is directed away from the conductor receiving opening and is forming an outer circumferential portion of the tool body for splitting a portion of insulating material during winding of the insulating material. | 09-06-2012 |
20140174787 | INSULATOR FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE GAS INSULATED SWITCH GEAR - An insulator for a gas insulated device and method of making and/or producing the insulator are disclosed. The insulator includes an injection molded insulator disc and a conductor. The insulator disc includes a center opening encompassed by an inner bead inside which the conductor is arranged. The insulator disc includes, for example, a first material which is injection molded onto the conductor. | 06-26-2014 |
Nikolaus Zipf, Stuttgart DE
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20090129933 | BLOWER WHEEL - The invention relates to a blower wheel, especially a plastic blower wheel for a cylindrical rotor radial fan for the heating and air-conditioning systems of a motor vehicle. Said blower wheel comprises a plurality of blades ( | 05-21-2009 |