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US-8,477,875 |
Method and receiver for demodulation A method of demodulation includes determining samples of a modulated analogue audio signal; determining at least one distorted sample of the samples depending... |
US-8,477,793 |
Media streaming device with gateway functionality Various methods and devices provide place shifting of a media stream to a remote device while also providing network functionality for a local area network... |
US-8,477,563 |
Device for announcing prayer times The device for announcing prayer times provides for announcement of Muslim prayer times by recitation of athan throughout a large but localized area, e.g., a... |
US-8,477,248 |
System and method of demodulating audio signals A system and method for demodulating signals are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a signal at an input and determining a... |
US-8,477,243 |
Program guide apparatus acquiring program guide information and/or
providing for program guide navigation using... A digital television signal receiver, which includes an audio processor to process the audio data to be output as sound; a video processor to process a video... |
US-8,476,835 |
Audio controlled light formed christmas tree A Christmas tree decorative enhancing system provides a lighting display that is choreographed to an audio file and respective output. Each of a series of light... |
US-8,476,518 |
System and method for generating audio wavetables A method includes receiving an audio signal and identifying one or more steady-state segments of the audio signal. The method also includes identifying at least... |
US-8,475,530 |
Middle ear direct action improved hearing aid and related installation
method A middle ear prosthesis device and corresponding implantation procedure are described. A sensing microphone converts an acoustic audio signal into a... |
US-8,475,385 |
Method and apparatus for physiological monitoring Blood pressure measurements are represented aurally. An audio synthesizer (15) receives a signal representative of blood pressure information, and synthesizes... |
US-8,474,994 |
Multi purpose visual and audible signaling baton A multi purpose visual and audible signaling baton having applicability to fire scenes, traffic and crowd control, police operations, military procedures,... |
US-8,473,302 |
Parametric audio encoding and decoding apparatus and method thereof having
selective phase encoding for birth... Provided are parametric audio encoding and decoding apparatuses and methods thereof. In the parametric audio encoding method, an audio signal is segmented into... |
US-8,473,301 |
Method and apparatus for audio decoding A method for decoding an audio signal includes: obtaining a lower-band signal component of an audio signal corresponding to a received code stream when the... |
US-8,473,298 |
Pre-resampling to achieve continuously variable analysis time/frequency
resolution A digital audio signal can be processed using continuously variable time-frequency resolution by selecting a portion of an input digital audio signal,... |
US-8,473,294 |
Skipping radio/television program segments Techniques for notifying at least one entity of an occurrence of an event in an audio signal are provided. At least one preference is obtained from the at least... |
US-8,473,283 |
Pitch selection modules in a system for automatic transcription of sung or
hummed melodies The technology disclosed relates to audio signal processing. It includes a series of modules that individually are useful to solve audio signal processing... |
US-8,473,083 |
Synthesized audio parameters In some embodiments, techniques for audio processing may include receiving a first characterization of a first audio device, including a first audio... |
US-8,473,012 |
Architecture of a multimedia and hands-free phone equipment for a motor
vehicle The equipment comprises a pilot box (10) mounted on the dashboard, an offset box (12) and a link (14) for coupling these boxes. The pilot box comprises a signal... |
US-8,473,011 |
Method and apparatus allowing for user-selectable acoustic equalizer
settings for voice calls A user is allowed to select an acoustic equalizer setting from among a plurality of predetermined acoustic equalizer settings. Upon receiving an indication of a... |
US-8,472,873 |
Near field communication and frequency modulation coexistence concealment
system and method A system for determining a frequency modulated audio output of a mobile communication device during a near field communication transaction includes a... |
US-8,472,865 |
Echo light complex An apparatus mounted on a vessel used for transportation, the apparatus displaying a visual media on surroundings of the vessel, and transmitting a audio... |
US-8,472,663 |
Embedded appliance for multimedia capture A multimedia device includes input ports dedicated to receiving a real-time media signal and a processor system dedicated to capturing the real-time media... |
US-8,472,655 |
Audio processing An audio processing arrangement (200) comprises a plurality of audio sources (101, 102) generating input audio signals, a processing circuit (110) for deriving... |
US-8,472,644 |
High efficiency audio amplifier and method thereof A high efficiency audio amplifier is disclosed. The high efficiency audio amplifier includes an input end for receiving an input audio signal, an output end for... |
US-8,472,642 |
Processing of an audio signal for presentation in a high noise environment In accordance with the invention, audio signals are specially processed for sound presentation in a high noise environment. The electrical signal representative... |
US-8,472,638 |
Sound processing system for configuration of audio signals in a vehicle A sound processing system for a vehicle includes a sound processor that is configured to mix at least one real audio input signal to form at least one virtual... |
US-8,472,634 |
Preprogrammed hearing assistance device with audiometric testing
capability A hearing aid which is operable in an audiometric testing mode includes an audio output section, a volume control, a switching device, and a processor. The... |
US-8,472,631 |
Multi-channel audio enhancement system for use in recording playback and
methods for providing same An audio enhancement system and method for use receives a group of multi-channel audio signals and provides a simulated surround sound environment through... |
US-8,471,713 |
Interference detector for patient monitor A system is disclosed for detecting and calculating the level of ambient and/or environmental noise, such as electromagnetic interference generated by electric... |
US-8,471,599 |
Adjustable voltage comparing circuit and adjustable voltage examining
device In an adjustable voltage examining module, while a logic tester issues an input signal to an audio module under test, upper/low-threshold reference signals are... |
US-8,471,135 |
Music transcription Methods, systems, and devices are described for automatically converting audio input signal data into musical score representation data. Embodiments of the... |
US-8,468,280 |
Audio interface for controlling a motion platform The present description relates to the interfacing of a computer with a motion platform using a USB audio-class computer peripheral. The computer peripheral... |
US-8,468,183 |
Method and apparatus for automatic detection and identification of
broadcast audio and video signals This invention relates to the automatic detection and identification of broadcast programming, for example music, speech or video that is broadcast over radio,... |
US-8,468,027 |
Systems and methods for deploying and utilizing a network of conversation
control systems Systems and methods for interacting with recipients. The systems can be computer controlled and provide audio and/or textual output to a recipient. In some... |
US-8,468,026 |
Audio decoding using variable-length codebook application ranges Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for decoding an audio signal from a frame-based bit stream. At least one frame includes... |
US-8,468,024 |
Generating a frame of audio data A method of generating a frame of audio data for an audio signal from preceding audio data for the audio signal that precede the frame of audio data, the method... |
US-8,468,022 |
Voice control for asynchronous notifications A computing device may receive an incoming communication and, in response, generate a notification that indicates that the incoming communication can be... |
US-8,468,014 |
Voicing detection modules in a system for automatic transcription of sung
or hummed melodies The technology disclosed relates to audio signal processing. It includes a series of modules that individually are useful to solve audio signal processing... |
US-8,468,012 |
Acoustic model adaptation using geographic information Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for enhancing speech recognition accuracy. In one aspect, a... |
US-8,467,893 |
Objective measurement of audio quality In an apparatus for objective perceptual evaluation of speech quality, parameters BandwidthRef and BandwidthTest representing the bandwidth are forwarded to a... |
US-8,467,892 |
Content-based audio comparisons A content-based comparison of a plurality of digital audio signals can be performed by generating, for a portion of a corresponding channel, a first set of... |
US-8,467,891 |
Method and system for efficient optimization of audio sampling rate
conversion A controller for outputting audio having a predetermined output sample rate. The controller is programmed to receive an audio signal having a first sample rate,... |
US-8,467,890 |
Method and system for detecting interrupts from detachable electronic
accessories or peripherals Aspects of a method and system for detecting interrupts from detachable electronic accessories or peripherals are provided. In this regard, a hardware audio... |
US-8,467,889 |
Mixing signal processing apparatus and mixing signal processing integrated
circuit User is allowed to designate a desired mode defining the respective numbers of channels and mixing buses, and processing for mixing input signals of the number... |
US-8,467,881 |
Methods and systems for representing different spectral components of an
audio signal presented to a cochlear... An exemplary method of representing different spectral components of an audio signal presented to a cochlear implant patient includes identifying one or more... |
US-8,467,828 |
Audio I O headset plug and plug detection circuitry A single prong, multiple signal conducting plug and plug detection circuitry is provided. The plug may be electrically coupled to a stereo headset including a... |
US-8,467,721 |
Systems and methods for delivering a converted message to a vehicle media
system Architecture for playing back personal text-based messages such as email and voicemail over a vehicle-based media system. The user can use a cell phone that... |
US-8,467,557 |
Coaxial speaker system with improved transition between individual
speakers A coaxial speaker system that minimizes detrimental sound wave reflections from its high frequency speaker. The coaxial speaker system includes a high frequency... |
US-8,467,549 |
Audio information processing apparatus and audio information processing
method An audio information processing apparatus for processing input audio information is adapted to input an audio signal composed of front area audio information... |
US-8,467,547 |
Audio compressor with feedback An audio compressor may regulate the level of an audio input signal depending on whether the level is above or below a threshold value. The audio compressor may... |
US-8,467,546 |
Switchable audio circuits for mobile terminals and methods and computer
program products for operating the same Audio circuits for a mobile terminal include a microphone and an audio signal processing circuit having an input coupled to the microphone. The audio signal... |