Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for generating and reporting a CSI report. The method performed by a UE comprising: receiving (400) a CSI report configuration from a network node (600); determining (401) one or more frequency-domain, FD, components for the set of linear combination coefficients, determining (402) one or more time-domain, TD, components for the set of linear combination coefficients, determining (403) one or more spatial domain, SD, components for the set of linear combination coefficients, determining (404) a set of frequency-/time (FD/TD)-component pairs, each pair comprising an FD component and a TD component, commonly across a subset of spatial domain components for the set of linear combination coefficients, and, generating and transmitting or reporting (405), to the network node (600), a CSI report, the CSI report comprising an indication of the determined SD, FD and TD component(s), FD/TD-component pairs, and combination coefficients of the precoder vector or matrix.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station

Abstract

Acoustic precipitation sensor with at least one element that is part of an existing object, wherein the existing structure is arranged such that a precipitation to be captured impacts on the element, wherein the element is configured such that the impacting precipitation generates an acoustic signal, and at least one measuring element that is arranged with respect to the element to capture the acoustic signal; a signal processing unit configured to receive and process a measuring signal generated by the measuring element as a reaction to the acoustic signal so as to determine one or several properties of the precipitation, e.g. in real time, on the basis thereof.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01W 1/14 - Rainfall or precipitation gauges
• H02S 20/23 - Supporting structures directly fixed to an immovable object specially adapted for buildings specially adapted for roof structures
• H02S 20/30 - Supporting structures being movable or adjustable, e.g. for angle adjustment

Abstract

An encoding scheme is provided for arithmetically encoding a sequence of information values into an arithmetic coded bitstream by providing the bitstream with entry point information, allowing for resuming arithmetic decoding of the bitstream from a predetermined entry point onward. A respective decoding scheme is also provided. These encoding and decoding schemes provide more efficient encoding in view of the decoding speed.

IPC Classes  ?

• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction
• H03M 7/40 - Conversion to or from variable length codes, e.g. Shannon-Fano code, Huffman code, Morse code

Abstract

An encoding scheme is provided for arithmetically encoding a sequence of information values into an arithmetic coded bitstream by providing the bitstream with entry point information, allowing for resuming arithmetic decoding of the bitstream from a predetermined entry point onward. A respective decoding scheme is also provided. These encoding and decoding schemes provide more efficient encoding in view of the decoding speed.

IPC Classes  ?

• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Abstract

An apparatus includes an antenna and a transceiver. The transceiver transmits a first signal via the antenna, the first signal including a unique identification of the apparatus and a request for receive information about the first signal at a receiver. The transceiver receives from the receiver a second signal via the antenna, the second signal including first information about a direction of arrival (DoA) of the first signal at the receiver and second information indicative of a location of the receiver.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04B 17/27 - MonitoringTesting of receivers for locating or positioning the transmitter
• G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
• G01S 5/08 - Position of single direction-finder fixed by determining direction of a plurality of spaced sources of known location
• H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
• H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
• H04B 17/309 - Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
• H04W 88/02 - Terminal devices

Abstract

The present application concerns early reflection processing concepts for auralization. Embodiments relate to apparatuses and methods for sound rendering considering early reflections and to apparatuses and methods for determining an early reflection pattern.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangementsControl arrangements, e.g. balance control

Abstract

An optical wireless device with a receiving device is configured to receive an optical wireless signal. The receiving device includes an optical detector for detecting the optical wireless signal and a plurality of optical systems with at least a first optical system with a first aperture size and a second optical system with a second, smaller aperture size. The optical systems are arranged side by side and essentially in the same advantageous direction. Each of the plurality of optical systems is configured to simultaneously direct a light incident on the optical system to the optical detector. The optical detector has an optical axis and the first optical system is arranged at a first distance from the optical axis and the second optical system is arranged at a greater second distance from the optical axis.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04B 10/11 - Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
• H04B 10/67 - Optical arrangements in the receiver

Abstract

A lens module has a first surface and a second surface inclined relative to the first surface, which are optically coupled to each other via a third surface inclined relative to the first surface and the second surface. Each of the first surface, the second surface and the third surface has a first surface section and a second surface section, wherein the first surface sections are associated to one another and the second surface sections are associated to one another and form a respective optical arrangement.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04B 10/114 - Indoor or close-range type systems
• G02B 3/08 - Simple or compound lenses with non-spherical faces with discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lens
• G02B 17/08 - Catadioptric systems
• H04B 10/40 - Transceivers

Abstract

A solar cell module, having a plurality of module segments, wherein the module segments have at least two subsegments which each have at least one first solar cell string and each solar cell string has a plurality of solar cells interconnected in series.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10F 19/90 - Structures for connecting between photovoltaic cells, e.g. interconnections or insulating spacers
• H10F 19/70 - Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one photovoltaic cell covered by group , e.g. photovoltaic modules comprising bypass diodes

Abstract

An apparatus for interference cancellation according to an embodiment is provided. The apparatus comprises a preprocessor configured for resampling a first audio signal to obtain a sampling-rate-adjusted first signal. Moreover, the apparatus comprises an interference estimator configured for estimating a first interference estimate depending on a first filter configuration and depending on the sampling-rate-adjusted first signal; and configured for estimating a second interference estimate depending on a second filter configuration and depending on a second audio signal. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises a signal processor configured for processing a microphone signal or an intermediate signal, being a signal derived from the microphone signal, depending on the first interference estimate and depending on the second interference estimate to obtain an error signal; configured for updating the first filter configuration and the second filter configuration depending on the error signal; and configured for outputting the error signal. The preprocessor is configured to resample the first audio signal depending on a sampling rate offset between a sampling rate of the microphone signal or of the intermediate signal or of the error signal, and a sampling rate of the first audio signal.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/03 - Spectral prediction for preventing pre-echoTemporary noise shaping [TNS], e.g. in MPEG2 or MPEG4

Abstract

There is disclosed, inter alia, a system for deriving, from an input multi-channel audio signal, a multi-channel target signal in compressed form, the system comprising: a downmix block, to downmix the input multi-channel audio signal onto one single-channel downmix signal; a single-channel separation block, to perform a single-channel separation of the single-channel downmix channel, to derive a single-channel target signal from the single-channel audio signal, a multi-channel projection coefficients estimation block, to derive an array of multi-channel projection coefficients capable of projecting the single-channel target signal onto multiple channels; and an output unit to output the multi-channel target signal in compressed form as the single-channel target signal and the array of multi-channel projection coefficients.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
• G10L 25/30 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the analysis technique using neural networks

Abstract

Audio data processor, having: a receiver interface for receiving encoded audio data and metadata related to the encoded audio data; a metadata parser for parsing the metadata to determine an audio data manipulation possibility; an interaction interface for receiving an interaction input and for generating, from the interaction input, interaction control data related to the audio data manipulation possibility; and a data stream generator for obtaining the interaction control data and the encoded audio data and the metadata and for generating an output data stream, the output data stream having the encoded audio data, at least a portion of the metadata, and the interaction control data.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 21/81 - Monomedia components thereof
• G10L 19/00 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
• G10L 19/16 - Vocoder architecture
• H04N 21/435 - Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data or reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• H04N 21/4363 - Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
• H04N 21/439 - Processing of audio elementary streams
• H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
• H04N 21/485 - End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

Video coding concepts are described which relate to encoding, decoding, extracting and mixing video data streams having encoded therein pictures in a manner subdivided into independently coded subpictures. The concepts relate to an extraction of subpicture specific video data streams having a layer of subdivided pictures and a layer of un-subdivided pictures, a handling of inter-layer prediction tools and a handling of scaling windows for inter-layer prediction for such video data streams, a determination of decoder capability requirements for such data streams, layer-specific constraints for such data streams, and mixing of subpictures encoded with different types of independent coding.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/31 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability in the temporal domain
• H04N 19/109 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of temporal predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
• H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
• H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
• H04N 19/463 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process by compressing encoding parameters before transmission
• H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding

Abstract

A method performed by a UE for generating a CSI report in a wireless communication system, including receiving from a network node, a CSI report configuration information including at least one parameter, D, for indicating a first basis set of D basis vectors used for constructing for each transmission layer a precoding vector or matrix for a rank set; identifying a precoding vector matrix for each transmission layer based on the first basis set, a second basis set comprising P basis vectors, and a number of combining coefficients for combining selected vectors from the first and second basis set; generating a CSI report based on the CSI report configuration information for a RI, or v of the rank set; and transmitting the CSI report to the network node.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
• H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
• H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports

Abstract

Embodiments according to a first aspect of the present invention are based on the idea, that neural network parameters may be compressed more efficiently by using a non-constant quantizer, but varying same during coding the neural network parameters, namely by selecting a set of reconstruction levels depending on quantization indices decoded from, or respectively encoded, into the data stream for previous or respectively previously encoded neural network parameters. Embodiments according to a second aspect of the present invention are based on the idea that a more efficient neural network coding may be achieved when done in stages—called reconstruction layers to distinguish them from the layered composition of the neural network in neural layers—and if the parametrizations provided in these stages are then, neural network parameter-wise combined to yield a neural network parametrization improved compared to any of the stages.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 47/2483 - Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS involving identification of individual flows
• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology

Abstract

File format concepts for video files are described. It is proposed to that descriptive data of a file indicates whether a parameter set for a track of a file is forwarded when jointly decoding a sub-stream of the track and a further track, and/or that a file includes, for a sub-stream of a video stream signaled in the file, an alternative parameter set to a parameter set for fully decoding the track, the alternative parameter set being for decoding the sub-stream, so as to allow for switching between multiple tracks of a file, and/or that step-wise stream access pictures of a track of a file are marked as stream access point pictures for accessing the track, and/or that a temporal length within which a decoder refresh in case of a joint decoding of sub-streams distributed over multiple tracks is indicated in a file, and/or that a file provides information from which it is derivable whether a pixel aspect ratio varies.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
• H04N 19/31 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability in the temporal domain
• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

Abstract

The transient problem may be sufficiently addressed, and for this purpose, a further delay on the side of the decoding may be reduced if a new SBR frame class is used wherein the frame boundaries are not shifted, i.e. the grid boundaries are still synchronized with the frame boundaries, but wherein a transient position indication is additionally used as a syntax element so as to be used, on the encoder and/or decoder sides, within the frames of these new frame class for determining the grid boundaries within these frames.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/00 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
• G10L 19/14 - Details not provided for in groups ; G10L 19/06-G10L 19/12, e.g. gain coding, post filtering design or vocoder structure
• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques

Abstract

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/00 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques

Abstract

A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network is configured or preconfigured with one or more Sounding Reference Signal, SRS, resources to be used for SRS transmissions. The one or more SRS resources include a plurality of frequency domain resources. Responsive to receiving an indication of a single bandwidth segment to be used for an SRS transmission, the UE performs the SRS transmission using the frequency domain resources of two or more subbands of the single bandwidth segment.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

Abstract

Video data for deriving a spatially variable section of a scene therefrom as well as corresponding methods and apparatuses for creating video data for deriving a spatially variable section of a scene therefrom and for deriving a spatially variable section of a scene from video data. The video data comprises a set of source tracks comprising coded video data representing spatial portions of a video showing the scene and is formatted in a specific file format and supports the merging of different spatial portions into a joint bitstream through compressed-domain processing.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
• H04N 19/169 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding
• H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
• H04N 19/33 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability in the spatial domain
• H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
• H04N 21/854 - Content authoring

Abstract

Embodiments according to the present invention include an optical apparatus for providing optical real-time information regarding a process, wherein the optical apparatus is configured to detect an optical input signal that is radiated and/or reflected by the process and wherein the optical apparatus comprises an optical neural network that is configured to provide the optical real-time information regarding the process based on the optical input signal. Embodiments according to the present invention include an optical apparatus for providing optical real-time information regarding a process, wherein the optical apparatus is configured to detect an optical input signal that is radiated and/or reflected by the process and wherein the optical apparatus comprises an optical neural network that is configured to provide the optical real-time information regarding the process based on the optical input signal. Further, a system for providing optical real-time information and a method for providing the apparatus are disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/067 - Physical realisation, i.e. hardware implementation of neural networks, neurons or parts of neurons using optical means
• B23K 26/03 - Observing, e.g. monitoring, the workpiece

Abstract

An apparatus for a wireless communication network is described that has an antenna unit. The antenna unit includes a plurality of antennas or one or more antenna arrays each having a plurality of antenna elements. The apparatus communicates with one or more network entities of the wireless communication network, like a base station or another UE. The apparatus transmits to or receives from the network entity a reference signal, like a Sounding Reference Signal, SRS, or a Synchronization Signal Block, SSB, using one or more beams beamformed by the apparatus using one or more input parameters. The apparatus transmits a feedback to the network entity, the feedback indicating the one or more input parameters the apparatus uses for beamforming the one or more beams, and/or the apparatus is configured or preconfigured, e.g., by the network entity, with the one or more input parameters.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
• H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
• H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control

Abstract

A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, like a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, network, is described. The UE is to communicate with one or more further UEs in the wireless communication network over a sidelink, SL. The UE is configured or preconfigured with a time slot structure allowing a transmission to be started at one of a plurality of starting symbols during a duration of a time slot, the plurality of starting symbols including a first starting symbol and a second starting symbol, the first starting symbol being an automatic gain control, AGC, symbol and the second starting symbol being an AGC symbol and being offset from the first starting symbol. The UE is to start a transmission at the first starting symbol or at the second starting symbol. When the UE starts the transmission at the first starting symbol, the UE is to include into the time slot an additional AGC symbol, the additional AGC symbol being at a symbol of the time slot corresponding the second starting symbol.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 72/40 - Resource management for direct mode communication, e.g. D2D or sidelink
• H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• H04W 92/18 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between terminal devices

Abstract

A device and method for manipulating an audio signal includes a windower for generating a plurality of consecutive blocks of audio samples, the plurality of consecutive blocks including at least one padded block of audio samples, the padded block having padded values and audio signal values, a first converter for converting the padded block into a spectral representation having spectral values, a phase modifier for modifying phases of the spectral values to obtain a modified spectral representation and a second converter for converting the modified spectral representation into a modified time domain audio signal.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/025 - Detection of transients or attacks for time/frequency resolution switching
• G10L 21/007 - Changing voice quality, e.g. pitch or formants characterised by the process used
• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques

Abstract

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/00 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques

Abstract

Concepts for transform coefficient block coding are described which enable coding of coefficients of a transform block in a manner suitable for dependent quantization and effectively implementable by entropy coding in terms of coding efficiency.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/189 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding
• H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process

Abstract

The methods and apparatuses for signaling framework for flexible beam management in a wireless communications network. A method performed by a UE comprises: receiving, from a network node, via a higher layer, a configuration of at least one information element (IE), said configuration comprising at least: an identifier (ID) unique to each IE and ID(s) of one or more uplink (UL) resource(s) and/or downlink (DL) resource(s) that is/are used to indicate at least a spatial filter or beam direction for transmission of at least a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource and/or a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource, and/or a Sounding reference Signal (SRS) resource; and applying the configuration provided in the at least one IE for the transmission of the PUSCH resource, and/or the PUCCH resource and/or the SRS resource. There is also provided a method performed by a network node, a UE and a network node.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
• H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
• H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/00 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques

Abstract

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/00 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques

Abstract

The application of coded subblock flags is performed differently between the case of applying an identity transform to a currently coded transform block on the one hand and applying a non-identity transform to the currently coded transform block on the other hand, in a manner yielding improved coding efficiency.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
• H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
• H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

Abstract

A silicon carbide gravel usable, for example, for refractory products, and a method for the production of different qualities and grain sizes of silicon carbide gravel. The silicon carbide gravel includes SiC particles having a high density. Particles of the silicon carbide gravel consist to an extent of at least 85 mass % of SiC waste products and have a density of 2.89 to 3.20 g/cm3, a compressive strength of >2500 MPa, a fraction of <5% of pores with an equivalent diameter of >100 μm and a fraction of open porosity of <10%. The silicon carbide gravel consists at least predominantly of particles with particle sizes of greater than or equal to 2 mm and the particles have an irregular shape produced by a mechanical loading.

IPC Classes  ?

• C01B 32/956 - Silicon carbide
• B09B 3/30 - Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless involving mechanical treatment
• B09B 3/40 - Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless involving thermal treatment, e.g. evaporation
• B09B 101/60 - Ceramics, e.g. pottery

Abstract

An apparatus includes a switch arrangement comprising a switching element and a control device that is configured to switch the switching element on the basis of a turn-off current that is determined by the relationship that An apparatus includes a switch arrangement comprising a switching element and a control device that is configured to switch the switching element on the basis of a turn-off current that is determined by the relationship that I T ⁢ 0 , n = V DC ⁢ ( C eff ⁢ 1 + C eff ⁢ 2 ) 3 C eff ⁢ 1 ⁢ C eff ⁢ 2 ⁢ L p n ⁢ π An apparatus includes a switch arrangement comprising a switching element and a control device that is configured to switch the switching element on the basis of a turn-off current that is determined by the relationship that I T ⁢ 0 , n = V DC ⁢ ( C eff ⁢ 1 + C eff ⁢ 2 ) 3 C eff ⁢ 1 ⁢ C eff ⁢ 2 ⁢ L p n ⁢ π wherein IT0,n describes the turn-off current to be turned off by the switching element, VDC describes an intermediate circuit voltage of the commutation circuit, Ceff1 describes an effective capacitance of the commutation resonant circuit associated with the switching element, Ceff2 describes an effective capacitance of the commutation resonant circuit associated with the free-running element, Lp describes an effective electrical inductance of the commutation resonant circuit, and n describes a natural number; wherein at least one of the conditions is satisfied: An apparatus includes a switch arrangement comprising a switching element and a control device that is configured to switch the switching element on the basis of a turn-off current that is determined by the relationship that I T ⁢ 0 , n = V DC ⁢ ( C eff ⁢ 1 + C eff ⁢ 2 ) 3 C eff ⁢ 1 ⁢ C eff ⁢ 2 ⁢ L p n ⁢ π wherein IT0,n describes the turn-off current to be turned off by the switching element, VDC describes an intermediate circuit voltage of the commutation circuit, Ceff1 describes an effective capacitance of the commutation resonant circuit associated with the switching element, Ceff2 describes an effective capacitance of the commutation resonant circuit associated with the free-running element, Lp describes an effective electrical inductance of the commutation resonant circuit, and n describes a natural number; wherein at least one of the conditions is satisfied: n = 2 ⁢ i + 1 , i ∈ ; 1 ) C eff ⁢ 1 ≠ C eff ⁢ 2 ⁢ for ⁢ n = 2 ⁢ i + 1 , i ∈ . 2 )

IPC Classes  ?

• H03K 17/0814 - Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit by measures taken in the output circuit
• H02M 1/32 - Means for protecting converters other than by automatic disconnection
• H02M 3/00 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output
• H02M 3/158 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load

Abstract

FIG. 1 illustrates an apparatus for decoding according to an embodiment. The apparatus comprises an interface for receiving a plurality of ATSC Link-layer Protocol packets each of which comprising a packet header and a packet payload encapsulating digital content. Moreover, the apparatus comprises a decoding unit. In a first embodiment, the digital content being encapsulated within the packet payload of each of one or more ATSC Link-layer Protocol packets of the plurality of ATSC Link-layer Protocol packets comprises digital radio content, and/or a Distribution and Communications Protocol packet or a portion thereof, and/or Unified Speech and Audio Coding content or extended High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding content, and/or Journaline content. The decoding unit is configured to decode the packet payload of each one of at least one ATSC Link-layer Protocol packet of the one or more ATSC Link-layer Protocol packets to obtain the digital content of said one of the at least one ATSC Link-layer Protocol packet.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04H 60/73 - Systems specially adapted for using specific information, e.g. geographical or meteorological information using meta-information
• H04H 20/59 - Arrangements specially adapted for specific applications, e.g. for traffic information or for mobile receivers for emergency or urgency
• H04H 60/25 - Arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received

Abstract

A user equipment, UE, for a wireless communication network including one or more base stations, performs a transmission to a base station using a grant-free, GF, transmission scheme. The transmission being performed in accordance with a GF transmission configuration. The UE receives from the base station a certain signaling. The certain signaling indicates that the base station failed to identify the UE from the transmission. Responsive to the certain signaling from the base station, the UE retransmits the transmission in accordance with a GF retransmission configuration. The GF retransmission configuration is different from the GF transmission configuration.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 1/1812 - Hybrid protocolsHybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
• H04W 74/0833 - Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

Abstract

There are provided examples of audio signal representation encoders, audio encoders, audio signal representation decoders, and audio decoders, in particular using error resilient tools, e.g. for learnable applications. There are provided examples of audio signal representation encoders, audio encoders, audio signal representation decoders, and audio decoders, in particular using error resilient tools, e.g. for learnable applications. In one examples, there is provided an audio signal representation decoder configured to decode an audio signal representation from a bitstream, the bitstream being divided in a sequence of packets, the audio signal representation decoder comprising: a bitstream reader, configured to sequentially read the sequence of packets; a packet loss controller, configured to check whether a current packet is well received or is to be considered as lost; a quantization index converter, configured, in case the packet loss controller has determined that the current packet is well received, to convert at least one index extracted from the current packet onto at least one current code from at least one codebook, thereby forming at least one portion of the audio signal representation; and wherein the audio signal representation decoder is configured, in case the packet loss controller has determined that the current packet is to be considered as lost, to generate, through at least one learnable predictor layer, at least one current code by prediction from at least one preceding code or index, thereby forming at least one portion of the audio signal representation.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/032 - Quantisation or dequantisation of spectral components
• G10L 19/00 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis

Abstract

A method for checking a video data stream having a video encoded thereinto on trustworthiness comprises: subjecting a predetermined portion of the video data stream, or data derived therefrom, to a hash function to obtain a hash value; deriving a digital signature from the video data stream; and checking whether the hash value fits to the digital signature to determine whether the video data stream is trustworthy.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system

Abstract

A method for checking a video data stream having a video encoded thereinto on trustworthiness comprises: subjecting a predetermined portion of the video data stream, or data derived therefrom, to a hash function to obtain a hash value; deriving a digital signature from the video data stream; and checking whether the hash value fits to the digital signature to determine whether the video data stream is trustworthy.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• H04L 9/08 - Key distribution
• H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
• H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
• H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients

Abstract

A method for checking a media data stream having a media stream encoded thereinto on trustworthiness comprises: subjecting a predetermined portion of the media data stream, or data derived therefrom, to a hash function to obtain a hash value; deriving a digital signature from the media data stream; and checking whether the hash value fits to the digital signature to determine whether the media data stream is trustworthy.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
• H04L 9/08 - Key distribution
• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

Abstract

X-ray system for non-destructive material inspection of an object to be irradiated, in particular of a battery module of a vehicle, or a battery module incorporated in a vehicle, comprising at least one radiation source; at least one radiation detector; wherein the object to be irradiated is arranged between the at least one radiation source and the at least one radiation detector, wherein the at least one radiation source is arranged spaced apart from the object to be irradiated with at least two times, or at least three times, or at least five times the width of the scanning area (such that a fan-shaped radiation geometry is formed at least in transverse direction), wherein the opening angle of the radiation geometry is less than 10°.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 23/083 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and measuring the absorption the radiation being X-rays
• G01N 23/18 - Investigating the presence of defects or foreign matter

Abstract

An audio decoder is disclosed. In one example, the audio decoder is for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information includes a linear-prediction-domain decoder configured to provide a first decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a linear prediction domain, a frequency domain decoder configured to provide a second decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain, and a transition processor. The transition processor is configured to obtain a zero-input-response of a linear predictive filtering, wherein an initial state of the linear predictive filtering is defined depending on the first decoded audio information and the second decoded audio information, and modify the second decoded audio information depending on the zero-input-response, to obtain a smooth transition between the first and the modified second decoded audio information.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/20 - Vocoders using multiple modes using sound class specific coding, hybrid encoders or object based coding
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
• G10L 19/12 - Determination or coding of the excitation functionDetermination or coding of the long-term prediction parameters the excitation function being a code excitation, e.g. in code excited linear prediction [CELP] vocoders

Abstract

An audio decoder is disclosed. In one example, the audio decoder is for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information includes a linear-prediction-domain decoder configured to provide a first decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a linear prediction domain, a frequency domain decoder configured to provide a second decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain, and a transition processor. The transition processor is configured to obtain a zero-input-response of a linear predictive filtering, wherein an initial state of the linear predictive filtering is defined depending on the first decoded audio information and the second decoded audio information, and modify the second decoded audio information depending on the zero-input-response, to obtain a smooth transition between the first and the modified second decoded audio information.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/20 - Vocoders using multiple modes using sound class specific coding, hybrid encoders or object based coding
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
• G10L 19/12 - Determination or coding of the excitation functionDetermination or coding of the long-term prediction parameters the excitation function being a code excitation, e.g. in code excited linear prediction [CELP] vocoders

Abstract

An audio decoder is disclosed. In one example, the audio decoder is for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information includes a linear-prediction-domain decoder configured to provide a first decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a linear prediction domain, a frequency domain decoder configured to provide a second decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain, and a transition processor. The transition processor is configured to obtain a zero-input-response of a linear predictive filtering, wherein an initial state of the linear predictive filtering is defined depending on the first decoded audio information and the second decoded audio information, and modify the second decoded audio information depending on the zero-input-response, to obtain a smooth transition between the first and the modified second decoded audio information.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/20 - Vocoders using multiple modes using sound class specific coding, hybrid encoders or object based coding
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
• G10L 19/12 - Determination or coding of the excitation functionDetermination or coding of the long-term prediction parameters the excitation function being a code excitation, e.g. in code excited linear prediction [CELP] vocoders

Abstract

An audio decoder is disclosed. In one example, the audio decoder is for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information includes a linear-prediction-domain decoder configured to provide a first decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a linear prediction domain, a frequency domain decoder configured to provide a second decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain, and a transition processor. The transition processor is configured to obtain a zero-input-response of a linear predictive filtering, wherein an initial state of the linear predictive filtering is defined depending on the first decoded audio information and the second decoded audio information, and modify the second decoded audio information depending on the zero-input-response, to obtain a smooth transition between the first and the modified second decoded audio information.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/20 - Vocoders using multiple modes using sound class specific coding, hybrid encoders or object based coding
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
• G10L 19/12 - Determination or coding of the excitation functionDetermination or coding of the long-term prediction parameters the excitation function being a code excitation, e.g. in code excited linear prediction [CELP] vocoders

Abstract

The invention provides an encoder for producing an audio bitstream from a stereo audio signal. The encoder comprises: a downmixer configured for downmixing the stereo audio signal in order to produce a mono audio signal; an inter-channel phase difference calculator device configured for calculating an inter-channel phase difference for each time segment of a plurality of consecutive time segments of the stereo audio signal; and a bitstream producer configured to produce the audio bitstream in such way that the mono audio signal and the inter-channel phase differences for the plurality of consecutive time segments are embedded in the audio bitstream; wherein the inter-channel phase difference calculator device comprises an inter-channel phase difference calculator being configured for calculating the inter-channel phase difference depending on a global inter-channel phase difference of a current time segment and depending on a mean bandwise inter-channel phase difference change of the current time segment.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
• H04S 1/00 - Two-channel systems
• H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangementsControl arrangements, e.g. balance control

Abstract

An apparatus for generating a synthesis audio signal using a patching control signal has a first converter, a spectral domain patch generator, a high frequency reconstruction manipulator and a combiner. The first converter is configured for converting a time portion of an audio signal into a spectral representation. The spectral domain patch generator is configured for performing a plurality of different spectral domain patching algorithms, wherein each patching algorithm generates a modified spectral representation having spectral components in an upper frequency band derived from corresponding spectral components in a core frequency band of the audio signal. The spectral domain patch generator is furthermore configured to select a first spectral domain patching algorithm from the plurality of patching algorithms for a first time portion and a second spectral domain patching algorithm from the plurality of patching algorithm for a second different time portion in accordance with the patching control signal to obtain the modified spectral representation.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
• G10L 19/18 - Vocoders using multiple modes
• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders

Abstract

An apparatus for a wireless communication system is describes. The wireless communication system includes one or more base stations and a plurality of user devices, UEs. The apparatus is configured to be connected to one or more UEs via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with the one or more UEs, the apparatus and the one or more UEs forming a group of UEs and using a set of group resources to be used for the sidelink communication within the group of UEs. In case a base station does not provide resource allocation configuration or assistance, the apparatus is configured to select resources from a set of resources provided by the wireless communication system so as to alter or completely change the set of group resources to be used for the sidelink communication within the group of UEs.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
• H04W 4/08 - User group management
• H04W 4/40 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• H04W 92/18 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between terminal devices

Abstract

The present invention is concerned with decoders, encoders and corresponding methods for handling video data streams (11) comprising a first sub-bitstream (11-1) and a second sub-bitstream (11-2). The herein described concept provides solutions for mixing, within an access unit (30, 31, 32), different NAL units (301, 302, 3030, 304) of different NAL unit types. For example, IRAP NAL unit types may be mixed with different IRAP NAL unit types or non-IRAP NAL unit types, and non-IRAP NAL unit types may be mixed with different non-IRAP NAL unit types.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/169 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding
• H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
• H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder

Abstract

An audio decoder is disclosed. In one example, the audio decoder is for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information includes a linear-prediction-domain decoder configured to provide a first decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a linear prediction domain, a frequency domain decoder configured to provide a second decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain, and a transition processor. The transition processor is configured to obtain a zero-input-response of a linear predictive filtering, wherein an initial state of the linear predictive filtering is defined depending on the first decoded audio information and the second decoded audio information, and modify the second decoded audio information depending on the zero-input-response, to obtain a smooth transition between the first and the modified second decoded audio information.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/20 - Vocoders using multiple modes using sound class specific coding, hybrid encoders or object based coding
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
• G10L 19/12 - Determination or coding of the excitation functionDetermination or coding of the long-term prediction parameters the excitation function being a code excitation, e.g. in code excited linear prediction [CELP] vocoders

Abstract

A higher modulation speed is achieved by designing a semiconductor optical device in such a manner that a ridge semiconductor structure which, along with a semiconductor substrate and an active layer formed between the ridge semiconductor structure and the semiconductor substrate, forms a diode of the semiconductor optical device, widens from the active layer towards a face of the ridge semiconductor structure facing away from the active layer, and if the active layer is laterally confined to be within a projection of the face onto the active layer in a direction perpendicular onto the semiconductor substrate. In particular, by this means, it is possible to structure the active layer in a self-aligned manner by using the face of the ridge semiconductor structure facing away from the active layer as a mask in dry etching, and thereby structuring, the active layer.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01S 5/12 - Construction or shape of the optical resonator the resonator having a periodic structure, e.g. in distributed feedback [DFB] lasers
• H01S 5/227 - Buried mesa structure
• H01S 5/343 - Structure or shape of the active regionMaterials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser

Abstract

An apparatus for synchronization by determining a clock offset between a current receiver clock time and a correct receiver clock time according to an embodiment is provided. The apparatus comprises an input interface for receiving information on a received synchronization sequence comprising a sequence of symbols, wherein the information on the received synchronization sequence comprises information for each symbol of a plurality of symbols of the sequence of symbols that said symbol exhibits a first state out of two or more possible states being different from a second state of the two possible states. Moreover, the apparatus comprises an offset analyser.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements

Abstract

An audio decoder is disclosed. In one example, the audio decoder is for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information includes a linear-prediction-domain decoder configured to provide a first decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a linear prediction domain, a frequency domain decoder configured to provide a second decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain, and a transition processor. The transition processor is configured to obtain a zero-input-response of a linear predictive filtering, wherein an initial state of the linear predictive filtering is defined depending on the first decoded audio information and the second decoded audio information, and modify the second decoded audio information depending on the zero-input-response, to obtain a smooth transition between the first and the modified second decoded audio information.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/20 - Vocoders using multiple modes using sound class specific coding, hybrid encoders or object based coding
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
• G10L 19/12 - Determination or coding of the excitation functionDetermination or coding of the long-term prediction parameters the excitation function being a code excitation, e.g. in code excited linear prediction [CELP] vocoders

Abstract

An audio decoder is disclosed. In one example, the audio decoder is for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information includes a linear-prediction-domain decoder configured to provide a first decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a linear prediction domain, a frequency domain decoder configured to provide a second decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain, and a transition processor. The transition processor is configured to obtain a zero-input-response of a linear predictive filtering, wherein an initial state of the linear predictive filtering is defined depending on the first decoded audio information and the second decoded audio information, and modify the second decoded audio information depending on the zero-input-response, to obtain a smooth transition between the first and the modified second decoded audio information.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/20 - Vocoders using multiple modes using sound class specific coding, hybrid encoders or object based coding
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
• G10L 19/12 - Determination or coding of the excitation functionDetermination or coding of the long-term prediction parameters the excitation function being a code excitation, e.g. in code excited linear prediction [CELP] vocoders

Abstract

An apparatus according to an embodiment is provided The apparatus comprises an input interface for receiving information on three or more audio objects. Moreover, the apparatus comprises a cluster generator for generating two or more audio object clusters by associating each of the three or more audio objects with at least one of the two or more audio object clusters, such that, for each of the two or more audio object clusters, at least one of the three or more audio objects is associated to said audio object cluster, and such that, for each of at least one of the two or more audio object clusters, at least two of the three or more audio objects are associated with said audio object cluster. The cluster generator is configured to generate the two or more audio object clusters depending on a perception-based model.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangementsControl arrangements, e.g. balance control
• G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
• H04S 3/00 - Systems employing more than two channels, e.g. quadraphonic

Abstract

An apparatus according to an embodiment is provided. The apparatus comprises an input interface for receiving a plurality of audio objects of an audio sound scene. Moreover, the apparatus comprises a processor. Each of the plurality of audio objects represents a sound source being different from any other sound source being represented by any other audio object of the plurality of audio objects; or at least two of the plurality of audio objects represent a same sound source at different locations. The processor is configured to obtain information on a perceptual difference between two audio objects of the plurality of audio objects depending on a distance metric, wherein the distance metric represents perceptual differences in spatial properties of the audio sound scene. And/or, the processor is configured to process the plurality of audio objects to obtain a plurality of audio object clusters or a plurality of processed audio objects depending on the distance metric.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangementsControl arrangements, e.g. balance control

Abstract

Sub-picture extraction is rendered less complex by providing each slice with start position information which indicates a starting position from which onwards the picture is, along a coding path, encoded into the respective slice, relative to an onset position at which the coding path starts traversing a segment the starting position is located in. Alternatively or additionally, sub-picture extraction processes are treated like choosing one layer out of a multi-layer datastream.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/17 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object
• H04L 65/70 - Media network packetisation
• H04L 65/756 - Media network packet handling adapting media to device capabilities
• H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
• H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
• H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

Abstract

An encoder for encoding weight parameters of a neural network is configured to obtain a plurality of weight parameters of the neural network, to encode the weight parameters of the neural network using a context-dependent arithmetic coding, to select a context for an encoding of a weight parameter, or for an encoding of a syntax element of a number representation of the weight parameter, in dependence on one or more previously encoded weight parameters and/or in dependence on one or more previously encoded syntax elements of a number representation of one or more weight parameters, and to encode the weight parameter, or a syntax element of the weight parameter, using the selected context. Corresponding decoder, quantizer, methods and computer programs are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• G06N 3/10 - Interfaces, programming languages or software development kits, e.g. for simulating neural networks
• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Abstract

An encoder for encoding weight parameters of a neural network is configured to obtain a plurality of weight parameters of the neural network, to encode the weight parameters of the neural network using a context-dependent arithmetic coding, to select a context for an encoding of a weight parameter, or for an encoding of a syntax element of a number representation of the weight parameter, in dependence on one or more previously encoded weight parameters and/or in dependence on one or more previously encoded syntax elements of a number representation of one or more weight parameters, and to encode the weight parameter, or a syntax element of the weight parameter, using the selected context. Corresponding decoder, quantizer, methods and computer programs are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• G06N 3/10 - Interfaces, programming languages or software development kits, e.g. for simulating neural networks
• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Abstract

An encoder for encoding weight parameters of a neural network is configured to obtain a plurality of weight parameters of the neural network, to encode the weight parameters of the neural network using a context-dependent arithmetic coding, to select a context for an encoding of a weight parameter, or for an encoding of a syntax element of a number representation of the weight parameter, in dependence on one or more previously encoded weight parameters and/or in dependence on one or more previously encoded syntax elements of a number representation of one or more weight parameters, and to encode the weight parameter, or a syntax element of the weight parameter, using the selected context. Corresponding decoder, quantizer, methods and computer programs are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• G06N 3/10 - Interfaces, programming languages or software development kits, e.g. for simulating neural networks
• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Abstract

An encoder for encoding weight parameters of a neural network is configured to obtain a plurality of weight parameters of the neural network, to encode the weight parameters of the neural network using a context-dependent arithmetic coding, to select a context for an encoding of a weight parameter, or for an encoding of a syntax element of a number representation of the weight parameter, in dependence on one or more previously encoded weight parameters and/or in dependence on one or more previously encoded syntax elements of a number representation of one or more weight parameters, and to encode the weight parameter, or a syntax element of the weight parameter, using the selected context. Corresponding decoder, quantizer, methods and computer programs are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• G06N 3/10 - Interfaces, programming languages or software development kits, e.g. for simulating neural networks
• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Abstract

An encoder for encoding weight parameters of a neural network is configured to obtain a plurality of weight parameters of the neural network, to encode the weight parameters of the neural network using a context-dependent arithmetic coding, to select a context for an encoding of a weight parameter, or for an encoding of a syntax element of a number representation of the weight parameter, in dependence on one or more previously encoded weight parameters and/or in dependence on one or more previously encoded syntax elements of a number representation of one or more weight parameters, and to encode the weight parameter, or a syntax element of the weight parameter, using the selected context. Corresponding decoder, quantizer, methods and computer programs are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• G06N 3/10 - Interfaces, programming languages or software development kits, e.g. for simulating neural networks
• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Abstract

An encoder for encoding weight parameters of a neural network is configured to obtain a plurality of weight parameters of the neural network, to encode the weight parameters of the neural network using a context-dependent arithmetic coding, to select a context for an encoding of a weight parameter, or for an encoding of a syntax element of a number representation of the weight parameter, in dependence on one or more previously encoded weight parameters and/or in dependence on one or more previously encoded syntax elements of a number representation of one or more weight parameters, and to encode the weight parameter, or a syntax element of the weight parameter, using the selected context. Corresponding decoder, quantizer, methods and computer programs are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• G06N 3/10 - Interfaces, programming languages or software development kits, e.g. for simulating neural networks
• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Abstract

An encoder for encoding weight parameters of a neural network is configured to obtain a plurality of weight parameters of the neural network, to encode the weight parameters of the neural network using a context-dependent arithmetic coding, to select a context for an encoding of a weight parameter, or for an encoding of a syntax element of a number representation of the weight parameter, in dependence on one or more previously encoded weight parameters and/or in dependence on one or more previously encoded syntax elements of a number representation of one or more weight parameters, and to encode the weight parameter, or a syntax element of the weight parameter, using the selected context. Corresponding decoder, quantizer, methods and computer programs are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• G06N 3/10 - Interfaces, programming languages or software development kits, e.g. for simulating neural networks
• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Abstract

A wireless communication system, including: a plurality of time variant transmission points for communicating with a user device, UE, wherein the UE is in a tracking region, wherein the UE is configured to receive and store a list including identifiers, IDs, of time variant transmission points for the tracking region, and wherein the list includes IDs of time variant transmission points which are available or visible for the UE in the one tracking region at different times or time periods.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
• H04W 4/021 - Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• H04W 68/00 - User notification, e.g. alerting or paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• H04W 76/11 - Allocation or use of connection identifiers

Abstract

A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, like a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, network, is described. The UE is to perform a sidelink, SL, communication using a channel including resources from an unlicensed spectrum. The UE is to occupy the channel within a channel occupancy time, COT, and share the COT with a further UE, wherein the COT has a first part and a second part, the first part of the COT and the second part of the COT being separated by a guard duration. The UE is to perform a transmission over the SL during the first part of the COT. The second part of the COT is used by the further UE to perform a transmission over the SL. The UE is to extend the transmission into the guard duration so as to transmit during a predefined time duration starting at the beginning of the guard duration, the predefined time duration selected such that a remaining duration of the guard duration is sufficient to allow the further UE to perform a predefined channel access procedure, CAP, before accessing the shared COT.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 74/00 - Wireless channel access
• H04W 92/18 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between terminal devices

Abstract

An encoder for encoding weight parameters of a neural network is configured to obtain a plurality of weight parameters of the neural network, to encode the weight parameters of the neural network using a context-dependent arithmetic coding, to select a context for an encoding of a weight parameter, or for an encoding of a syntax element of a number representation of the weight parameter, in dependence on one or more previously encoded weight parameters and/or in dependence on one or more previously encoded syntax elements of a number representation of one or more weight parameters, and to encode the weight parameter, or a syntax element of the weight parameter, using the selected context. Corresponding decoder, quantizer, methods and computer programs are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• G06N 3/10 - Interfaces, programming languages or software development kits, e.g. for simulating neural networks
• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Abstract

An encoder for encoding weight parameters of a neural network is configured to obtain a plurality of weight parameters of the neural network, to encode the weight parameters of the neural network using a context-dependent arithmetic coding, to select a context for an encoding of a weight parameter, or for an encoding of a syntax element of a number representation of the weight parameter, in dependence on one or more previously encoded weight parameters and/or in dependence on one or more previously encoded syntax elements of a number representation of one or more weight parameters, and to encode the weight parameter, or a syntax element of the weight parameter, using the selected context. Corresponding decoder, quantizer, methods and computer programs are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• G06N 3/10 - Interfaces, programming languages or software development kits, e.g. for simulating neural networks
• H03M 7/30 - CompressionExpansionSuppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Abstract

A device for applying a bead of material includes a flexible nozzle body which defines a flow-through volume through which a material can flow for the bead of material, which is partially delimited by a walling formed by the nozzle body, having a feed opening for feeding the material into the flow-through volume. The nozzle body defines a mouth region through which the material can exit from the volume. Furthermore, the device includes an actuator system, which is arranged on the nozzle body and is set up to change a cross section of the mouth region while deforming the nozzle body. The walling forms a barrier between the flow-through volume and the actuator system.

IPC Classes  ?

• B05C 5/02 - Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work from an outlet device in contact, or almost in contact, with the work
• B05B 1/32 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages in which a valve member forms part of the outlet opening
• B29C 48/155 - Partial coating thereof
• B29C 48/30 - Extrusion nozzles or dies

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for enhancing the reliability and performance of the PDCCH in a wireless network. The method performed by a UE comprises: receiving a configuration of search space sets for the PDCCH, each search space set comprises a number of PDCCH candidates made up of a number of resource elements; monitoring for DCIs of a specific format as indicated in the configured PDCCH candidates; wherein a configuration an indication of an association of the search space sets with a search space set pool is provided to the UE, and at least two PDCCH candidates from the search space sets are associated with the same DCI content, or an association of two or more TCI states with a single CORESET is obtained from the network node; and applying the configuration(s) or indication of the association for receiving one or more PDCCH(s) on the search space sets.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 72/1273 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of downlink data flows
• H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
• H04W 24/08 - Testing using real traffic
• H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

A video decoder employs context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding for decoding a video from a data stream. The video decoder determines a parametrization for the context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
• H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

Abstract

The present invention concerns file parsers, file generators encoders, decoders, clients, servers and methods using parameter sets for coded video sequences. Said parameter sets may have decoding parameter information and may be conveyed in-band or out-of band. Some embodiments provide solutions to problems being related with correctly initializing a decoder for decoding coded video sequences in open GOP switching scenarios. Some embodiments may provide for hierarchical track switching levels.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
• H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments

Abstract

Embodiments provide a network entity configured for a communication in a wireless communication system according to a configuration using a resource of the wireless communication system. The network entity is configured for using a wireless interface of the network entity for the communication. The network entity comprises a control unit configured for processing configuration information indicating a change of an availability of the resource. The control unit is configured for adapting the configuration based on the configuration information to react on the change of the availability.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 72/50 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources

Abstract

A method for automated testing of the reusability of components, in particular screws, which comprises the following steps: sensory detection of a state of a component, wherein the state of the component is described by a plurality of features, the sensory detection is carried out by optical sensors, which detect the geometric dimensions of the component, external damage or deformation of the component, and a state of any coating, acoustic sensors, which detect damage to the material and the material quality, and spectrometers, which detect a material composition of the component; comparison of the state with the states of comparison components stored in a database; decision about a reusability of the component on the basis of the comparison of the state with the states of comparison components stored in a database; and rejection or supply for reuse of the component on the basis of the decision.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 29/44 - Processing the detected response signal

Abstract

A user equipment is configured to operate in a wireless communications network being operated in a TDD scheme, the TDD scheme including a plurality of TDD-frames, each TDD-frame including a guard period arranged between a downlink symbol and an uplink symbol of the TDD-frame. The user equipment is configured to receive a first number of symbols during the guard period or is configured to transmit the uplink symbol and to transmit a second number of symbols previous to transmitting the uplink symbol.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 5/14 - Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• H04B 7/26 - Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field for communication between two or more posts at least one of which is mobile
• H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
• H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements
• H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• H04W 88/02 - Terminal devices
• H04W 88/08 - Access point devices

Abstract

A video data stream is rendered reducible in a manner so that the reduction leads to a restriction of pictures of the reduced video data stream to merely a predetermined subarea of the pictures of the original video data stream and in a manner so that transcoding, such as re-quantization, may be avoided and a conformance of the reduced video data stream relative to the codec underlying the original video data stream be maintained. This is achieved by providing the video data stream with information including an indication of the predetermined subarea and replacement indices for redirecting the indices included by the payload portion so as to refer to, and/or replacement parameters for adjusting the first set of coding parameter settings so as to result in, a second set of coding parameter settings.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/33 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability in the spatial domain
• H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
• H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
• H04N 19/146 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output
• H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
• H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
• H04N 19/34 - Scalability techniques involving progressive bit-plane based encoding of the enhancement layer, e.g. fine granular scalability [FGS]
• H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• H04N 19/88 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving rearrangement of data among different coding units, e.g. shuffling, interleaving, scrambling or permutation of pixel data or permutation of transform coefficient data among different blocks

Abstract

An apparatus for classifying at least one audio signal has an input interface configured to receive input information of the audio signal, a trained first machine-learning-based classifier configured to map the input information to one of a first and a second class of audio signals; a trained second machine-learning-based classifier configured to, if the audio signal belongs to the first class of audio signals, map the input information of the audio signal belonging to the first class of audio signals to one of a plurality of third classes of audio signals, and an output interface configured to output information on which classes the audio signal belongs to.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 7/04 - Electric stethoscopes
• A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
• G06F 3/16 - Sound inputSound output

Abstract

Concepts are described, including encoding of a video into data stream and decoding of a data stream having a video encoded thereinto, using motion compensation prediction between pictures of equal resolution and pictures of different resolution, based on motion vectors at a half-sample resolution and on motion vectors at a different resolution using interpolation filters to obtain sub-sample values within a reference sample array. The interpolation filter is selected from two interpolation filter versions different in a higher edge preserving property, and the selection is depending on whether a current picture is equal in picture resolution to the reference sample array in horizontal and/or vertical dimension, and/or a constraint information in the data stream.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
• H04N 19/80 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation

Abstract

Video codec concepts which allows more effective video composition/merging and/or a more effective implementation of gradual decoding refresh are described along with concepts of allowing video composition/merging being more effective, for instance, in terms of complexity of the composition/merging task.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
• H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
• H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder

Abstract

A method and a system for virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, or 360-degree Video environment is disclosed. The system receives Video Streams associated to audio and video scenes to be reproduced and Audio Streams associated to audio and video scenes to be reproduced. There are provided a Video decoder which decodes signal from the Video Stream for the representation of the audio and video scene; an Audio decoder which decodes signal from the Audio Stream for the representation of the audio and video scene to the user; and a region of interest processor deciding, based e.g. on the user's viewport, head orientation, movement data, or metadata, whether an Audio information message is to be reproduced. At the decision, the reproduction of the Audio information message is caused.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 21/4728 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or servicesEnd-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for selecting a ROI [Region Of Interest], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
• G06F 3/16 - Sound inputSound output
• H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
• H04N 21/218 - Source of audio or video content, e.g. local disk arrays
• H04N 21/233 - Processing of audio elementary streams
• H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
• H04N 21/235 - Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• H04N 21/2368 - Multiplexing of audio and video streams
• H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
• H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments

Abstract

A point-of-care detection kit for nucleic acids, comprising a reaction tube (1), at least one miniaturized lateral flow strip (2), a holder for the miniaturized lateral flow strip (3), and amplification reagents for loop-mediated isothermal amplification (4), wherein the at least one miniaturized lateral flow strip (2), the holder (3) and the amplification reagents (4) are integrated into the reaction tube.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 33/53 - ImmunoassayBiospecific binding assayMaterials therefor
• C12Q 1/6844 - Nucleic acid amplification reactions
• G01N 33/543 - ImmunoassayBiospecific binding assayMaterials therefor with an insoluble carrier for immobilising immunochemicals

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for stabilising transition-metal-containing plastics against oxidative, thermal and/or actinic degradation, in which method at least one sugar alcohol, in combination with at least one phenolic antioxidant, is introduced into a transition-metal-containing plastic. The method is performed in such a way that the resulting plastics composition, with additives introduced, has a total content of transition metals of at least 10 ppm (wt/wt). The present invention also relates to an accordingly produced, stabilised plastics composition, moulding compounds and moulded parts which can be produced from said composition and use of a stabiliser combination made of at least one sugar alcohol and at least one phenolic antioxidant for stabilising transition-metal-containing plastics.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08K 5/053 - Polyhydroxylic alcohols
• C08K 5/12 - EstersEther-esters of cyclic polycarboxylic acids
• C08K 5/13 - PhenolsPhenolates
• C08K 5/25 - Carboxylic acid hydrazides

Abstract

Embodiments provide a UE [e.g., source UE] of a wireless [e.g., radio based] communication system [e.g., 5G/NR communication system], wherein the UE is configured to operate in a sidelink mode of operation [e.g., 5G/NR sidelink mode 1 or mode 2], wherein the UE is configured, for establishing a connection with a target UE or a group of target UEs [e.g., the group of target UEs having a group ID] via a UE-to-UE relay, to transmit [e.g., via the sidelink] a discovery message for discovering one or more candidate relay UEs that are connected or able to connect [e.g., via the sidelink] to the target UE or group of target UEs.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 76/14 - Direct-mode setup
• H04W 8/00 - Network data management
• H04W 36/00 - Handoff or reselecting arrangements
• H04W 36/30 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters by measured or perceived connection quality data
• H04W 88/04 - Terminal devices adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• H04W 92/18 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between terminal devices

Abstract

Concepts are presented which achieve a more efficient coding of coefficients of a transform block by use of dependent quantization and context adaptive entropy coding or achieve a coding of coefficients of a transform block in a manner which allows a more efficient coding even if a usage of dependent quantization is combined with the usage of context adaptive entropy coding.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
• H04N 19/169 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding
• H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
• H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
• H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

Abstract

A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, like a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, network, is described. The UE is to perform a sidelink, SL, communication using a channel comprising resources from an unlicensed spectrum and is to occupy the channel within a channel occupancy time, COT. The UE is to receive one or more control messages, wherein at least one of the control messages is related to one or more upcoming SL transmissions by one or more network entities of the wireless communication network. The UE is to determine, using the one or more control messages, among the one or more network entities, at least one network entity having an upcoming transmission, and share the COT with the at least one network entity.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 72/25 - Control channels or signalling for resource management between terminals via a wireless link, e.g. sidelink
• H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• H04W 72/30 - Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

The present invention relates to a gas barrier layer, to a nanocomposite lacquer suitable for producing the gas barrier layer and to a process for the production thereof. The gas barrier layer consists of a polymeric material into which platelet-shaped nanoparticles are embedded, wherein the nanoparticles are silicates, in particular phyllosilicates. The nanoparticles in the polymeric material have a homogeneous size distribution such as is obtained in an exfoliation of montmorillonites as nanoparticles at a rotational speed of 400 rpm for more than 30 minutes in a ball mill operated with a zirconium dioxide container and zirconium dioxide balls having a ball diameter of less than 50 mm. The proposed gas barrier layer is highly functional, is cost-effective to produce, ensures durable barrier properties on flexible films and moving components and is simple to apply and to dry.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 7/61 - Additives non-macromolecular inorganic
• C08K 7/00 - Use of ingredients characterised by shape
• C09D 7/40 - Additives
• C09D 7/80 - Processes for incorporating ingredients
• C09D 123/08 - Copolymers of ethene
• C09D 129/04 - Polyvinyl alcoholPartially hydrolysed homopolymers or copolymers of esters of unsaturated alcohols with saturated carboxylic acids

Abstract

Described is a multilayered signal guiding structure, comprising: a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers comprising at least two waveguide layers extending along an extension direction and serving to couple an electromagnetic signal, and at least one intermediate layer disposed between the at least two waveguide layers; at least two cover layers, wherein the at least two waveguide layers are partially or completely arranged between the at least two cover layers, wherein the at least one intermediate layer comprises a magneto-optical material, MO, and/or the at least two cover layers comprise a magneto-optical material, MO. Furthermore, a method for operating a multilayered signal guiding structure is described.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02F 1/095 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on magneto-optical elements, e.g. exhibiting Faraday effect in an optical waveguide structure

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for clearly marking and a method for identifying physical objects, a method for offline verification of a physical object, a method for hybrid offline and online verification of a physical object, a method for expanding the marking by further unique codes, a physical object having an optical security feature for clearly marking and identifying, a serialization and/or track & trace system based on an optical security feature such as this, and the use of an optical security feature such as this in a serialization and/or track & trace system and/or for object authentication, for offline verification and/or hybrid offline and online verification of a physical object and in a method for expanding the marking by further unique codes.

IPC Classes  ?

• G07D 7/0043 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip using barcodes
• B41M 3/14 - Security printing
• G07D 7/005 - Testing security markings invisible to the naked eye, e.g. verifying thickened lines or unobtrusive markings or alterations
• G07D 7/2033 - Matching unique patterns, i.e. patterns that are unique to each individual paper

Abstract

A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor substrate, a first electrical insulation layer on a front side, a second electrical insulation layer on the first electrical insulation layer, and a contact surface for the semiconductor substrate in or on the second electrical insulation layer. A method for making a recess for a through contact comprises: creating a blind hole-like recess through the semiconductor substrate to the first electrical insulation layer; removing the first electrical insulation layer within the blind hole-like recess; expanding the blind hole-like recess in a direction towards the contact surface by partially removing the second electrical insulation layer; applying a third electrical insulation layer to inner walls of the expanded recess, wherein the first electrical insulation layer is covered up to the expanded recess; and anisotropic etching the second electrical insulation layer towards the contact surface until the contact surface for the semiconductor substrate is revealed.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01L 21/768 - Applying interconnections to be used for carrying current between separate components within a device
• H01L 21/66 - Testing or measuring during manufacture or treatment
• H01L 23/00 - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
• H01L 23/31 - Encapsulation, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings characterised by the arrangement
• H01L 25/16 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid-state devices the devices being of types provided for in two or more different subclasses of , , , , or , e.g. forming hybrid circuits
• H10F 30/00 - Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors

Abstract

A DC-DC converter includes a converter circuit including a switchable first circuit path that is in a conductive state in a first time interval and that has at least a first and a second switchable element interconnected in series, and including a second circuit path that is coupled to the first circuit path by way of an inductive element and that is in a conductive state in second time interval disjunct from the first time interval, wherein there is a time lag between the first time interval and the second time interval. A control device is configured to switch the first circuit path. A switchable freewheeling path is coupled in parallel with the inductive element, wherein the control device is configured to switch the switchable freewheeling path temporarily to a conductive state in a freewheeling interval during the time lag.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02M 1/32 - Means for protecting converters other than by automatic disconnection
• H02J 1/10 - Parallel operation of dc sources
• H02M 3/158 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load

Abstract

In a communication system, a transmitter is configured to change a transmission characteristic used for the communication with a receiver, wherein a receiver is configured to determine a reception quality of a communication link between the transmitter and the receiver and to transmit a feedback information to the transmitter indicating whether a reception quality has changed or in which direction the reception quality has changed, or whether a transmission characteristic should be maintained, wherein the transmitter is configured to further change the transmission characteristic used for the communication with the receiver in dependence on the feedback information received from the receiver.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
• H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
• H04B 17/336 - Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]
• H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received

Abstract

A network entity for a wireless communication network, like a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, network, is described. The network entity is to serve a plurality of user devices, which are to communicate with each other over a sidelink, SL, using resources from an unlicensed SL resource pool, SL-U RP, the SL-U RP including a plurality of resources from an unlicensed spectrum to be used for SL transmissions. For performing a SL transmission on the resources in the unlicensed spectrum by a UE, the network entity is to provide a grant to the UE.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 72/25 - Control channels or signalling for resource management between terminals via a wireless link, e.g. sidelink
• H04B 17/318 - Received signal strength
• H04W 74/00 - Wireless channel access

Abstract

A method for processing an audio signal in accordance with a room impulse response is described. The audio signal is processed with an early part of the room impulse response separate from a late reverberation of the room impulse response, wherein the processing of the late reverberation has generating a scaled reverberated signal, the scaling being dependent on the audio signal. The processed early part of the audio signal and the scaled reverberated signal are combined.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangementsControl arrangements, e.g. balance control
• G10K 15/08 - Arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound
• G10K 15/12 - Arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound using electronic time-delay networks
• G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
• G10L 25/06 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being correlation coefficients

Abstract

An orthodontic teeth-straightener, comprising a splint element which contains, or is entirely made from, a thermoplastic polyurethane having shape-memory properties. The thermoplastic polyurethane having shape-memory properties is selected from the group of polyether polyurethanes and contains hard segments which contain polyurethane units that have been obtained by polyaddition of the isocyanate groups of a diisocyanate to the hydroxyl groups of a diol acting as a chain extender, thereby forming urethane groups. The polyether polyurethane also contains soft segments, which contain, or are entirely made from, polyether units in the form of polyalkylene glycols, wherein the polyether units are bonded to isocyanate end groups of the diisocyanate of the hard segments, thereby forming urethane groups with the hard segments. The thermoplastic polyether polyurethane is both thermo-responsive and water-responsive and thus gives the splint element dual-stimuli responsive shape-memory properties.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61C 7/08 - Mouthpiece-type retainers

Abstract

A device and method for manipulating an audio signal includes a windower for generating a plurality of consecutive blocks of audio samples, the plurality of consecutive blocks including at least one padded block of audio samples, the padded block having padded values and audio signal values, a first converter for converting the padded block into a spectral representation having spectral values, a phase modifier for modifying phases of the spectral values to obtain a modified spectral representation and a second converter for converting the modified spectral representation into a modified time domain audio signal.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques
• G10L 19/025 - Detection of transients or attacks for time/frequency resolution switching
• G10L 21/007 - Changing voice quality, e.g. pitch or formants characterised by the process used

Abstract

A device and method for manipulating an audio signal includes a windower for generating a plurality of consecutive blocks of audio samples, the plurality of consecutive blocks including at least one padded block of audio samples, the padded block having padded values and audio signal values, a first converter for converting the padded block into a spectral representation having spectral values, a phase modifier for modifying phases of the spectral values to obtain a modified spectral representation and a second converter for converting the modified spectral representation into a modified time domain audio signal.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques
• G10L 19/025 - Detection of transients or attacks for time/frequency resolution switching
• G10L 21/007 - Changing voice quality, e.g. pitch or formants characterised by the process used

Abstract

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
• G10L 19/18 - Vocoders using multiple modes
• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques

Abstract

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
• G10L 19/02 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocodersCoding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
• G10L 19/18 - Vocoders using multiple modes
• G10L 21/038 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation using band spreading techniques

Abstract

Method for producing a trench capacitor structure, including the steps of providing a silicon substrate with a trench structure comprising a plurality of recesses in a main surface of the silicon substrate; forming a first silicon dioxide layer at least in the recesses of the silicon substrate; depositing a first silicon nitride layer on the first silicon dioxide layer; depositing a second silicon dioxide layer on the first silicon nitride layer by depositing a polycrystalline silicon layer and oxidizing the polycrystalline silicon layer; and depositing a second silicon nitride layer on the second silicon dioxide layer.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10D 1/00 - Resistors, capacitors or inductors
• H10D 1/68 - Capacitors having no potential barriers

Abstract

In a method for producing pyrolysis oil, pyrolysis gas and pyrolysis coke, a starting material substantially comprising biomass is supplied to the upper region of a pyrolysis reactor. The latter has a substantially vertically arranged reactor chamber, which is substantially tubular. The reaction chamber then contains a bed of bulk material that comprises the starting material to be pyrolyzed and, optionally, the pyrolysis coke. This bulk material is thermally treated in the pyrolysis reactor, where the pyrolysis coke, the pyrolysis gases and the pyrolysis vapors are formed from the starting material to be pyrolyzed, and where the bulk material, the pyrolysis gases and the pyrolysis vapors are guided through the reaction chamber from top to bottom. The movement of the bulk material is caused substantially by gravity and the movement of the pyrolysis gases and pyrolysis vapors by the gas pressure building up.

IPC Classes  ?

• C10B 3/00 - Coke ovens with vertical chambers
• C10B 31/02 - Charging devices for coke ovens for charging vertically
• C10B 33/02 - Extracting coke with built-in devices, e.g. gears, screws
• C10B 47/20 - Destructive distillation of solid carbonaceous materials with indirect heating, e.g. by external combustion with moving charge according to the "moving bed" technique
• C10B 49/06 - Destructive distillation of solid carbonaceous materials by direct heating with heat-carrying agents including the partial combustion of the solid material to be treated with hot gases or vapours, e.g. hot gases obtained by partial combustion of the charge while moving the solid material to be treated according to the "moving bed" technique
• C10B 51/00 - Destructive distillation of solid carbonaceous materials by combined direct and indirect heating
• C10B 53/00 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form
• C10G 1/02 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by distillation

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a transceiver, which is configured to receive a first reference signal to transmit a second reference signal. The first reference signal is received at a second point of time by the transceiver, wherein same reference signal is transmitted by another transceiver at a first point of time. The transceiver, also referred to as responder, transmits the second reference signal (e.g., as a response to the first reference signal), wherein the first sample of the second reference signal is transmitted at a third point of time, but modified by a cyclic shift defined by a cyclic shift value. The cyclic shift value is derived from the second point of time (measured time-of-arrival (ToA)) of the received first reference signal and a time information associated with a fifth point of time.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
• H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements
• H04W 64/00 - Locating users or terminals for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• H04W 72/044 - Wireless resource allocation based on the type of the allocated resource

Abstract

An embodiment provides a first remote UE [e.g., source UE] of a wireless [e.g., radio based] communication system [e.g., 5G/NR communication system], wherein the first remote UE is configured to operate in a sidelink mode of operation [e.g., 5G/NR sidelink mode 1 or mode 2]. Here, the first remote UE is configured to establish a connection with a second remote UE [e.g., target UE or a group of target UEs] via a Relay UE, and to initiate a sidelink establishment procedure; wherein the sidelink establishment procedure is mandated to start.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04W 72/25 - Control channels or signalling for resource management between terminals via a wireless link, e.g. sidelink
• H04W 36/00 - Handoff or reselecting arrangements