Inventor · Mannheim, DE

Frank Klefenz

16Patents
6h-index
20Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 2, 2000 → Jul 14, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7948493B2 Apparatus, method and computer program for determining information about shape and/or location of an ellipse in a graphical image Physics 96 Active
US8170340B2 Device, method and computer program for identifying a traffic sign in an image Physics 22 Active
US6442510B1 Method and apparatus for determining transit-time differentials for signal waveforms for real-time pattern recognition, localization and monitoring of optical and acoustic signals Physics 22 Expired
US7035742B2 Apparatus and method for characterizing an information signal Physics 9 Expired
US8570383B2 Apparatus, method and computer program for recognizing a gesture in a picture, and apparatus, method and computer program for controlling a device Physics 8 Active
US8649529B2 Apparatus, method and computer program for localizing a sound source Physics 8 Active
US7064262B2 Method for converting a music signal into a note-based description and for referencing a music signal in a data bank Physics 6 Expired
US7996212B2 Device, method and computer program for analyzing an audio signal Physics 3 Active
US7214870B2 Method and device for generating an identifier for an audio signal, method and device for building an instrument database and method and device for determining the type of an instrument Physics 3 Expired
US8761893B2 Device, method and computer program for analyzing an audio signal Electricity 2 Active
US7797051B2 Method, device and computer program for generating a control signal for a cochlear implant, based on an audio signal Human Necessities 1 Active
US8189834B2 Device and method for generating a filtered activity pattern, source divider, method for generating a debugged audio signal and computer program Electricity 0 Active
US10744322B2 Cochlear implant, device for generating a control signal for a cochlear implant, device for generating a combination signal and combination signal and corresponding methods Electricity 0 Active
US9704093B2 Asymmetrical memristor Physics 0 Active
US9640870B2 Array antenna Electricity 0 Active
US8538157B2 Device, method and computer program for detecting characters in an image Physics 0 Active

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