Michael Schug
45Patents
10h-index
45Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 17, 2000 → Mar 28, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7050972B2 | Enhancing the performance of coding systems that use high frequency reconstruction methods | Physics | 111 | Expired |
| US8903729B2 | System and method for non-destructively normalizing loudness of audio signals within portable devices | Electricity | 34 | Active |
| US7275031B2 | Apparatus and method for encoding an audio signal and apparatus and method for decoding an encoded audio signal | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US7936785B2 | Apparatus for generating and interpreting a data stream modified in accordance with the importance of the data | Electricity | 21 | Active |
| US8484019B2 | Audio encoder and decoder | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US7340391B2 | Apparatus and method for processing a multi-channel signal | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US8891775B2 | Method and encoder for processing a digital stereo audio signal | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US8804971B1 | Hybrid encoding of higher frequency and downmixed low frequency content of multichannel audio | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US9697840B2 | Enhanced chroma extraction from an audio codec | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US6750789B2 | Device and method for determining a coding block raster of a decoded signal | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US9378743B2 | Audio encoding method and system for generating a unified bitstream decodable by decoders implementing different decoding protocols | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US8938387B2 | Audio encoder and decoder | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US9947335B2 | Companding apparatus and method to reduce quantization noise using advanced spectral extension | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US10566006B2 | System and method for non-destructively normalizing loudness of audio signals within portable devices | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8924201B2 | Audio encoder and decoder | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9646622B2 | System and method for non-destructively normalizing loudness of audio signals within portable devices | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8756056B2 | Apparatus and method for determining a quantizer step size | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8527264B2 | Method and system for encoding audio data with adaptive low frequency compensation | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9154102B2 | System for combining loudness measurements in a single playback mode | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7181079B2 | Time signal analysis and derivation of scale factors | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US10217476B2 | Companding system and method to reduce quantization noise using advanced spectral extension | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US10373627B2 | Companding system and method to reduce quantization noise using advanced spectral extension | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7574355B2 | Apparatus and method for determining a quantizer step size | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8655652B2 | Apparatus and method for encoding an information signal | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8885818B2 | Authentication of data streams | Electricity | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.