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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
Applicants:
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dolby International Ab, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Aaron Steven Master, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lie Lu, Dublin, CA (US);
Heidi-Maria Lehtonen, Upplands Väsby, SE;
Assignees:
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0272 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 25/24 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/08 (2013.01); G10L 21/0272 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 25/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Computer-implemented methods and devices for combined audio separation and classification are provided. An estimated separated signal is time gated based on a determination of an audio classifier of, at least in part, the original mix of signals before separation. Combined separation, classification, and time gating of both the estimated signal and a residual signal are also provided.