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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is a method of processing an audio signal. The method includes a first step for applying enhancement to a first component of the audio signal and/or applying suppression to a second component of the audio signal relative to the first component, and a second step of modifying an output of the first step by applying a deep learning based model to the output of the first step, for perceptually improving the first component of the audio signal. Also described is an apparatus for carrying out the method, as well as corresponding programs and computer-readable storage media.