IP Library Granted Patent US 9,142,220
Granted Patent B2
US 9,142,220 · App. 13/205,492 · Granted Sep 22, 2015

Systems and methods for reconstructing an audio signal from transformed audio information

Inventors: David C. Bradley (La Jolla, CA); Daniel S. Goldin (Malibu, CA); Robert N. Hilton (San Diego, CA); Nicholas K. Fisher (San Diego, CA); Rodney Gateau (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: The Intellisis Corporation
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Patent No.
US 9,142,220
App. No.
13/205,492
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method may be configured to reconstruct an audio signal from transformed audio information. The audio signal may be resynthesized based on individual harmonics and corresponding pitches determined from the transformed audio information. Noise may be subtracted from the transformed audio information by interpolating across peak points and across trough points of harmonic pitch paths through the transformed audio information, and subtracting values associated with the trough point interpolations from values associated with the peak point interpolations. Noise between harmonics of the sound may be suppressed in the transformed audio information by centering functions at individual harmonics in the transformed audio information, the functions serving to suppress noise between the harmonics.

Claims (9)

1. A method for reconstructing an audio signal from transformed audio information, the method comprising:

obtaining transformed audio information representing a sound, wherein the transformed audio information specifies magnitude of a coefficient related to signal intensity as a function of frequency for the audio signal and time; and

resynthesizing the audio signal based on individual harmonics and corresponding pitches determined from the transformed audio information, wherein resynthesizing the audio signal includes:

tracking one or more pitches of the sound to determine individual pitches and corresponding amplitudes as a function of time for individual harmonics of the sound,

synthesizing individual harmonics using oscillators corresponding to individual harmonics, and

summing the synthesized harmonics to obtain the resynthesized audio signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein synthesizing individual harmonics includes, for a given harmonic, integrating a corresponding pitch over time to determine a phase of the given harmonic.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein individual ones of the oscillators are based on a cosine function.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein individual ones of the oscillators include a white noise source.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2026
From: PATTI, ROBERT S
To: TEATRO, INC.
Reel/Frame 074966/0181 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2018
From: KNUEDGE, INC.
To: FRIDAY HARBOR LLC
Reel/Frame 047156/0582 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2017
From: KNUEDGE INCORPORATED
To: XL INNOVATE FUND, LP
Reel/Frame 044637/0011 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2016
From: KNUEDGE INCORPORATED
To: XL INNOVATE FUND, L.P.
Reel/Frame 040601/0917 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2016
From: THE INTELLISIS CORPORATION
To: KNUEDGE INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 038926/0223 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2011
From: BRADLEY, DAVID C.; GOLDIN, DANIEL S.; HILTON, ROBERT N.; FISHER, NICHOLAS K.; GATEAU, RODNEY
To: THE INTELLISIS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027369/0679 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61467493 · Mar 25, 2011
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