MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617059249 A) filed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Frderung Der on May 09, 2026, for Audio Processor With A Steered Audio Bandwidth Extension.

Inventors include Mller, Martin; Fuchs, Guillaume; Tiziani, Domenico; Reuschl, Stefan; Lutzky, Manfred; and Markovic, Goran.

The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.

Abstract: An audio processor or coder for processing or coding a signal, the processor or coder comprising: a band-limited entity or coder configured to provide or code a band- limited signal of the signal; and a bandwidth extension entity or coder configured to provide or code an extended-band signal of the signal, the provided or decoded extended-band signal comprising a mixture of a first extended-band excitation and a second extended-band excitation; wherein the bandwidth extension entity or coder is configured to generate the first extended-band excitation and a noise generator configured to generate random noise as the second extended-band excitation; wherein the mixture is controlled via a steering factor derived from a characteristic output or parameter of the band-limited entity or coder.

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