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You are looking for exciting R&D topics and you require all-round support during your search? Our press releases will provide you with the very latest Fraunhofer IIS research reports and project news. Please Send an e-mail for personal assistance – we’ll be happy to answer your questions. |
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19/11/2007
| | WorldDMB honors Fraunhofer IIS scientist
Major recognition for computer scientist Markus
Prosch. The 37-year-old received the Per Erik Selemark
Award of the World-DMB Forum in October. The international
panel honored his outstanding contributions
as chairman of the DAB+ Task Force. Further Information | PDF  107kB
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12/11/2007
| | Medica
Diagnostic tool for esophageal cancer
Images taken using an endoscope are not always easy to read. A new image-processing system automatically searches for similar-looking pictures, accompanied by a diagnosis, to serve as a comparative reference. The system can be seen at Medica 2007 in Düsseldorf from November 14 to 17 (Hall 10, Stand F05). Further Information
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24/10/2007
| | Fraunhofer‘s mp3 pioneers become member of the “Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame“
In San Diego, CA, USA, the Consumer Electronics Association
has inducted Dr. Dieter Seitzer, Dr. Heinz Gerhäuser
and Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg into their Hall of
Fame. Further Information | PDF 919kB
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02/10/2007
| | First Embedded Implementations of MPEG Surround Available from Fraunhofer IIS
MPEG Surround brings universal surround sound to
any digital broadcasting system in an easy and cost
efficient way. It allows high quality surround sound
at low bit rates and avoids simulcasting of stereo
and surround programs while being compatible with
mono and stereo receivers. Fraunhofer IIS presents the
world’s first MPEG Surround decoder implementations
on fixed-point processors from Analog Devices and
Freescale. Further Information | PDF 596kB
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04/09/2007
| | Zephyr/IP provides MPEG audio, high-reliability connections for IP remotes
Telos Showcases New IP Codec at IBC based upon Fraunhofer IIS Innovations
Telos introduces the newest member of its award-winning Zephyr family of broadcast codecs: Zephyr/IP. Further Information | PDF 460kB
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31/08/2007
| | Fraunhofer DRM ContentServer™ with DRM Announcement Feature
Today, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
announces availability of the DRM Announcement
Feature in its professional encoder and broadcast solution
Fraunhofer DRM ContentServer R4 as well as the
Fraunhofer DRM Developer Solution. Fraunhofer IIS
presents both solutions at IFA Berlin in hall 5.3, booth
15, and at IBC Amsterdam together with TRANSRADIO
SenderSysteme Berlin AG in hall 8, stand 8.528. Further Information | PDF 88kB
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30/08/2007
| | Fraunhofer DAB/DMB ContentServer™ R4 now available
Today, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
announces the availability of its professional encoder
and broadcast solution Fraunhofer DAB/DMB ContentServer
R4. The system will be demonstrated at IFA in
hall 5.3, booth 15, and at IBC together with TRANSRADIO
SenderSysteme Berlin AG in hall 8, booth 8.528. Further Information | PDF 87kB
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30/08/2007
| | Delivery of world’s first range of DAB+ radios
Frontier Silicon partners with other industry leaders to deliver world’s first range of DAB+ radios Further Information
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29/08/2007
| | MFD to Launch Mobile Text Information Service with Fraunhofer IIS
Germany‘s first mobile TV service provider will broadcast
NewsService Journaline® developed by Fraunhofer
Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS.
Experience Journaline at the booth of Fraunhofer IIS at IFA,
hall 5.3, booth 15. Further Information | PDF 131kB
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03/08/2007
| | Suzanne Vega at Fraunhofer IIS:
Singer meets mp3 Inventors
Suzanne Vega's hit »Tom‘s Diner« played a vital role in the development of mp3, world’s most popular audio format. The a cappella version of this song has been a true challenge for the researchers and by overcoming the difficulties the mp3 algorithm became a real breakthrough. That’s why the American Pop- and Folksinger will always remain a memorable part of the development for the mp3 team. Now artist and scientists met for the first time at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS. Further Information | PDF 327kB
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01/07/2007
| | Happy, sad, angry or astonished?
How do people respond when they walk past an advertising poster? Do they stop and turn around to look at it with interest or march angrily past? A new system of detailed facial analysis can recognize a person’s mood in an instant. Further Information
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28/06/2007
| | Integrated Workflows for Film and Broadcast Production
The “Technologies for Media Production” project, supported
by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure,
Transport and Technology is developing a distributed system
for film and broadcast work which will offer seamless
exchange of data between film and television production.
This will allow productions to prepare content in an
integrated production-, postproduction-, and archiving
environment for a variety of output formats, such as Digital
Cinema, television, HDTV and mobile display devices. Further Information | PDF 94kB
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23/05/2007
| | 20 Years of Audio Coding at Fraunhofer IIS – A German Track Record
On May 25, 2007 Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated
Circuits IIS celebrates 20 successful years of developing
audio coding algorithms. Today, the German institute is
the worldwide leading independent research lab in the
field of high quality compression technologies for the
modern media world. Further Information | PDF 114kB
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14/05/2007
| | Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies opens San Jose Office
The new Audio and Multimedia Division of Fraunhofer USA, Inc. will promote stateof-
the-art audio coding and multimedia real-time system technologies.
San Jose, CA May 14, 2007, In close collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for
Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany, the Audio and Multimedia Division of
Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies will offer Fraunhofer’s technologies to
Silicon Valley firms as well as other American customers. Further Information
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03/05/2007
| | Radio Classique selects mp3 Surround for 5.1 surround sound Internet radio
France-based Radio Classique is the first commercial European
broadcasting station to use the mp3 Surround
streaming module developed by Fraunhofer Institute
for Integrated Circuits IIS. This module allows listeners
of the classical and movie music channels of Radio
Classique to enjoy Internet radio in high-quality 5.1
surround sound. Further Information | PDF 125kB
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25/04/2007
| | Texas Instruments Drives High-Definition Voice Across IP Networks
Addition of Super Wideband Codec to VoIP Portfolio
Brings New Levels of Sound Quality to Voice over IP Further Information
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16/04/2007
| | HD Radio Station WZLX On The Air With Surround
World’s first fulltime, commercial HD Radio Station
using MPEG Surround
CBS radio station WZLX in Boston launched its new 5.1
Surround service this week on the station’s main HD
channel, based on MPEG Surround technology provided
by Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
and Telos Systems. WZLX is the first commercial radio
station to broadcast fulltime in 5.1 MPEG Surround. Further Information | PDF 267kB
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13/04/2007
| | Radio Applications in Automation
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS presents
self-organizing sensor networks and radio chips
for wireless communication in metal environments
at Hannover Messe International. Further Information | PDF 502kB
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12/04/2007
| | Cisco TelePresence System uses Fraunhofer IIS AAC-Low Delay Audio Coding to Deliver High Quality Meeting Experiences
ERLANGEN, Germany – Cisco has selected the MPEG-4
AAC-Low Delay codec from the Fraunhofer Institute
for Integrated Circuits IIS to transmit audio in the Cisco
TelePresence meeting solution, which transcends traditional
video to provide a “face-to-face” meeting experience
through a simple interface. The Fraunhofer codec
provides a realistic sound image through several channels
of full-bandwidth, music-quality audio, with the
low-latency delay needed for interactive conversations. Further Information | PDF 86kB
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12/04/2007
| | Harmonic Licenses Fraunhofer IIS Audio Codecs for Professional Broadcast Encoders
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS announced
that Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) is using
Fraunhofer’s floating-point MPEG-4 High Efficiency
Advanced Audio Coding (HE-AAC) and MPEG-1 Layer-2
audio coding software for the DiviCom® Electra™ family
of broadcast encoders. The high performance Electra
7000 HD and Electra 5400 SD H.264 encoders will be
shown at the Harmonic booth (#SU9620) and the Electra
7000 will also be featured at the Fraunhofer booth
(#SU6830) during the upcoming NAB2007 exhibition in
Las Vegas on April 16-19. Further Information | PDF 369kB
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28/03/2007
| | Fraunhofer‘s mp3 inventors inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame
The Consumer Electronic Association (CEA) has elected Dr. Dieter Seitzer, Dr. Heinz Gerhaeuser and Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, representing a team of Fraunhofer researchers, into the CE Hall of Fame. The award honors their work on inventing and introducing the mp3 compression format. Further Information | PDF 547kB
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23/03/2007
| | Fraunhofer IIS Introduces Full HDTV XS-Size Camera, the MicroHDTV
AltaSens 3562 Powers Fraunhofer Camera Further Information | PDF 368kB
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15/03/2007
| | Premiere: NewsService Journaline® live “on air” with In-Car Presentation
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and Audi
are presenting at CeBIT in hall 9, booth B36, the first
live in-car reception of NewsService Journaline®. This
demonstrates, for the first time, a complete real-time
transmission chain of the service over Digital Radio
DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting). Further Information | PDF 94kB
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15/03/2007
| | Information in Time!
When immediate reaction in critical situations are an
imperative, sensor networks are of increasing importance.
Whether the temperature of a container has to
be monitored or the position of a lost test equipment
has to be determined – flexible sensor nodes ensure
reliable performance. Wireless sensor networks are the
key technology for the reactive and intelligent ambiance
of the future. Further Information | PDF 86kB
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15/03/2007
| | High-resolution Images from the Driver‘s Seat
A novel miniature camera allows viewers to enjoy a
new live experience and watch a ski jump or a car race
in high resolution from the actor’s perspective. The
camera is so tiny that it even fits inside the cramped
cockpit of a racing car. Further Information | PDF 236kB
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12/02/2007
| | WorldScreen Presentation at the Berlinale
What might digital cinema look like in the future? The
answer will be revealed at the Berlinale on February
15 by Fraunhofer researchers, together with industry
partners such as Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, FLYING
EYE, Kodak, Digilab and MOG Solutions, when
they present the results of the EU WorldScreen project
in the CineStar complex at the Sony Center in Berlin. Further Information | PDF 96kB
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12/02/2007
| | MPEG Surround Becomes International Standard
New multi-channel audio compression technique ready
for deployment Further Information | PDF 176kB
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08/02/2007
| | Fraunhofer IIS Introduces Mobile-TV Transmission with MPEG Surround - World Premiere of Real-time MPEG Surround Binaural Headphone Rendering for DVB-H
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS is presenting the world’s first DVB-H transmission in 5.1 MPEG Surround sound at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, booth 2A126. MPEG Surround allows transmission of true multi-channel sound at data rates currently used for stereo services and features realistic playback of surround sound over regular headphones. Further Information | PDF 85kB
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19/01/2007
| | Superdistribution using OMA Digital Rights Management
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS is showing
in collaboration with 4FriendsOnly key components
for superdistribution of multimedia content with OMA
Digital Rights Management 2.0. Superdistribution is
the legal distribution of content separated from the
license. The system will be presented at Midem in
Cannes, booth R35.01, from 21 to 25 January and at
3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, booth 2A126, from
12 to 15 February. Further Information | PDF 85kB
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18/01/2007
| | MP3 Surround Sound for Internet Radios
At Midem in Cannes, France, Fraunhofer Institute for
Integrated Circuits IIS is introducing a new mp3 surround
streaming module that allows manufacturers to
build web radios featuring true 5.1 surround sound.
Visit booth R35.01 to learn more about mp3 surround
and many more innovative technologies for the music
business. Further Information | PDF 155kB
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10/01/2007
| | 20 Years of Audio Coding at Fraunhofer IIS: Videocasts Deliver Insight into Early Days of the mp3 Invention
In 2007, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS is celebrating 20 years of audio coding. Back in 1987 a breakthrough in audio coding activities was achieved at Fraunhofer IIS with the introduction of the first real-time implementation of a predecessor of mp3. Further Information | PDF 497kB
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