Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMTRange of Services
- Research cooperations, development services and consulting
- Contract research up to prototype production
- Customer-specific adaptation of Fraunhofer developments
- Measuring and evaluation methods
- Evaluation and user studies
Greater safety through better communication at sea
An automatic voice monitoring system for the ship’s bridge will ensure greater safety. With the speech recognition system and support from Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg, Germany, ELNAV, a start-up company based in Split, Croatia, is developing what it calls a »Helm Order Monitor«.
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The sleep laboratory at home
DGSM 2022: Fraunhofer IDMT presents technologies and methods for mobile sleep monitoring
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Intuitive sound personalisation in vehicles
Everyone hears differently – this applies inside a vehicle too. That is why Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg has developed a technological concept for fast and individual sound adaptation, which has been integrated into the multimedia system of vehicles from the Mercedes-Benz Group AG.
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Your sound, in every situation
Everyone hears differently. »YourSound« of Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg enables users of audio devices to adjust audio to their own acoustic preferences – as easy as never before!
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i4.0 flatters the ear
How about being able to combine the protection of your hearing from loud ambient noise with the crystal clear communication with humans and machines in one device directly in your ears? We develop the hearable for the smart industrial workplace!
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Teaching tomorrow’s automobiles to hear
Modern cars already feature a range of sophisticated systems such as remote-controlled parking, automatic lane-departure warning and drowsiness recognition. In the future, self-driving cars will also have auditory capabilities. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Oldenburg, Germany, have now developed a prototype system capable of recognizing external noises such as sirens.
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Mobile EEG for the detection of epileptic seizures in daily life
»MOND« project will facilitate better diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. A mobile neurosensing system suitable for everyday use that detects epileptic seizures automatically and documents them for the purpose of medical anamnesis and optimisation of patient safety.
more info© Fraunhofer IDMT/Hannes Kalter
Oldenburg Branch for Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology HSA
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Founded in 2008 by Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier and Dr. Jens-E. Appell, the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT’s Branch for Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology HSA stands for market-oriented research and development with a focus on the following areas:
- Speech and event recognition
- Sound quality and speech intelligibility
- Mobile neurotechnology and systems for networked healthcare
With in-house expertise in the development of hardware and software systems for audio system technology and signal enhancement, over 90 employees at the Oldenburg site are responsible for transferring scientific findings into practical, customer-oriented solutions.
Through scientific cooperation, the institute is closely linked to the Carl von Ossietzky University, Jade University of Applied Sciences, and the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer. Fraunhofer IDMT is a partner in the »Hearing4all« cluster of excellence.
The further development of the institute’s branch is funded by the Ministry of Science and Culture of the German State of Lower Saxony and the Volkswagen Foundation within the »Vorab« program.
