upHear

Superior Audio Experience for Consumer Devices

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Take any great hardware device to the next level by giving it the epic audio experience your customers deserve. The upHear product family enhances the sound quality of any content from voice signals to immersive audio masterpieces. On the way into and out of the device, our technologies provide pristine audio pickup as well as faithful reproduction – from classic stereo setups up to complex scenarios with multiple devices.
Regardless of whether streaming music, watching videos, or making calls, Fraunhofer upHear is designed to seamlessly adapt to varying acoustic conditions, however challenging they may be – giving even the most critical ears the best audio experience possible.

Application Fields

Many ways that upHear can make a difference

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Smart Speakers

Smart Speakers are on the rise – not least because of their multi-tude of uses, from listening to music or watching movies to communicating with smart home control. Each of these applica-tions poses special challenges for the device: users want to enjoy music in all its fullness, no matter where the speaker is placed – in the living room or on the kitchen floor. Voice commands should be recognized immediately, no matter how far away the user is or whether music is playing in the background.
For all these use cases, upHear has got your back: The upHear Virtualizer provides optimal spatial sound while upHear Flexible Rendering widens the acoustic space even more by connecting multiple devices. And upHear Voice Quality Enhancement ensures crystal clear voice signals at the same time.

Cameras

Capture the moment in all its glory – whether it’s live during a live call or while recording content for social media. upHear-enabled devices pick up exactly what the user chooses. Want to remove all back-ground sound? No problem! Want to keep some of the nice music that’s playing in the restaurant for an authentic atmosphere? Want to not only keep some of the atmosphere but capture it in all its spatial dimensions?
upHear has got you covered there, as well. upHear Microphone Processing offers a variety of technological solutions for each device type and each use case, including traditional engineering as well as top-notch artificial intelligence approaches.

Smartphones

Smartphones are the pinnacle of modern personal entertainment while also providing the means to create content on the fly. In both applications, sound plays a vital role, constituting half of the overall media experience.
Despite their small size and tiny components, smartphones are now used as both full-fledged media production machines as well as for communication and entertainment. Depending on the use case, users expect a comprehensive sound experience that captures acoustic scenes as realistically as possible, while putting an emphasis on crystal-clear voices for optimal speech intelligibility and an enveloping experience of immersive content. upHear Microphone Processing covers all the recording and communication aspects with highly specialized components while upHear Cingo for loudspeakers delivers a huge sound stage with tiny speakers.

VoIP Devices

Communication technology is the backbone of modern-day work life. Every measure is taken to raise intelligibility, to even out various volumes, or suppress noise is a contribution to workers’ efficiency and wellbeing.
upHear-enabled VoIP-devices do all that and more: they put the users right where they need to be – in the center of the conversation, blurring the lines between in-person meetings and video conferencing over thousands of miles. The advanced upHear Microphone Processing gets the most out of the microphones built into devices, delivering clear speech at well balanced levels.
With upHear, traffic noises, echoes, ACs and even the voices of other people in the background can’t disturb the clarity needed for a relaxing business conversation anymore.

Soundbars

When it comes to reproducing enveloping sound for the definitive home theater experience without going to the lengths of putting up countless speakers on the walls of a residential living room, sound bars are one of the go-to solutions.
But a sound bar is only a good as the setting it operates in. upHear-enables soundbars take care of everything required for an optimal immersive experience: While upHear Calibration balances out the imperfections of the room and louspeakers, upHear Virtualizer turns the optimized room into a soundstage for spectacular 3-D Sound.
upHear Microphone Processing ensures that barge-in voice commands are heard by the device with ease during playback.

Earbuds & Headphones

With rising mobility and a growing demand for individual entertainment, headphones and earbuds have become a part of the daily routine for many. They are used for a wide variety of tasks from communication to enjoying content like movies or music.
With upHear Cingo for Headphones, headworn devices become true three-dimensional sound theaters delivering an enveloping sound experience – all in a package so resource-efficient, it can be deployed inside the device’s dsp.
For communication, upHear AI-Based Noise Reduction utilizes the power of Artificial Intelligence for unrivaled clarity of the microphone's signals.

Highlight Features

What makes upHear stand out

Flexible Rendering

Typical households own more than one smart device – upHear helps unleash the immersive power of any speaker combination.

AI Algorithms

Artificial Intelligence is the key to our future – including communication. upHear gives devices a smart edge over the competition.

3D Audio

upHear-enabled devices master every dimension of sound – for immersive, enveloping recording and playback.

Voice Enhancement

Countless devices rely on upHear to pick up clear sound. Now, users can easily teach it to focus on a specific person talking.

Pick your upHear Path

Continue your journey by getting into details of our technology branches

upHear Microphone Processing

From state-of-the art AI-based noise reduction algorithms to breathtaking spatial recordings – upHear delivers the clearest audio possible.

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upHear Home Entertainment

Dive into how upHear technologies create unforgettable sonic experiences on a number of devices – playing solo or together.

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upHear Mobile Audio

upHear-enabled devices guarantee spectacular sound experiences on earphones and loudspeakers – for users who demand the best quality wherever they go.

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upHear Technologies Partner Devices

A selection of upHear success stories.

Crosscall Stellar X5

Kandao Meeting Ultra

Mevo Start

LG XBOOM AI ThinQ WK7 Smart Speaker

Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar

SberPortal Smart Device

SberBox Top Mediacenter

Kandao Meeting 360 Conferencing Camera

Mail.ru Capsula Smart Speaker

Mail.ru Capsula Mini Smart Speaker

Yandex.Station Smart Speaker

Neumann MA 1

Kandao Meeting Pro Webcam

Felix & Paul 360-3D VR Camera

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