ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,911, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Dolby International AB (Dublin).

"Method for learning an audio quality metric combining labeled and unlabeled data" was invented by Joan Serra (Barcelona, Spain), Jordi Pons Puig (Barcelona, Spain) and Santiago Pascual (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a method of training a neural-network-based system for determining an indication of an audio quality of an audio input. The method includes obtaining, as input, at least one training set comprising audio samples. The audio samples include audio samples of a first type and audio samples of a second type, wherein each of...