Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT

Excellent applied research for your success

Monitoring of industrial manufacturing processes, traffic monitoring or identifying manipulations in audio data - at the headquarters in Ilmenau, Thuringia, everything revolves around the safe and efficient AI-based recognition and classification of audio and video data. Another focus is the development of audio technologies for virtual acoustic product experiences as well as customized solutions for the production and reproduction of authentic and spatial sound experiences for the professional audio and entertainment sectors. We serve the current trend towards energy-efficient and miniaturized loudspeakers with intelligent control algorithms.

In the Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology HSA department in Oldenburg, key technologies are developed for "The Hearing Car". Machines are trained to be able to "hear" in order to minimize downtimes. Robust speech recognizers make devices listen and enable contactless control and quality assurance. In the health sector, speech and language analysis systems are being developed for therapeutic applications and, thanks to mobile EEG systems, the sleeping laboratory comes home. Thanks to algorithms for better speech intelligibility and personalized sound quality, hearables are becoming suitable for the work world – and media use a listening pleasure for everyone.

Our Locations

 

Oldenburg branch

  • Speech recognition and event detection
  • Mobile Neurotechnologies
  • Assistive speech and language analysis
  • Sound quality and speech intelligibility
  • Audio signal enhancement and audio system technology
 

#20YearsIDMT

We are celebrating our 20th anniversary this year!

News

News / 11.10.2024

IEEE Best Poster Award goes to Ilmenau!

Improved data protection for Federated Learning tasks

Press Release / 12.4.2024

Advertising monitoring for SWR radio programs

Our audio matching replaces manual checking of broadcast commercials

Press Release / 5.9.2024

IBC 2024: How to measure media presence

Software solution "InsightPersona" enables meaningful media analysis through combined face and speaker recognition

Press Release / 3.9.2024

Mobile EEG for passive brain-computer interface

Zander Labs and Fraunhofer IDMT-HSA cooperate on hardware development

Award / 7.8.2024

Ilmenau researcher honored for best publication

Best Paper Award of the AES International Conference on Audio Forensics 2024 goes to Luca Cuccovillo, Patrick Aichroth and Thomas Köllmer

Press Release / 23.7.2024

More than just loud bass

Study shows clear influence of driving noise on individual sound preferences in a car

Press Release / 11.6.2024

Look who’s talking!

Intelligent technologies for analysing speech should detect anomalies even in nursery school children

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Focus Projects

 

SpatialSound Wave for Automotive Audio

The audio platform for the car of the future: holistic sound management for creating immersive and interactive audio content

 

Reliable speech documentation

Automatic speech recognition for contactless documentation, e.g. in maintenance tasks, quality assurance or logistics – efficient and secure

 

AKoS

Acoustic inspection of weld seams of safety-critical components as part of quality assurance

 

Mobile multisensor system for sleep monitoring at home

Development of a multi-sensor system close to the ear that can be conveniently used by patients for sleep monitoring at home

 

InsightPersona

Combined face and speaker recognition to automatically analyze vast media archives

 

Hearing for the Car

AI-supported acoustic sensor systems for the automotive sector to ensure greater safety and reliability in road traffic – for example through intelligent siren recognition and localization

 

High-Performance Center InSignA

Together with companies, we quickly transfer innovations in the area of intelligent signal analysis and assistance systems into applications.

 

The hearable for the smart industrial workplace

A small, in-ear hearable for better human-machine interaction – a big task for a little earbud.

 

Fraunhofer IDMT

Ehrenbergstr. 31
98693 Ilmenau
Germany
Phone +49 3677 467-0

 

Oldenburg Branch for Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology

Fraunhofer IDMT
Marie-Curie-Straße 2
26129 Oldenburg
Germany
Phone +49 0441 2172400