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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6529631 | Apparatus and method for optimizing encoding and performing automated steerable image compression in an image coding system using a perceptual metric A method and apparatus for adjusting encoding parameters in accordance with a perceptual metric derived from analyzing the contents of an image or video being coded. Namely, the perceptual metric is produced by comparing an original image (or image sequen... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6526175 | Apparatus and method for packetizing significance-based information An apparatus and a concomitant method for packetizing significance-based information to improve error resilience is disclosed. Significance-based information comprises "coefficient significance information". Within each packet, the "coefficient significan... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6522787 | Method and system for rendering and combining images to form a synthesized view of a scene containing image information from a second image An image processing system for imaging a scene to mosaic, selecting a new viewpoint of the scene, and rendering a synthetic image from the mosaic of the scene from that new viewpoint. The synthesized image is then combined with a second image. The combina... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6516376 | Command and control architecture for a video decoder and a host A method and apparatus for using an interface and concomitant communication protocol to allow a host to control and communicate with a video decoder. More specifically, an interface structure having a status interface line and at least two data interface ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6516036 | Method and apparatus for decimating an oversampled signal Method and apparatus for determining the correct set of samples to retain in applying a decimation process. The present method provides an automatic approach to determine the timing phase of the desired samples to decimate the oversampled input signal (da... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6512857 | Method and apparatus for performing geo-spatial registration A system and method for accurately mapping between camera coordinates and geo-coordinates, called geo-spatial registration. The system utilizes the imagery and terrain information contained in the geo-spatial database to precisely align geographically cal... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6511186 | Focus and aim device and method for image projection An image projection system includes an image generator, a screen and a focus and aim component. The focus and aim component receives modulated light from the image generator and focuses and deflects the light as a function of a position on the screen. The... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6507327 | Continuous illumination plasma display panel A three electrode plasma display panel (PDP) operates in concurrent sustain and addressing periods, rather than separating the sustain and addressing periods. Because of this concurrent operation, a PDP with a brighter display is produced. Crosstalk betwe... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6501632 | Apparatus for providing high performance electrostatic discharge protection Apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection having an nMOS transistor with bias simultaneously applied to the gate and the p-well of the nMOS transistor. A bias circuit is fabricated using a plurality of the Zener diodes. The double bias al... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6498592 | Display tile structure using organic light emitting materials A tiled display structure is fabricated on a single substrate that also serves as a circuit board containing electronic components. Electrodes are formed on the substrate and the remainder of the display section is formed on the electrodes. The pixel elem... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6498347 | Infrared imager using room temperature capacitance sensor An infrared imager includes an array of capacitance sensors that operate at room temperature. Each infrared capacitance sensor includes a deflectable first plate which expands due to absorbed thermal radiation relative to a non-deflectable second plate. I... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6496233 | Command and control architecture for a video decoder and an audio decoder A method and apparatus for using an interface and concomitant communication protocol to allow a video decoder to communicate with an audio decoder. More specifically, an interface structure having a status interface line and at least two data interface li... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6496607 | Method and apparatus for region-based allocation of processing resources and control of input image formation Apparatus and method for classifying regions of an image, based on the relative "importance" of the various areas and to adaptively use the importance information to allocate processing resources and input image formation.... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6055151 | Multilayer ceramic circuit boards including embedded components Embedded passive components such as capacitors are formed in multilayer ceramic circuit boards by screen printing a component precursor compound ink sandwiched between conductor ink layers onto a green tape stack and covering the component ink layer with ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5681484 | Etching to form cross-over, non-intersecting channel networks for use in partitioned microelectronic and fluidic device arrays for clinical diagnostics and chemical synthesis A system for processing a plurality of tests or syntheses in parallel comprising a sample channel for moving samples into a microlaboratory array of a plurality of wells connected by one or more channels for the testing-or synthesis of samples, a station ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5581778 | Advanced massively parallel computer using a field of the instruction to selectively enable the profiling counter to increase its value in response to the system clock A parallel computing system comprising N blocks of processors, where N is an integer greater than 1. Each block of the N blocks of processors contains M processors, where M is an integer greater than 1. Each processor includes an arithmetic logic unit (AL... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5579527 | Apparatus for alternately activating a multiplier and a match unit A processor for use in a parallel computing system. The processor contains: a memory for storing operand values; an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) for performing arithmetic logic operations on operand values; a multiplier, separate from the ALU and coupled t... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5572596 | Automated, non-invasive iris recognition system and method Iris recognition is achieved by (1) iris acquisition that permits a user to self-position his or her eye into an imager's field of view without the need for any physical contact, (2) spatially locating the data defining that portion of a digitized video i... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5566251 | Video merging employing pattern-key insertion Disclosed is a technique for deriving a composite video image by merging foreground and background video image data supplied from a plurality of separate video signal sources employing pattern-key insertion, rather than prior-art color-key insertion, for ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5563960 | Apparatus and method for emphasizing a selected region in the compressed representation of an image In certain image analysis applications, it is desirable to compress the image while emphasizing a selected region of the image. The invention is a means for to allocating more bits, and thus better quality in the decoded image, to the selected region at t... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5561617 | Pyramid processor integrated circuit Multiresolution (pyramid) filtering is useful in image processing. An IC for implementing a variety of multiresolution filters includes a programmable, symmetric, and separable two-dimensional filter. The input signal to the filter can be an input signal ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5491482 | Electronic system and method for remote identification of coded articles and the like There is described an electronic interrogation and identification (I/I) system in which an interrogator/reader (I/R) unit operates remotely using a microwave beam in conjunction with one or more coded articles. The articles are identified by a unique meth... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5488674 | Method for fusing images and apparatus therefor A method for fusing two or more source images to form a composite image with extended information content which may be color augmented and apparatus for forming the composite image from the source images is disclosed. Each source image is decomposed into ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5483366 | LCD with hige capacitance pixel having an ITO active region/poly SI pixel region electrical connection and having poly SI selection line extensions along pixel edges A liquid crystal display includes a base plate having a plurality of pixels on a surface thereof with the pixels arranged in an array of spaced rows and columns. Each of the pixels includes a substantially rectangular region of polycrystalline silicon. A ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5360316 | Flats pieces singulation apparatus A flats singulation apparatus includes a input buffer section having a substantially horizontal ramp which is adapted to support thereon a stack of flats mailpieces on edge. The buffer section includes a moving belt and ram plate for moving the stack of f... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5343053 | SCR electrostatic discharge protection for integrated circuits The invention is a protection circuit for an integrated circuit which includes an SCR switch, a zener diode in parallel with the SCR to trigger the SCR to its on-state, and a zener diode in series with the SCR controls the on-state or clamping voltage of ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5337068 | Field-sequential display system utilizing a backlit LCD pixel array and method for forming an image A back-lighted color LCD display is formed by placing a single matrix of liquid crystal devices (LCDs) over a bank of red, green and blue fluorescent lamps. The LCD matrix is operated to sequentially form separate red, green and blue images synchronous wi... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5325449 | Method for fusing images and apparatus therefor A method for fusing two or more source images to form a composite image with extended information content and apparatus for forming the composite image from the source images is disclosed. Each source image is decomposed into a number of source images of ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5122792 | Electronic time vernier circuit A drive circuit for a liquid crystal display converts a display information signal to an n bit gray scale code to control the brightness at a prescribed pixel. A counter receives the m most significant bits of the n bit gray scale code and a latch receive... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5113097 | CMOS level shifter circuit A level shifter circuit has a pair of voltage buses, first and second p-channel MOS transistors and third and fourth n-channel MOS transistors. Each transistor has a gate to control conduction. The first and third transistors are connected in series betwe... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5089429 | Self-aligned emitter BiCMOS process A process is disclosed for forming bipolar transistors in a BiCMOS process which is fully compatible with the CMOS process used to form other devices in the same integrated circuit. The process produces bipolar transistor sizes which are compatible with t... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5067014 | Three-frame technique for analyzing two motions in successive image frames dynamically An iterative process, implemented by a feedback loop, responds to all the image data in the respective analysis regions of three consecutive frames of a motion picture, to provide, after a plurality of cycles of operation thereof, an accurate estimation o... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5051921 | Method and apparatus for detecting liquid composition and actual liquid level A liquid level and composition sensor includes a first interdigitated capacitor mounted substantially vertically in a tank, and a second interdigitated capacitor mounted substantially horizontally in and near the bottom of the tank. An electronic processo... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5051790 | Optoelectronic interconnections for integrated circuits The optoelectronic interconnection of the present invention provides a means for interconnecting a plurality of integrated circuits and each having at least one termination. The termination includes a transmitting section and a receiving section. Each tra... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5035939 | Manufacture of printed circuit boards In the manufacture of printed circuit boards, a first photoresist post is patterned on the substrate where via holes are to be made. A dielectric layer is put down, a second photoresist layer patterned so as to have openings over and in alignment with the... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5019787 | Optical amplifier An optical amplifier comprising a substrate of a semiconductor material having a pair of opposed surfaces and a body of semiconductor material on one of the surfaces. The body includes a pair of clad layers of opposite conductivity types having an interme... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5010380 | Voltage stress alterable ESD protection structure A protection structure comprises a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type with a region of second conductivity type in the substrate at the surface thereof. A region of second conductivity type has disposed therein first and second regions o... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5001481 | MOS transistor threshold compensation circuit A circuit that compensates for threshold voltage variations in a large array of deposited thin film MOS transistors includes a threshold voltage compensation transistor for a subset of the deposited analog thin film transistors having a prescribed source ... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4976539 | Diode laser array A diode laser array comprises a substrate of a semiconductor material having first and second opposed surfaces. On the first surface is a plurality of spaced gain sections and a separate distributed Bragg reflector passive waveguide at each end of each ga... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4975669 | Magnetic bottle employing Meissner effect The Meissner effect is employed to generate a magnetic bottle in the interior region of a hollow superconductor, such as a hollow cylinder. One or both ends of the interior region of the hollow superconductor may be uncapped to permit coupling from the ex... | 12/04/1990 |
