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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7180947 | Method and apparatus for a dynamic data correction appliance Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for a dynamic data correction appliance. A plurality of data points in a first domain may be sampled. The sampled data points may be transformed from the first domain to a second domain. The transforme... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177356 | Spatially transcoding a video stream Systems and methods for transcoding a video stream. An incoming video stream is spatially transcoded to reduce the bit rate of the video stream. The incoming video stream is decoded and the stream parameters are saved for use in generating the output video stream. T... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7161982 | Device and method for motion video encoding reducing image degradation in data transmission without deteriorating coding efficiency A code volume control section refers to an input image and a reference image stored in a frame memory and thereby sets a quantization step for each block so that the volume of coded data generated for a frame will be a preset volume. A data loss probability estimati... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162093 | Slice-layer in video codec A video encoder/decoder utilizes a bistream syntax that provides an independently decodable, partial picture unit, which may be in the form of a unit containing one or more contiguous rows of macroblocks (called a slice). This slice layer provides a flexible combina... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155554 | Methods and apparatuses for generating a single request for block transactions over a communication fabric Embodiments of apparatuses, systems, and methods are described for communicating information between functional blocks of a system across a communications fabric. A first functional block communicates a single request fully describing attributes of a two-dimensional... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155067 | Adaptive edge detection and enhancement for image processing The present invention improves image quality by detecting and enhancing edges in an image. Images often include blurry or fuzzy edges that can obscure an image. An edge is a portion of an image separating two regions of substantially constant image intensity. An ima... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151798 | Method for motion estimation using a low-bit edge image The invention provides a method for a motion estimation algorithm. The motion estimation algorithm using low bit resolution integrated edge image instead of luminance image to obtain difference block with small AC coefficients, edge image created by filters is emplo... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148996 | Multi-spectral image compression with bounded loss A system and method for generating bounded-loss color transformation employed in the compression and decompression of multi-spectral images is provided. The bounded-loss color space transformations provide transformations from a first color space to a second color s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142710 | Color image processing method and color image processing apparatus An image processing method for subjecting image signals from an image input apparatus to a color transform and an image processing for an output apparatus, including the steps of conducting a first color transform process to practice color transform from data for a ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142221 | Display drive control device and electric device including display device In a system including a color liquid crystal panel, a drive control device for driving the panel, and a microprocessor, the drive control device reduces the burden on the microprocessor as well as power consumption. In a liquid crystal display drive control device t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139436 | Orthogonal transform method and apparatus In a four-by-four orthogonal transform mode, an input data buffer enters a first half of entered eight pieces of pixel data, i.e., “x0A”, “x1A”, “x2A”, and “x3A”, into each of the first to fourth multiply-and-accumulation (MAC) operation circuits, wh... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136534 | Quality based image compression A system and method for quality-based image compression utilizing adaptively sized blocks and sub-blocks of discrete cosine transform coefficient data and a quality based quantization scale factor is claimed. A block size assignment element in an encoder element sel... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130351 | Storage reduction during compression Decompressing compressed video information using relatively less temporary storage is disclosed. A compressed bit stream of video information including a compressed portion is received. A reverse combination in the transform domain is performed on the compressed por... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123656 | Systems and methods for video compression The present invention is directed to systems and methods for video compression. In one embodiment, a method of encoding a matrix of transform coefficients is performed. The method includes receiving a matrix of transform coefficients, creating a probabilistic model ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123539 | Memory modules with magnetoresistive elements and method of reading data from row or column directions A memory cell module comprises a memory cell array formed by memory cells of M columns×N rows. Each memory cell includes a magnetoresistive element or a magnetresistive element with a semiconductor element. A memory module comprises a first access means to access t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123655 | Method for reduced bit-depth quantization Embodiments of the present systems and methods for quantization or dequantization of data related to video wherein reduced bit depth intermediate calculations are enabled. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116827 | Video coding and video decoding apparatus A video encoding apparatus is provided with a resolution converting section, an encoding section, and a transmitting section. The resolution converting section enlarges or reduces a binary picture which represents the shape of an object. The encoding section encodes... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110450 | Moving picture encoding apparatus Deterioration of picture quality is prevented even in a transmission environment in which errors easily occur. A block significance determining section produces block significance for each block as an encoding unit according to predetermined evaluation indices. A ma... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103101 | Method and system for blind Karhunen-Loeve transform coding A method, system, and computer program product for blind Karhunen-Loeve transform (KLT) coding is disclosed, wherein KLT coefficients and possibly additional information are transmitted without transmitting KLT basis vectors. Instead the KLT basis vectors are estima... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099513 | Bit allocation process for multi-stage image compression A process and apparatus for allocating bits between the stages of a multi-stage digital image compression scheme with quantizer feedback is disclosed. The process selects a quantization schedule (from a finite number of possibilities) for all stages that minimizes a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093170 | Coding apparatus and decoding apparatus for transmission/storage of information An output coding apparatus includes a coder for coding an inputted bitstream to an error correction and/or detection code composed of information bits and check bits; and a bitstream assembling section for assembling an outputted bitstream by inserting a synchroniza... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092445 | Video coder providing implicit coefficient prediction and scan adaptation for image coding and intra coding of video A predictive video coder performs gradient prediction based on previous blocks of image data. For a new block of image data, the prediction determines a horizontal gradient and a vertical gradient from a block diagonally above the new block (vertically above a previ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088776 | Method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding A method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that allows the relative timing of nearby video pictures to be encoded in a very efficient... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085424 | Method and system for compressing motion image information A method and system for compressing motion image information, which can compress data that can be subjected to predictive encoding. An image within a frame is divided into blocks before an inter-frame compression procedure begins, and each block is approximated with... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084850 | Image display system and image information transmission method To provide a display device capable of displaying a moving picture with high definition and at high speed. An image display system includes: an image display unit; and a control unit. The control unit has: a block discrimination circuit portion; an image processing ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079147 | System and method for cooperative operation of a processor and coprocessor A disclosed coprocessor receives a user-defined command during execution of an instruction including the user-defined command, and performs a predetermined function in response to the user-defined command. The user-defined command includes multiple ordered bits havi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079689 | Image processing apparatus and its method, and program An initial similarity candidate calculator calculates a similarity between first and second images, which are expressed by quantized DCT coefficients, on the basis of at least first and second image feature amounts of the first and second images. A coefficient conve... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079697 | Image compression with transform coefficient analysis A method of image/video compression with intra-coding blocks analyzed for sum of absolute magnitudes of AC coefficients of DCT of block to determine whether to approximate the block with 0 AC coefficients, and with inter-coding blocks analyzed for sum of absolute di... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7068280 | Method and apparatus to provide overlay buffering Overlay buffering scheme for multi-channel data in which one memory buffer content is overlayed over another as memory locations of an input buffer are freed when data is output from the input buffer. By overlaying the buffer content, only one input buffer is used, ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061404 | Apparatus and method for multiple description encoding An apparatus and method for generating multiple descriptions of compressed data are comprised. Generally, a quantized bit stream is generated using a reference quantization step. The quantized bit stream is then re-quantized using a first quantization step to genera... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061650 | Method and apparatus for bayer mosaic image conversion A method of, and an apparatus for, image conversion. The three color channels of a Bayer mosaic image are up-interpolated from input space to output space. The pixels sampled from each two-dimensional color plane of the Bayer image are convolved with a coefficient k... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058230 | Method and apparatus for encoding image data, and computer-readable recording medium in which program for encoding image data is recorded An accurate encoding of image data representing a source image, which data is divided into a multiplicity of blocks is performed in accordance with features of the source image by defining a plurality of sub-areas each of which including one or more blocks; quantizi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054366 | Systems and methods for MPEG subsample decoding A decoder decimates MPEG or other video data by subsampling the output of an inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) module. The decimation process is useful for reducing the volume of data that must be processed to display images on a display device, particularly ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051247 | Coding system and decoding system In a coding system wherein an error correction/detect-ion coding is combined with a synchronization recovering technique using a synchronization code, the problems of a pseudo synchronization and a step out due to error detect-ion are solved. There is provided a cod... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7051248 | Coding apparatus and decoding apparatus for transmission/storage of information An output coding apparatus includes a coder for coding an inputted bitstream to an error correction and/or detection code composed of information bits and check bits; and a bitstream assembling section for assembling an outputted bitstream by inserting a synchroniza... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7039241 | Method and apparatus for compression and decompression of color data The present invention provides a scheme for compressing the color components of image data. The pixel data is grouped into a plurality of tiles for storage. A test is performed to determine if a tile can be compressed so that its size after compression is less than ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035332 | DCT/IDCT with minimum multiplication A method, apparatus, computer medium, and other embodiments for discrete cosine transform and inverse discrete cosine transform (DCT/IDCT) of image signals are described. A DCT/IDCT module includes a plurality of different cores. One embodiment of a core includes tw... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031798 | Event management systems and methods for the distribution of motion control commands A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation. The motion control system comprises at least one motion event provider, a motion event manager, and a motion control component. The motion event provider is configured to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7032137 | Coding system and decoding system In a coding system wherein an error correction/detect-ion coding is combined with a synchronization recovering technique using a synchronization code, the problems of a pseudo synchronization and a step out due to error detect-ion are solved. There is provided a cod... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027507 | Moving-picture coding and decoding method and apparatus with reduced computational cost A coded moving-picture signal is decoded by a resolution-converting motion compensation process and a resolution-converting inverse discrete cosine transform, both of which decrease the resolution of the picture, thereby reducing the amount of reference picture data... | 04/11/2006 |
