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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190623 | Image search engine using image analysis and categorization An Internet infrastructure that supports searching of images by correlating a search image with that of plurality of images hosted in Internet based servers in selected categories, containing an image search server, and a web browser contained in a client device tha... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190582 | Multi-processor A multi-processor according to an example of the invention comprises a first control unit which stores first compressed data acquired externally in a first memory, a hardware decoding unit which decodes the first compressed data stored in the first memory and storin... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180788 | Image search engine employing image correlation An Internet infrastructure that supports searching of images by correlating a search image with that of plurality of images hosted in Internet based servers, containing an image search server, and a web browser contained in a client device that supports displaying o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175145 | Post-processing for reducing quantization noise of an encoder during decoding The invention relates to the processing of a signal that is compression encoded (COD) according to a predetermined encoding type applying a quantification operation (Q) and then decoded (DEC) so that the quantification noise is present in the decoded signal (S*). Th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175144 | Method and apparatus for cached adaptive transforms for compressing data streams, computing similarity, and recognizing patterns A method and apparatus for cached adaptive transforms for compressing data streams, computing similarity, and recognizing patterns have been disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention an encoder and decoder begin with a baseline transform. As data is trans... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170095 | Faster image processing Methods, medium, and machines associated with image processing performance are disclosed. Image data may be copied from input memory to main memory before performing CPU intensive operations, and efficiently copied from memory thereafter. CPU intensive operations ma... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170094 | Method and system for scalable bitstream extraction A scalable video compression system (100) having an encoder (120), bit extractor (140), and decoder (160) for efficiently encoding and decoding a scalable embedded bitstream (130) at different video resolution, framerate, and video... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165195 | Method of and apparatus for video intraprediction encoding/decoding Provided is a method of and apparatus for video intraprediction encoding/decoding. The method of video intraprediction encoding includes dividing pixels of an input block into a plurality of groups, performing intraprediction encoding on pixels of a first group amon... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8144762 | Band extending apparatus and method A band extending apparatus (1) is provided with: first generating device (111, 112) for generating a baseband signal (XB(n)) by up-sampling an input signal (X(n)) and then transmitting it through a low-pass filter; a second generating device (21... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139632 | Video decoder with adaptive outputs In one aspect, there is provided a video decoder including a first write port to write uncompressed video data to a first buffer in a first format adapted based on an input required by the video decoder and to suppress writing to the first buffer. The video decoder ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8117172 | Compact encoding methods, media and systems A method for compact encoding including providing a first value field allocated in a first portion of a memory, wherein a portion of the first value field is utilized to store a fixed-size variable. A most significant zero bit (MSZB) is located in the first value fi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8102911 | Picture coding device A picture coding device includes a motion prediction unit, an intra picture prediction unit, and an input selection unit. The input selection unit selects a smaller one of a motion total obtained by adding a motion residual and a value into which a motion vector is ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8077769 | Method of reducing computations in transform and scaling processes in a digital video encoder using a threshold-based approach A method of reducing computations utilizing a threshold to increase efficiency and speed of a video encoder is described. Computations of transform and scaling processes of a video encoder are able to be streamlined by utilizing one or more thresholds stored within ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077770 | Methods and apparatus for reducing modulation signal bandwidth in polar modulation transmitters Methods and apparatus for reducing the bandwidth of modulation signals in a phase path of a polar modulation transmitter. An exemplary method includes generating a phase difference modulation signal for a phase path of a polar modulation transmitter, and filtering t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073047 | Bandwidth sensitive data compression and decompression Data compression and decompression methods for compressing and decompressing data based on an actual or expected throughput (bandwidth) of a system. In one embodiment, a controller tracks and monitors the throughput (data storage and retrieval) of a data compression... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068541 | Systems and methods for transcoding bit streams A data processing system including a buffer configured to temporarily maintain a portion of a plurality of compressed data streams and a switch. Each portion of the plurality of compressed data streams comprise one or more units of an encoded media signal. The switc... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064514 | System and method for dynamically adjusting bandwidth between multiple video streams of videoconference A videoconferencing unit includes first and second encoder that each encodes a video stream of frames and generates variables indicating changes between frames of the video streams. The unit also includes a controller operatively coupled to the first and second enco... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054879 | Bandwidth sensitive data compression and decompression Data compression and decompression methods for compressing and decompressing data based on an actual or expected throughput (bandwidth) of a system. In one embodiment, multiple access profiles are utilized to assist in compressing data according to various compressi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046338 | System and method of organizing data to facilitate access and streaming File formats systems and methods are disclosed that provide a framework that integrates concepts, such as objects based audio-visual representation, meta-data and object oriented programming, to achieve a flexible and generic representation of the audiovisual inform... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036261 | Feature-vector generation apparatus, search apparatus, feature-vector generation method, search method and program A feature-vector generation apparatus includes an input unit configured to input content data including at least one of video data and audio data, a generation unit configured to generate a feature vector, based on information indicating a time at which a characteri... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027380 | Method and apparatus for fast nearest neighbor search for vector quantizers A method comprises identifying a component k of a codevector from a codebook C having one or more codevectors, the component k introducing highest variance for an input vector; allowing ordering of codevectors in the codebook C; and searching for a best match vector... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023559 | Minimizing blocking artifacts in videos Techniques for minimizing blocking artifacts in video images or frames are disclosed. In general, these blocking artifacts are the result of block-based compression standards, such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.261, H.263, and H.264. According to one aspect of the pr... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018993 | Relay device and signal decoding device There is provided a relay device capable of simultaneously transmitting various additional information such as audio information, character information, and image information while suppressing the communication cost and the line use ratio without increasing the calc... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018994 | Selecting encoding types and predictive modes for encoding video data In some embodiments, a method of determining encoding type and predictive mode(s) selections for a macroblock of a video frame is provided. In some embodiments, a general method 1) selects the encoding type (16×16 or 4×4) that is initially considered for a macrobl... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8005137 | Video coding and decoding method using weighted prediction and apparatus for the same A video coding and decoding method using a weighted prediction and an apparatus for the same are provided. The video coding method includes generating a predicted image for a present block; generating a weighted prediction factor which is a scaling factor of the pre... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000386 | Method and device for image interpolation systems based on motion estimation and compensation A motion estimation method and device are provided for processing images to be inserted, between a preceding original image and a following original image, into a sequence of images. Each image is divided into pixel blocks associated with motion vectors. For a curre... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000387 | System and method for Huffman shaping in a data communication system In a communication system, Huffman coding techniques are used to obtain shaping gains for an improvement in data transmission rates. More particularly, a novel method of Huffman shaping is described that achieves a shaping gain of greater than 1 dB. The shaping gain... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7983335 | AVC IPCM data handling and inverse transform in a video decoder An Inverse Transform (IT) conforming to MPEG AVC I_PCM that offers better video image quality than the MPEG-2/H.263 based video decoders and real time motion picture processing at 30 frames/seconds is described. The IT module performs 4×4 Inverse Integer transform ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978762 | Transcoder device for transcoding compressed and encoded bitstream of motion picture in syntax level and motion picture communication system A transcoder device includes means for receiving encoding information transmitted from a motion-picture encoding and transmitting device and decoding information transmitted from a motion-picture receiving and decoding device, referring to the encoding information a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978761 | Method and system for loss-tolerant multimedia multicasting A method and system are provided for ordering datagrams within an encoded datastream. The system includes a parser for separating headers from each respective datagram. A decoder decodes the separated headers to determine a frame group, a frame number within the fra... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974338 | System for decoding a digital radio stream To improve the user experience, a digital radio receiver may output the data contained within the Fast Access Channel and Service Description Channel of a Digital Radio Mondiale stream when their decoding is complete without waiting for the Main Service Channel deco... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970048 | Method of systematic construction of space-time constellations, system and method of transmitting space-time constellations Space-time code, and methods for constructing space-time codes are provided. The space-time coder performs a respective linear transformation on each of P sets of K modulated symbols of a modulated symbol stream to produce P sets of T linearly transformed symbols, a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965766 | Stream generation apparatus, stream generation method, coding apparatus, coding method, recording medium and program thereof A stream generation apparatus generates a stream including coded pictures and a command for managing a buffer which holds a decoded picture, the command being added to one of the coded pictures as a reference picture. A judging unit judges whether or not the coded p... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7949042 | Image searching device and method, program and program recording medium An encoded code stream is searched for a frame generally coincident with a specific frame without having to decoding the frame to its original image. The present invention provides an image search device that searches an object encoded code stream formed by compress... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944965 | Transform domain based distortion cost estimation Transform based distortion cost estimation, which may be used to calculate a rate distortion cost associated with a mode for encoding a macroblock, is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a distortion value for a particular mode is estimated within the tra... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941034 | Method for encoding the flag of the image The present invention discloses a method for encoding a flag of an image while encoding an I Frame, firstly setting a start code of an I Frame picture to be coded, for marking a start of the I Frame; setting a flag for indicating whether to code an identification fi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940842 | Reciprocal index lookup for BTSC compatible coefficients An algorithm calculates spectral compression/expansion filter coefficients using a value proportional to a reciprocal of a feedback/feedforward signal and stores the coefficients to a lookup table. The lookup table is indexed by a pre selected set of coefficient bit... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929600 | Multi-channel signal encoding method, decoding method, device thereof, program, and recording medium thereof In difference coding, each of a first to M-th channel signals is divided into frames and independent energy of every channel signal and difference energy of difference signals between all channel signals are calculated for each frame. In ascending order of energy, i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929599 | Accelerated video encoding A video encoding acceleration service to increase one or more of the speed and quality of video encoding is described. The service acts as an intermediary between an arbitrary video encoder computer program application and arbitrary video acceleration hardware. The ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924913 | Non-realtime data transcoding of multimedia content Described herein are technologies directed towards non-realtime transcoding (e.g., compressing) a formatted multimedia datastream and doing so without consuming additional storage space or without making the data unavailable during the process. ... | 04/12/2011 |
