US Patents

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5444575 Method for recording digital data using a set of heads including a pair of co-located heads to record data at a rate lower than the full recording rate possible using the set of heads
5493456 Method and apparatus for increasing the recording time of a digital video tape recorder
5568200 Method and apparatus for improved video display of progressively refreshed coded video
5581310 Architecture for a high definition video frame memory and an accompanying data organization for use therewith and efficient access therefrom
5592299 Method and apparatus for reducing the amount of data required to represent a video frame
5614952 Digital video decoder for decoding digital high definition and/or digital standard definition television signals
5614957 Digital picture-in-picture decoder
5617565 Broadcast interactive multimedia system
5635985 Low cost joint HD/SD television decoder methods and apparatus
5646686 Methods and apparatus for reducing drift in video decoders
5668918 Method for recording digital data using a series of adjacent heads of alternating azimuths located on a headwheel to record data at a rate that is less than the full recording rate possible using the heads
5684539 Method and apparatus for processing encoded video data to reduce the amount of data used to represent a video image
5691986 Methods and apparatus for the editing and insertion of data into an encoded bitstream
5767907 Drift reduction methods and apparatus
5797001 Broadcast interactive multimedia system
5825927 Methods and apparatus for encoding video data in a manner that is well suited for decoding by regular or downconvertingdecoders
5828421 Implementation efficient digital picture-in-picture decoding methods and apparatus
5857181 Broadcast interactive multimedia system
5969768 Methods and apparatus for re-using decoder circuitry
5974185 Methods and apparatus for encoding video data using motion vectors for decoding by regular or downconverting decoders
6025878 Method and apparatus for decoding both high and standard definition video signals using a single video decoder
6061400 Methods and apparatus for detecting scene conditions likely to cause prediction errors in reduced resolution video decoders and for using the detected information
6061402 Methods and apparatus for efficiently decoding bi-directionally coded image data
6100932 Methods and apparatus for efficiently storing reference frame data and using the stored data to perform motion compensated predictions
6122321 Methods and apparatus for reducing the complexity of inverse quantization operations
6141059 Method and apparatus for processing previously encoded video data involving data re-encoding.
6141456 Methods and apparatus for combining downsampling and inverse discrete cosine transform operations
6148032 Methods and apparatus for reducing the cost of video decoders
6148033 Methods and apparatus for improving picture quality in reduced resolution video decoders
6167089 Reduced cost methods and apparatus for decoding bi-directionally coded image data
6175892 Registers and methods for accessing registers for use in a single instruction multiple data system
6249547 Methods and apparatus for decoding high definition and standard definition digital video images using a single decoder apparatus
6262770 Methods and apparatus for decoding high and standard definition images and for decoding digital data representing images at less than the image’s full resolution
6370192 Methods and apparatus for decoding different portions of a video image at different resolutions
6385248 Methods and apparatus for processing luminance and chrominance image data
6469744 Methods and apparatus for encoding, decoding and displaying images in a manner that produces smooth motion
6539058 Methods and apparatus for reducing drift due to averaging in reduced resolution video decoders
6563876 Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying high definition and standard definition digital video images at standard definition resolution
6594311 Methods for reduced cost insertion of video subwindows into compressed video
6668018 Methods and apparatus for representing different portions of an image at different resolutions
6829303 Methods and apparatus for decoding images using dedicated hardware circuitry and a programmable processor
7132963 Methods and apparatus for processing variable length coded data
7173970 Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying multiple digital images in parallel
7295611 Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying different resolution video signals
7385534 Methods and apparatus for processing variable length coded data
7434024 SIMD processor with register addressing, buffer stall and methods
7434034 SIMD processor executing min/max instructions
7555513 SIMD processor having enhanced operand storage interconnects
7573938 Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying different resolution video signals
7743376 Method and apparatus for managing tasks in a multiprocessor system
7782938 Methods for reduced cost insertion of video subwindows into compressed video
7804430 Methods and apparatus for processing variable length coded data
7941649 SIMD processor executing min/max instructions
8126050 Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying different resolution video signals
8253854 Image processing method and system with repetitive pattern detection
8255665 SIMD processor with register addressing, buffer stall and methods
8306122 Method and apparatus for processing image data
8331659 Method and apparatus for reduced complexity video processing via special chroma handling
8363161 Systems, methods, and apparatus for synchronization of audio and video signals
8488059 Adaptation of frame selection for frame rate conversion
8565310 Hybrid memory compression scheme for decoder bandwidth reduction
8566382 Method and apparatus for improved calculation of multiple dimension fast fourier transforms
8610826 Method and apparatus for integrated motion compensated noise reduction and frame rate conversion
8675128 Image processing method and system with repetitive pattern detection
8760574 Image processing methods and systems for frame rate conversion
8773587 Adaptation of frame selection for frame rate conversion
8879834 Method and apparatus for reduced complexity video processing via special chroma handling
9172954 Hybrid memory compression scheme for decoder bandwidth reduction
9204086 Method and apparatus for transmitting and using picture descriptive information in a frame rate conversion processor
9318096 Method and system for active noise cancellation based on remote noise measurement and supersonic transport
9459474 Methods and systems for enhanced viewing of a display device
9521392 Method and system for frame rate conversion of 3D frames
9866785 Automatic reduction of video display device power consumption