Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100278236 | REDUCED VIDEO FLICKER - Various implementations for reducing artifacts such as, for example, I-frame flicker are proposed. Particular implementations produce a no-flicker reference in which a picture intended to be coded as an I-frame is, first, coded as a P-frame using a reference picture from the previous GOP. Thus, continuity with the previous GOP is provided. According to a general aspect, a source image is inter-coded to produce coded source data. The coded source data is decoded to produce a modified source. The modified source is intra-coded to produce coded modified-source data. The coded modified-source data is decoded to produce a reference image. | 11-04-2010 |
20110052084 | METHOD FOR MEASURING FLICKER - A method for accurately measuring flicker, by first determining an original value based on a difference between pixel values in corresponding locations in a first picture and a second picture. Next, a reconstructed value is determined, based on a difference between pixel values in corresponding locations in a reconstruction from an encoding of the first picture and a reconstruction from an encoding of the second picture. Then, a determination is made to include a comparison value, which is determined on a difference between the reconstructed value and the original value, in a measurement of flicker between the first picture and the second picture. | 03-03-2011 |
20120209667 | System and Method For Generating Permit Reports - A computer-implemented method for generating parking permits reports for a parking permit system. The method includes aggregating parking permit data for each zone within the parking permit system into a logical grouping in a database. Then processing data according to report generation instructions. The data is then parsed to obtain a requested report and the report is distributed to a specified party. | 08-16-2012 |
20120215595 | System and Method For Automatically Issuing Permits - A parking permit system that allows a permit applicant to electronically apply for a permit. Once the applicant submits application data, the system will automatically verify the applicant data by comparing the applicant data against a system database. Once verified, the system will automatically, qualify parking rights associated with the permit application by applying the parking rights to a set of rules governing a parking zone. Once the application data is verified and the parking rights are qualified, the system will issue the parking permit. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215596 | System And Method For Permit Enforcement - A permit enforcement system is a computer-implemented system that enforces parking rights within a parking zone. The system may include a processor(s) that allows the system to first capture parked vehicle images within the parking zone during a specified time period. The images are then transmitted to a computing system with a time and date stamp and geographic location. The images are processed to obtain vehicle identifiers. The processor then queries a permit database to compile a list of vehicles permitted to park in the parking zone during the specified time period. This list is compared the vehicle identifiers and the vehicles identifiers which were not authorized to park within the parking zone during the specified time period are identified. These vehicle are then associated with owner information using an outside entity database and vehicle owners are notified of the violations. | 08-23-2012 |
20120320154 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DEPTH OR VIEW OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL STREAMING VIDEO - A system and method for adjusting the depth or view of three dimensional (3D) images in streaming video is provided. The invention enables the 3D streaming video client to change among different 3D disparities without any knowledge of the disparity maps or requiring any image processing at the client. Multiple versions of the video sequence are pre-encoded with each version representing a different disparity. The disparity of the 3D image may be changed on-the-fly to a selected rendering of a particular disparity. The 3D video player may switch among disparities seamlessly during playback. | 12-20-2012 |
20130007831 | BIT RATE ADJUSTMENT IN AN ADAPTIVE STREAMING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for adaptively streaming multiple video bit streams through a network node is disclosed. In particular, a system is taught where at least one of the video bit streams is scaled in response to a bandwidth limitation or availability, where the selection of the bit stream selected for scaling in made in response to at least one of a user defined, service provider defined, and usage analysis defined priority list. | 01-03-2013 |
20130229500 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UPGRADING A PROJECTOR TO DISPLAY THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT - An apparatus for upgrading a projector having a two-dimensional projector lens to display three-dimensional content includes a circular polarized filter having at least two polarized zones, and a motor having a shaft on which is mounted the filter. At least one light sensor is disposed in front of the two-dimensional projector lens for providing a spatial control output signal and a temporal control output signal. A processor controls a speed at which the filter is rotated around the shaft of the motor responsive to information determined from the spatial control output signal and the temporal control output signal, such that the filter is automatically adjusted to spin so as to respectively place an appropriate one of the at least two polarized zones of the filter in front of an applicable frame of the video sequence to obtain a polarization thereof representative of the three-dimensional content. | 09-05-2013 |
20140177701 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIME BUDGET ACHIEVEMENT IN REAL-TIME VIDEO ENCODING - A method and apparatus for encoding video is provided. A pre-analysis processor processes unencoded video data formed from a series of video pictures into respective video segments. An allocation processor allocates a first encoding time budget to a respective video segment respective video segment based on a size of the respective segment a target frame rate for the respective video segment, a second encoding time budget to individual pictures that form the respective video segment based on a picture-level complexity value and a type of picture, the second time budget for all individual pictures being substantially equal to the first time budget, and a third encoding time budget to individual blocks that form respective ones of the individual pictures based on a coding mode for the individual block and a block complexity value, the third time budget for all blocks being substantially equal to the second time budget for the respective individual picture that includes the blocks. An encoding processor encodes respective video segments using the third time budget to encode the video segment using the first, second and third time budgets. | 06-26-2014 |
20140314393 | RECLAIMING STORAGE SPACE ON A PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER USING SCALABLE VIDEO CODING - The present invention concerns a method and associated apparatus for reclaiming storage space on a personal video recorder using scalable video coding. When the personal video recorder reaches a storage threshold, enhancement layers of lower priority recordings may be removed to reduce the storage 5 space required for continued storage of those recordings. Various priority schemes may be utilized to determine which recordings should undergo layer removal, and which layers should be removed. | 10-23-2014 |