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20100119696 | MANUFACTURE OF AN ORGAN IMPLANT - Methods, system and apparatus for relieving pressure in an organ such as, but not limited to, the eye are disclosed. The method includes implanting a bioabsorbable channel into the selected area of the organ using a delivery apparatus. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121248 | APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PRESSURE IN AN ORGAN - Methods, system and apparatus for relieving pressure in an organ such as, but not limited to, the eye are disclosed. The method includes implanting a bioabsorbable channel into the selected area of the organ using a delivery apparatus. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121249 | METHODS FOR REDUCING PRESSURE IN AN ORGAN - Methods, system and apparatus for relieving pressure in an organ such as, but not limited to, the eye are disclosed. The method includes implanting a bioabsorbable channel into the selected area of the organ using a delivery apparatus. | 05-13-2010 |
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20100188548 | Systems for Capturing Images Through A Display - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a visual-collaborative system enabling geographically distributed groups to engage in face-to-face, interactive collaborative video conferences. In one aspect, a visual-collaborative system comprises a display screen, a camera system, and a projector. The display screen has a first surface and a second surface, and the camera system is positioned to capture images of objects through the display screen. The projector is positioned to project images onto a projection surface of the display screen, wherein the projected images can be observed by viewing the second surface. The system includes a first filter disposed between the camera and the first surface, where the first filter passes light receives by the camera but substantially blocks the light that is produced by the projector. | 07-29-2010 |
20100188557 | IMAGE RENDITION AND CAPTURE - An image rendition and capture method includes rendering a first image on a surface using a first set of wavelength ranges of light. While the first image is being rendered, a second image is captured using a second set of wavelength ranges of light but not the first set. The second image is of the surface on which the first image is being rendered. | 07-29-2010 |
20100238263 | SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING VISUAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN REMOTELY SITUATED PARTICIPANTS - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to visual-collaborative systems enabling geographically distributed groups to engage in face-to-face, interactive collaborative video conferences. In one aspect, a visual-collaborative system comprises a transparent display ( | 09-23-2010 |
20100245591 | Small Memory Footprint Light Transport Matrix Capture - A projection system uses a transformation matrix to transform a projection image p in such a manner so as to compensate for surface 5irregularities on a projection surface. The transformation matrix makes use of properties of light transport relating a projector to a camera. A display pipeline of user-supplied image modification processing modules are reduced by first representing the processing modules as multiple, individual matrix operations. All the matrix operations are then combined with, i.e., multiplied to, the transformation matrix to create a modified transformation matrix. The created transformation matrix is then used in place of the original transformation matrix to simultaneously achieve both image transformation and any pre and post image processing defined by the image modification processing modules. | 09-30-2010 |
20100245684 | Resolution Scalable View Projection - A projection system uses a transformation matrix to transform a projection image p in such a manner so as to compensate for surface irregularities on a projection surface. The transformation matrix makes use of properties of light transport relating a projector to a camera. If the resolution a camera is lower than that of a projector within said projection system, then the transformation matrix will have holes where image data corresponding to a projector pixel will have been lost. In this, case, new image are generated to fill-in the holes. | 09-30-2010 |
20100277576 | Systems for Capturing Images Through a Display - The present invention describes a visual-collaborative system comprising: a display screen having a first surface and a second surface; a first projector positioned to project images onto a projection surface of the display screen, wherein the projected images can be observed by viewing the second surface; and a first camera system positioned to capture images of objects through the display screen, the first camera system including a first filter disposed between a first camera and the first surface, wherein the first filter passes the light received by the camera but substantially blocks the light produced by the first projector, wherein the first filter is a GMR (Guided Mode Resonance) filter. | 11-04-2010 |
20110102538 | SYSTEMS FOR ESTABLISHING EYE CONTACT THROUGH A DISPLAY - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to video-conferencing systems configured and operated to create eye contact between video conference participants. In one embodiment, video conferencing system includes a display, a video camera positioned to capture a video image of a first video conference participant through the display, and a projector positioned to project a video image of a second video conference participant onto the display screen such that the first participant can view the second participant. The display screen is positioned between the first participant and the video camera. The video camera and the projector can be operated during a video conference to establish eye contact between the first participant and the second participant by creating a line-of-sight that passes through a point of the head of the second participant's image between the video camera and the first participant. | 05-05-2011 |
20110211749 | System And Method For Processing Video Using Depth Sensor Information - A method for processing video using depth sensor information, comprising the steps of: dividing the image area into a number of bins roughly equal to the depth sensor resolution, with each bin corresponding to a number of adjacent image pixels; adding each depth measurement to the bin representing the portion of the image area to which the depth measurement corresponds; averaging the value of the depth measurement for each bin to determine a single average value for each bin; and applying a threshold to each bin of the registered depth map to produce a threshold image. | 09-01-2011 |
20110316966 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLOSE PROXIMITY SPATIAL AUDIO RENDERING - Disclosed herein are multimedia-conferencing systems and methods enabling local participants to hear remote participants from the direction the remote participants are rendered on a display. In one aspect, a method includes a computing device receives a remote participant's image and sound information collected at a remote site. The remote participant's image is rendered on a display at a local site. When the local participant is in close proximity to the display, sounds generated by the remote participant are played over stereo loudspeakers so that the local participant perceives the sounds as emanating from the remote participant's location rendered on the display. | 12-29-2011 |
20120081391 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING PRESENTATIONS - This disclosure is directed to methods and systems for enhancing presentations. In one aspect, a method for enhancing presentations include capturing images of a presenter's hand gestures directed to content in a presentation displayed on a monitor viewed by the presenter and rending virtual shadow representations of the presenter's hand gestures. Composite images of the virtual shadow representations and the presentation are produced and displayed on a screen. The composite images show the virtual shadow representations and the content of the presentation in a manner that does not block the content of the presentation. Viewers can view the content of the presentation and be visually directed by the virtual shadow representations to the content of the presentation pointed to by the presenter on the monitor. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081611 | ENHANCING VIDEO PRESENTATION SYSTEMS - A video system comprises a shared media accessor configured to access shared media. The shared media is configured to be displayed on a first display screen and a second display screen. A video accessor configured to access images from a first camera. A field of view of the first camera is oriented such that the first camera can capture the images comprising non-verbal communication of a user associated with the shared media. A video compositor configured to composite the images captured by the first camera and said shared media. The composited images are configured to be displayed on the second display screen. | 04-05-2012 |
20120124602 | SUPPORT FOR AUDIENCE INTERACTION IN PRESENTATIONS - A method for presentation interaction. The method includes, receiving by a computer system an indication of a manual selection of a region proximate to an audience member of an audience wherein the indication is received via an interaction with a displayed image of the audience. The method also includes utilizing a microphone array communicatively coupled with a beam-forming component of the computer system to focus audio pickup from the region proximate to the audience member in response to receiving the indication. The method also includes displaying an enhanced image of the region proximate to the audience member using the computer system in response to receiving the indication. | 05-17-2012 |
20120262420 | FOCUS-BASED TOUCH AND HOVER DETECTION - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for focus-based touch detection. According to one embodiment, a reference pattern is formed on a surface and an imaging device is configured to detect the reference pattern and the presence of an object within proximity of a contact area of the surface. Furthermore, focus information associated with the reference pattern and/or object is used to determine if the detected object is touching or hovering said contact area. | 10-18-2012 |
20120274727 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHARING CONTENT VIA A COLLABORATION SCREEN - Video conferencing methods and systems that enable shared content to be displayed in a separate window within a screen or in a separate display are described. In one aspect, a method for establishing a video conference with shared content using a computing device includes capturing images of a first participant through a screen using a camera. The screen is located between the first participant and the camera. The method also includes projecting images of a second participant on the screen to be viewed by the first participant using a projector, and displaying shared content separate from the images of the second participant. The shared content is to be presented in different format than the images of the second participant presented on the screen. | 11-01-2012 |
20120274732 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING VIDEO CROSSTALK - Methods and systems that reduce video crosstalk in video streams sent between participants in a video conference are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for reducing video crosstalk in a video stream sent from a local site to a remote site includes projecting a video stream of the remote site onto a screen at the local site. Each image in the video stream is dimmed according to a dimming factor of a dimming sequence. Crosstalk images of the local site are captured through the screen. Each crosstalk image is a blending of the image of the local site captured through the screen with a dimmed image of the remote site projected onto the screen. Images of the local site with reduced crosstalk are computed based on the dimming sequence. A video stream composed of the images of the local site with reduced crosstalk are sent to the remote site. | 11-01-2012 |
20130093838 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTABLISHING EYE CONTACT AND ACCURATE GAZE IN REMOTE COLLABORATION - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to video-conferencing systems that create eye contact and accurate gaze awareness between video-conferencing participants. In one aspect, a method includes capturing images of a first participant through a display using a camera ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130188094 | Combining multiple video streams - Methods, computer-readable media, and systems are provided for combining multiple video streams. One method for combining the multiple video streams includes extracting a sequence of media frames ( | 07-25-2013 |
20130278629 | VISUAL FEEDBACK DURING REMOTE COLLABORATION - Visual feedback is provided to a local user of a remote collaboration system. While an image is being captured, it is recognized that content is being shared on a screen. A composite image is generated which includes a form of the image being captured and the shared content. The composite image is caused to be displayed on a remote screen. A variably semi-transparent image of at least a portion of the composite image or the image is generated and is rendered on a portion of the screen such that the variably semi-transparent image is overlaid on any of the shared content or another composite image displayed on the screen. | 10-24-2013 |
20130278844 | DISPLAY-CAMERA SYSTEMS - A display-camera system includes a liquid crystal panel having a screen side and a back side that is opposed to the screen side. A visible light camera is positioned a first spaced distance from the back side such that a field of view of the camera encompasses all or a fraction of an area of the liquid crystal panel. A visible light source is positioned a second spaced distance from the back side and outside of the field of view of the camera. A diffuser is positioned between the visible light source and the back side. | 10-24-2013 |
20130290874 | PROGRAMMATICALLY ADJUSTING A DISPLAY CHARACTERISTIC OF COLLABORATION CONTENT BASED ON A PRESENTATION RULE - A video collaboration session is provided in which data corresponding to a collaboration content is processed. The collaboration content includes a video component of a participant relative to a collaboration medium, as well as a medium content component. During the video collaboration session, one or more display characteristics of the video component and/or medium content component are programmatically adjusted, based on one or more presentation rules that relate to how the video component is to appear relative to at least the portion of the medium content component. | 10-31-2013 |
20130321686 | DISPLAY-CAMERA SYSTEM WITH SWITCHABLE DIFFUSER - A display-camera system includes a liquid crystal display panel, a camera, a switchable diffuser disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the camera, a light source, and a control unit to switch the liquid crystal display panel and the switchable diffuser to transparent, to switch the light source to off, and to cause the camera to capture an image through the liquid crystal display panel and the switchable diffuser while the liquid crystal display panel and the switchable diffuser are transparent and the light source is off. | 12-05-2013 |
20140104368 | TELEPRESENCE PORTAL SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a telepresence portal system. According to one embodiment, the telepresence portal system includes a host portal having a plurality of host transparent displays arranged to face different sides of a host user. Furthermore, each host transparent display is associated with an image capturing device for capturing different viewpoint images of the host user. A remote portal is in communication with the host portal and includes a plurality of remote transparent displays arranged to correspond with the positions of the host transparent displays. In addition, each remote transparent display renders a viewpoint image of the host user on the corresponding remote transparent display for view by at least one remote user. | 04-17-2014 |
20140320586 | ARRANGEMENT OF MULTIPLE AUDIOVISUAL STREAMS - Techniques for multi-user videoconferencing are described herein. The techniques may include receiving two or more audiovisual streams from a remote site, wherein the two or more audiovisual streams are associated with video images to be rendered at a display of a local computing device. The techniques may include rendering the video images associated with the audiovisual streams at the local display in an arrangement such that a part of one of the video images associated with the audiovisual streams is relatively more opaque than a part of a video image associated with the other audiovisual stream, wherein the arrangement of video images associated with the audiovisual streams is based on cues, the cues comprising video signals indicating activity existing within an audiovisual stream. | 10-30-2014 |
20140362172 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO FRAME SEQUENCE CONTROL - A video sequence control system | 12-11-2014 |
20140375664 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO FRAME SEQUENCE CONTROL - A video sequence control system that includes an input video frame buffer and an output video frame selection component is described. The input video frame buffer receives input video frames from a video source. The output video frame selection component determines the video frame to be output according to a scheduler that provides timing information and modulation information. The timing information includes information regarding when a video frame will be output. The modulation information varies dependent upon the frame types available to be output, wherein the available frame types include at least image frames from the input video frame buffer and functional frames, wherein the at least image frames and functional frames are output according to a pattern defined by the scheduler. In addition based on the timing information, a synchronization output signal is output corresponding to the output of the functional frame. | 12-25-2014 |
20150009212 | CLOUD-BASED DATA PROCESSING - Cloud-based data processing. Input data is captured at a data acquisition device. The input data is streamed to a cloud server communicatively coupled to the data acquisition device over a network connection, in which at least a portion of the streaming of the input data occurs concurrent to the capturing of the input data, and in which the cloud server is configured for performing data processing on the input data to generate processed data. The data acquisition device receives the processed data, in which at least a portion of the receiving of the processed data occurs concurrent to the streaming of the input data. | 01-08-2015 |
20150035820 | 3D MODELING MOTION PARAMETERS - According to an example, 3D modeling motion parameters may be simultaneously determined for video frames according to different first and second motion estimation techniques. In response to detecting a failure of the first motion estimation technique, the 3D modeling motion parameters determined according to the second motion estimation technique may be used to re-determine the 3D modeling motion parameters according to the first motion estimation technique. | 02-05-2015 |
20150035936 | DISPLAY-CAMERA SYSTEM - According to an example, a display-camera system includes a transparent display panel and a transparent backlight panel. Light sources emit light into the edge of the transparent backlight panel. A first polarizer, between the light sources and the edge of the transparent backlight panel, polarizes the light emitted from the light sources and the transparent backlight panel directs the polarized light towards the transparent display panel. A camera, adjacent a back surface of the transparent backlight panel captures an image of a scene through the transparent display panel and the transparent backlight panel. | 02-05-2015 |
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20120306655 | ADAPTIVE LOW-BATTERY WARNINGS FOR BATTERY-POWERED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the use of an electronic device. The electronic device may be a keyboard, a mouse, a trackpad, a remote control, a mobile phone, a wireless phone, a toy, a portable media player, a game controller, and/or a camera. During operation, the system monitors a state-of-charge of a battery used to power the electronic device. Next, the system calculates a charge threshold associated with a low-battery warning for the battery based on the monitored state-of-charge. If the state-of-charge of the battery reaches the charge threshold, the system generates the low-battery warning. | 12-06-2012 |
20140028607 | Device for Digital Communication Through Capacitive Coupling - A computing device configured to communicate with an input device. The computing device includes a processor, a touch interface, such as a touch screen, and a receiving unit. The touch interface is configured to detect an input signal corresponding to an object approaching or contacting a surface. The receiving unit is configured to receive, through the touch interface, at least one input signal from the input device, and the receiving unit amplifies the at least one input signal creating at least one amplified input signal. Additionally, at least one of the processor or the receiving unit analyzes the at least one amplified input signal and creates at least one output digital signal corresponding to the at least one input signal. | 01-30-2014 |
20150042480 | ADAPTIVE LOW-BATTERY WARNINGS FOR BATTERY-POWERED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the use of an electronic device. The electronic device may be a keyboard, a mouse, a trackpad, a remote control, a mobile phone, a wireless phone, a toy, a portable media player, a game controller, and/or a camera. During operation, the system monitors a state-of-charge of a battery used to power the electronic device. Next, the system calculates a charge threshold associated with a low-battery warning for the battery based on the monitored state-of-charge. If the state-of-charge of the battery reaches the charge threshold, the system generates the low-battery warning. | 02-12-2015 |
20150091708 | Remote Control Configuration using a Remote Control Profile - Utilizing remote control profile information for configuration of a remote control device. A media processing device may store a remote control profile, locally or on a server accessible via a wide area network, which may include information for configuring a remote control device to utilize one or more wireless remote control commands for controlling the media processing device. The media processing device may also detect one or more wireless remote control commands for controlling one or more other electronic devices and update the remote control profile to include information for configuring a remote control device to utilize those commands. It may be determined to configure a remote control device according to the remote control profile based at least in part on proximity of the remote control device to the media processing device. The remote control device may then be configured according to the remote control profile. | 04-02-2015 |
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20100308747 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (PWM) CLOSED LOOP LED CURRENT DRIVER IN AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM - Methods and systems for providing stable and accurate low noise DC reference voltage are described. In the described embodiments, a feedback controlled DC reference voltage supply provides a stable and well controlled sense current. The sense current is in turn used to produce a stable and well controlled light output from a light emitting diode (LED). | 12-09-2010 |
20100309029 | EFFICIENTLY EMBEDDING INFORMATION ONTO A KEYBOARD MEMBRANE - Methods and systems for efficiently embedding information in a keyboard membrane. Information can be embedded in the keyboard membrane by integrating an information embedding circuit with a switch matrix used to identify location of a key press event. The information is embedded by either hardwiring a column to a selected row, or a row to a selected column. In order to access the embedded information, the row (column) is asserted resulting in the hardwired column (row) to also be asserted. The identification of the asserted column (row) is used to point to the embedded information. | 12-09-2010 |
20110254464 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (PWM) CLOSED LOOP LED CURRENT DRIVER IN AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM - Methods and systems for providing stable and accurate low noise DC reference voltage are described. In the described embodiments, a feedback controlled DC reference voltage supply provides a stable and well controlled sense current. The sense current is in turn used to produce a stable and well controlled light output from a light emitting diode (LED). | 10-20-2011 |
20110309839 | DEVICE CALIBRATION FOR BATTERY TYPE IDENTIFICATION - Some embodiments provide a system that facilitates use of an electronic device. The electronic device may be a keyboard, a mouse, a trackpad, a remote control, a wireless phone, a toy, a battery charger, and/or a camera. During operation, the system measures a loaded voltage of a calibrated voltage source connected to the electronic device. To measure the loaded voltage, the calibrated voltage source is connected to a known load in the electronic device, and a voltage measurement for the calibrated voltage source is obtained using an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in the electronic device. | 12-22-2011 |
20120306282 | COMBINING POWER FROM MULTIPLE RESONANCE MAGNETIC RECEIVERS IN RESONANCE MAGNETIC POWER SYSTEM - Various embodiments of a wirelessly powered local computing environment are described. A system and method for utilizing wireless near field magnetic resonance (NFMR) power transmission in a computing environment. A small form factor wireless power unit can be used to replace conventional batteries. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311356 | AUTOMATICALLY TUNING A TRANSMITTER TO A RESONANCE FREQUENCY OF A RECEIVER - Various embodiments of a wirelessly powered local computing environment are described. The wireless powered local computing environment includes at least a near field magnetic resonance (NFMR) power supply arranged to wirelessly provide power to any of a number of suitably configured devices. In the described embodiments, the devices arranged to receive power wirelessly from the NFMR power supply must be located in a region known as the near field that extends no further than a distance of a few times a characteristic size of the NFMR power supply transmission device. Typically, the distance can be on the order of 1 meter or so. The NFMR power supply is used to tune a transmitter in order to maintain a high Q factor. | 12-06-2012 |
20120327042 | STYLUS ORIENTATION DETECTION - Stylus orientation detection is disclosed. In an example, the orientation of a stylus relative to a contacting surface, e.g., a touch panel, can be detected by detecting a capacitance at one or more locations on the stylus relative to the surface, and then using the capacitance(s) to determine the orientation of the stylus relative to the surface. In another example, the orientation of a stylus relative to a contacting surface, e.g., a touch panel, can be detected by first detecting the orientation of the stylus relative to a reference, detecting the orientation of the contacting surface relative to the reference, and then calculating the orientation of the stylus relative to the contacting surface using the two detected orientations. | 12-27-2012 |
20150092642 | DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION OVER BLUETOOTH - Time synchronization between a central wireless communication device and a peripheral wireless communication device is described. Events associated with an application are time stamped at the central wireless communication device, and one or more link layer messages are sent to the peripheral wireless communication device to provide time stamp information to replicate the event timing at the peripheral wireless communication device. A first link layer message includes information about an internal Bluetooth clock to calibrate a corresponding internal clock value at the peripheral wireless communication device. A second link layer message includes information about a current value for the Bluetooth clock and also a value for an offset that provides a time position at a finer granularity than the Bluetooth clock within a timeslot specified by the Bluetooth clock value. Application layer event synchronization between the central and peripheral wireless communication devices allow for power reduced dormant states between events. | 04-02-2015 |
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20100306403 | METHOD FOR STREAMING VIDEO DATA - A method for streaming video data. Video data is received. At least one frame of the video data is segmented into a plurality of regions. Video data corresponding to a first region of the plurality of regions is transmitted over a network. The video data corresponding to a second region of the plurality of regions is modified according to interactive input. The video data corresponding to a modified version of the second region is transmitted over the network. | 12-02-2010 |
20110234913 | CONTROLLING ARTIFACTS IN VIDEO DATA - Controlling artifacts in video data. Image data of collocated pixels of a plurality of frames of the video data is sampled ( | 09-29-2011 |
20110268175 | DIFFERENTIAL PROTECTION OF A LIVE SCALABLE MEDIA - Differential protection of a live scalable media is disclosed. A first scalable encoding method is utilized for encoding a layer of a live media bit-stream, the first scalable encoding method having a first error resilience and a first bit cost. In addition, a second scalable encoding method is utilized for encoding an enhancement layer of the live media bit-stream, the second scalable encoding method comprising a second error resilience lower than the first error resilience, the second scalable encoding method further comprising a second bit cost that is lower than the first bit cost. | 11-03-2011 |
20110268186 | ENCODING/DECODING SYSTEM USING FEEDBACK - A computer-implemented method for encoding using feedback. The method comprising includes encoding a base layer of a current frame, generating a residue of the current frame, and encoding the residue of said current frame. Also, in response to feedback from a receiver, wherein the feedback is based on the base layer of the current frame and previous correctly received enhancement frames, determining coding strategy for each block of the current frame and coding according to one or more of source coding and Wyner-Ziv coding. | 11-03-2011 |
20120047547 | MANAGING UPSTREAM BANDWIDTH - A computer-implemented method for managing upstream bandwidth of a network including changing QoS settings, by a router, of a video device of a plurality of video devices in the network to a higher priority than other of the plurality of video devices. The plurality of video devices concurrently transmit video data. The computer-implemented method further includes estimating an overall upstream bandwidth by the higher priority video device and determining operating rates, by the router, for the plurality of video devices, such that said modem buffer is not backlogged. | 02-23-2012 |
20120106623 | ADAPTING A VIDEO STREAM - Adapting characteristics of a video stream. A source video stream is received comprising instructions to employ at least one reference frame at a video adaptation device, wherein the source video stream is encoded. The source video stream is adapted, at the video adaptation device, such that the instructions are adapted to store a different number of reference frames. A video stream is produced with the different number of the reference frames. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106625 | ADAPTING VIDEO STREAM FOR ERROR RESILIENCE - Adapting characteristics of a video stream. A video stream is received, at a video adaptation device, which employs a first reference frame. A determination is made, at a video adaptation device, to splice the video stream to employ a second reference frame in place of the first reference frame. The video stream is spliced, at a video adaptation device, to create a spliced video stream that employs the second reference frame. | 05-03-2012 |
20120120254 | REDUCING COMMUNICATION DELAY OF VIDEO DATA - According to one embodiment, video data from a video transmitter ( | 05-17-2012 |
20130016775 | Video Encoding Using Visual Quality FeedbackAANM Varodayan; David PrakashAACI StanfordAAST CAAACO USAAGP Varodayan; David Prakash Stanford CA USAANM Tan; Wai-TianAACI SunnyvaleAAST CAAACO USAAGP Tan; Wai-Tian Sunnyvale CA US - Video quality is improved by encoding video frames based on visual quality feedback received from recipients about decoded video. A video frame is encoded based on whether a previous decoded video frame comprises a severe degradation. | 01-17-2013 |
20130039410 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTING ERROR CORRECTING CODES - Methods for adapting the sliding window of sliding window-based error correcting codes based on the coding structure of a compressed media stream are disclosed. In one aspect, a sender packetizes each frame of a media stream to be sent to a receiver into a set of frame packets. The sender also determines compression dependence of each frame and adapts a sliding window of a sliding window-based error correcting code based on the compression dependence of the frame. The sender encodes the frame packets into at least one associated parity packet according to the error correcting code with the adapted sliding window, and sends the frame packets and the at least one associated parity packet to the receiver. | 02-14-2013 |
20130286238 | DETERMINING A LOCATION USING AN IMAGE - Determining a location. An initial image is captured at an image capturing device. The initial image is compared with images in a database of images which have associated locations to determine the location of the image capturing device. A user receives a notification if a location cannot be determined. | 10-31-2013 |
20140341202 | Communication Over A Wireless Connection - Data transmission over a wireless connection is improved by determining whether packets include a packet containing an end of a data frame, and if the packets are determined to include such a packet, transmitting the packets together over the wireless connection. | 11-20-2014 |