Patents by Inventor Eric M Carson

Eric M Carson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automated detection of video artifacts in an information signal
    Patent number: 8433143
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for detecting human-visual artifacts in a video presentation. In accordance with some embodiments, a sequence of frames in a video presentation is received. Non-codec based visual artifacts in the video presentation are detected by comparing at least one similarity measurement value for non-immediately successive frames to at least one similarity measurement value for immediately successive frames within the sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Carson, Atul Ravindran
  • Automated detection of source-based artifacts in an information signal
    Patent number: 8244061
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for detecting source-based artifacts in a compressed video data set formed by outputting a baseband video data set from a source device and applying a codec algorithm thereto to generate the compressed video data set. In some embodiments, the compressed video data set is decompressed to provide a decoded video data set, and at least one source-based artifact in the decoded video set is detected responsive to a luminance value of at least one pixel in the decoded video data set, the at least one source-based artifact induced by the source prior to the compression encoding of the input video frame and detected independently of the input video frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M Carson, Xinjie Yu