Patents by Inventor John Furton

John Furton 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).

  • CODING OF 360 DEGREE VIDEOS USING REGION ADAPTIVE SMOOTHING
    Publication number: 20190052859
    Abstract: A video processing unit and method for region adaptive smoothing. The image processing unit includes a memory and one or more processors. The one or processors are operably connected to the memory and configured to stitch together a plurality of video frames into a plurality of equirectangular mapped frames of a video. The one or processors are configured to define a top region and a bottom region for each of the equirectangular mapped frames of the video; perform a smoothing process on the top region and the bottom region for each of the equirectangular mapped frames of the video; and encode the smoothed equirectangular mapped frames of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Madhukar Budagavi, Ankur Saxena, Jeffrey Wilkinson, John Furton, Andrew Dickerson, Guoxin Jin
  • Coding of 360 degree videos using region adaptive smoothing
    Patent number: 10104361
    Abstract: A video processing unit and method for region adaptive smoothing. The image processing unit includes a memory and one or more processors. The one or processors are operably connected to the memory and configured to stitch together a plurality of video frames into a plurality of equirectangular mapped frames of a video. The one or processors are configured to define a top region and a bottom region for each of the equirectangular mapped frames of the video; perform a smoothing process on the top region and the bottom region for each of the equirectangular mapped frames of the video; and encode the smoothed equirectangular mapped frames of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Madhukar Budagavi, Ankur Saxena, Jeffrey Wilkinson, John Furton, Andrew Dickerson, Guoxin Jin
  • CODING OF 360 DEGREE VIDEOS USING REGION ADAPTIVE SMOOTHING
    Publication number: 20160142697
    Abstract: A video processing unit and method for region adaptive smoothing. The image processing unit includes a memory and one or more processors. The one or processors are operably connected to the memory and configured to stitch together a plurality of video frames into a plurality of equirectangular mapped frames of a video. The one or processors are configured to define a top region and a bottom region for each of the equirectangular mapped frames of the video; perform a smoothing process on the top region and the bottom region for each of the equirectangular mapped frames of the video; and encode the smoothed equirectangular mapped frames of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Madhukar Budagavi, Ankur Saxena, Jeffrey Wilkinson, John Furton, Andrew Dickerson, Guoxin Jin