Patents by Inventor Philip Lawrence Garrett

Philip Lawrence Garrett 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).

  • Patent number: 8576908
    Abstract: Quality settings established by an encoder are adjusted based on information associated with regions of interest (“ROIs”). For example, quantization step sizes can be reduced (to improve quality) or increased (to reduce bit rate). ROIs can be identified and quality settings can be adjusted based on input received from a user interface. An overlap setting can be determined for a portion of a picture that corresponds to an ROI overlap area. For example, an overlap setting is chosen from step sizes corresponding to a first overlapping ROI and a second overlapping ROI, or from relative reductions in step size corresponding to the first ROI and the second ROI. ROIs can be parameterized by information (e.g., using data structures) that indicates spatial dimensions of the ROIs and quality adjustment information (e.g., dead zone information, step size information, and quantization mode information).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Lung Lin, Ming-Chieh Lee, Stacey Spears, Philip Lawrence Garrett, Anil Madhav Murching, Amy Jennifer Beauford, Thomas W. Holcomb, Xiping Zuo
  • Publication number: 20120269266
    Abstract: Quality settings established by an encoder are adjusted based on information associated with regions of interest (“ROIs”). For example, quantization step sizes can be reduced (to improve quality) or increased (to reduce bit rate). ROIs can be identified and quality settings can be adjusted based on input received from a user interface. An overlap setting can be determined for a portion of a picture that corresponds to an ROI overlap area. For example, an overlap setting is chosen from step sizes corresponding to a first overlapping ROI and a second overlapping ROI, or from relative reductions in step size corresponding to the first ROI and the second ROI. ROIs can be parameterized by information (e.g., using data structures) that indicates spatial dimensions of the ROIs and quality adjustment information (e.g., dead zone information, step size information, and quantization mode information).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Lung Lin, Ming-Chieh Lee, Stacey Spears, Philip Lawrence Garrett, Anil Madhav Murching, Amy Jennifer Beauford, Thomas W. Holcomb, Xiping Zuo
  • Patent number: 8243797
    Abstract: Quality settings established by an encoder are adjusted based on information associated with regions of interest (“ROIs”). For example, quantization step sizes can be reduced (to improve quality) or increased (to reduce bit rate). ROIs can be identified and quality settings can be adjusted based on input received from a user interface. An overlap setting can be determined for a portion of a picture that corresponds to an ROI overlap area. For example, an overlap setting is chosen from step sizes corresponding to a first overlapping ROI and a second overlapping ROI, or from relative reductions in step size corresponding to the first ROI and the second ROI. ROIs can be parameterized by information (e.g., using data structures) that indicates spatial dimensions of the ROIs and quality adjustment information (e.g., dead zone information, step size information, and quantization mode information).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Lung Lin, Ming-Chieh Lee, Stacey Spears, Philip Lawrence Garrett, Anil Madhav Murching, Amy Jennifer Beauford, Thomas W. Holcomb, Xiping Zuo
  • Publication number: 20080240250
    Abstract: Quality settings established by an encoder are adjusted based on information associated with regions of interest (“ROIs”). For example, quantization step sizes can be reduced (to improve quality) or increased (to reduce bit rate). ROIs can be identified and quality settings can be adjusted based on input received from a user interface. An overlap setting can be determined for a portion of a picture that corresponds to an ROI overlap area. For example, an overlap setting is chosen from step sizes corresponding to a first overlapping ROI and a second overlapping ROI, or from relative reductions in step size corresponding to the first ROI and the second ROI. ROIs can be parameterized by information (e.g., using data structures) that indicates spatial dimensions of the ROIs and quality adjustment information (e.g., dead zone information, step size information, and quantization mode information).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Lung Lin, Ming-Chieh Lee, Stacey Spears, Philip Lawrence Garrett, Anil Madhav Murching, Amy Jennifer Beauford, Thomas W. Holcomb, Xiping Zuo