Patents by Inventor Sean M. Mullins

Sean M. Mullins 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: 11736815
    Abstract: Video systems with video receivers for receiving video signals transmitted in analog format over a video link are described. An example video receiver includes an interferer identification circuit and an interferer removal circuit. The interferer identification circuit is configured to identify a periodic interference signal (e.g., from one or more of vertical blanking intervals (VBIs)) of a received video signal. The interferer removal circuit is configured to generate a filtered video signal, where generation of the filtered video signal includes, for each line of a given frame of the received video signal, generating an adjusted interference signal by adjusting a phase of the identified interference signal to match a phase of a periodic noise signal in at least a portion of a horizontal blanking interval (HBI) associated with the line, and subtracting the adjusted interference signal from a plurality of active pixel values of the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Isaac Molina Hernandez, Sean M. Mullins
  • Publication number: 20220191347
    Abstract: Video systems with video receivers for receiving video signals transmitted in analog format over a video link are described. An example video receiver includes an interferer identification circuit and an interferer removal circuit. The interferer identification circuit is configured to identify a periodic interference signal (e.g., from one or more of vertical blanking intervals (VBIs)) of a received video signal. The interferer removal circuit is configured to generate a filtered video signal, where generation of the filtered video signal includes, for each line of a given frame of the received video signal, generating an adjusted interference signal by adjusting a phase of the identified interference signal to match a phase of a periodic noise signal in at least a portion of a horizontal blanking interval (HBI) associated with the line, and subtracting the adjusted interference signal from a plurality of active pixel values of the line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Isaac MOLINA HERNANDEZ, Sean M. MULLINS
  • Patent number: 10750118
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for performing DC offset correction of a video signal received over an AC-coupled video link. In one aspect, a transmitter is configured to compute, and provide to a receiver, metadata indicative of a statistical characteristic (e.g., an average or a sum of values) for a group of active pixels of a video signal acquired by a camera. The receiver is configured to compute an analogous statistical characteristic on the video signal received over an AC-coupled video link, and to perform DC offset correction by modifying one or more values of the received video signal based on a comparison of the statistical characteristic computed by the receiver and the one computed by the transmitter and indicated by the received metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Isaac Molina Hernandez, Niall D. O'Connell, Sean M. Mullins
  • Patent number: 10645337
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods that use video line inversion for reducing impact of periodic interference signals on analog transmission of video signals over wired links/connections. In one aspect of the present disclosure, in certain circumstances, a transmitter may be configured to perform video line inversion on a certain subset of video lines of a video signal prior to transmitting the video signal to the receiver, and a receiver may be configured to perform a corresponding inversion for the same subset of video lines of the video signal received at the receiver. Such video line inversion performed by the transmitter and the receiver may advantageously allow reducing or eliminating the impact of periodic interference signals that might affect the video signal during transmission, resulting in an improved quality of the video rendered at the receiver side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Analong Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Sean M. Mullins, Seamus Ryan, Pablo Ventura, Isaac Molina Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20200137350
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for performing DC offset correction of a video signal received over an AC-coupled video link. In one aspect, a transmitter is configured to compute, and provide to a receiver, metadata indicative of a statistical characteristic (e.g., an average or a sum of values) for a group of active pixels of a video signal acquired by a camera. The receiver is configured to compute an analogous statistical characteristic on the video signal received over an AC-coupled video link, and to perform DC offset correction by modifying one or more values of the received video signal based on a comparison of the statistical characteristic computed by the receiver and the one computed by the transmitter and indicated by the received metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Isaac MOLINA HERNANDEZ, Niall D. O'Connell, Sean M. MULLINS
  • Patent number: 10462413
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for performing DC offset correction of a video signal received over an AC-coupled video link. In one aspect, a transmitter is configured to compute, and provide to a receiver, metadata indicative of a statistical characteristic (e.g., an average or a sum of values) for a group of active pixels of a video signal acquired by a camera. The receiver is configured to compute an analogous statistical characteristic on the video signal received over an AC-coupled video link, and to perform DC offset correction by modifying one or more values of the received video signal based on a comparison of the statistical characteristic computed by the receiver and the one computed by the transmitter and indicated by the received metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Isaac Molina Hernandez, Niall D. O'Connell, Sean M. Mullins