Patents Assigned to Madison
  • Method and apparatus for processing requests for recording content
    Patent number: 10291960
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for processing content recording requests. The method includes producing a prioritized set of recording requests from all pending recording requests, analyzing the prioritized set of requests with respect to available resources, and producing a list of content requests to be excluded from a recording schedule due to resource constraints. Content recording is performed based on results of the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventor: Brian Duane Clevenger
  • Methods and apparatus for uni-prediction of self-derivation of motion estimation
    Patent number: 10291930
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for uni-prediction of self-derivation of motion estimation. An apparatus includes a video encoder (300) for encoding at least a portion of a picture. The video encoder includes a self derivation motion estimator (333) for performing self derivation motion estimation for the portion. The self derivation motion estimation is used for selectively performing uni-prediction or bi-prediction for the portion based on one or more criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Liwei Guo, Peng Yin, Yunfei Zheng, Xiaoan Lu, Qian Xu, Joel Sole
  • Methods and apparatus for adaptive filtering of prediction pixels for chroma components in video encoding and decoding
    Patent number: 10291938
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for adaptive filtering of prediction pixels for chroma components in video encoding and decoding. An apparatus includes a video encoder for encoding picture data for at least a portion of a picture. The video encoder includes an adaptive filter for performing filtering of prediction data used to generate an intra prediction for a chroma component of the portion of the picture. The filtering is adaptive with respect to at least one of filter parameters for the filtering and whether the filtering is used or bypassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Joel Sole, Xiaoan Lu, Peng Yin, Qian Xu, Yunfei Zheng
  • Method and device for coding an image block, corresponding decoding method and decoding device
    Patent number: 10250877
    Abstract: A method is described for reconstructing a current block of a current image from at least one block of a reconstructed reference image at a different size from the size of the current image. The method comprises the steps: motion compensate the reference block with at least one interpolation filter that depends on the size of said reference image and on the size of said current image, decode, for the current block, a residue block, and reconstruct the current block from the residue block and from the motion compensated reference block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Philippe Bordes, Pierre Andrivon, Philippe Salmon
  • Methods and apparatus for embedded quantization parameter adjustment in video encoding and decoding
    Patent number: 10194154
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for embedded quantization parameter adjustment in video encoding and decoding. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding picture data for at least a block in a picture. A quantization parameter, applied to one or more transform coefficients obtained by transforming a difference between an original version of the block and at least one reference block, is derived from reconstructed data corresponding to at least the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Xiaoan Lu, Joel Sole, Peng Yin, Qian Xu, Yunfei Zheng
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING CONTENT
    Publication number: 20190005129
    Abstract: It is provided a method for triggering an action on a second device. It comprises the steps of obtaining audio of a multimedia content presented on a first device; comparing the obtained audio with reference audio data in a database; if finding the obtained audio exists in the database containing reference audio, determining an action corresponding to the matched reference audio; and triggering the action in the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventors: Jianfeng CHEN, Xiaojun MA, Zhigang ZHANG
  • Methods and apparatus for the use of slice groups in encoding multi-view video coding (MVC) information
    Patent number: 10158886
    Abstract: There are provided methods and apparatus for the use of slice groups in encoding and decoding multi-view video coding (MVC) information. An apparatus and method are described which encodes at least two views corresponding to multi-view video content using multiple slice groups. Furthermore, an apparatus and method are described for decoding at least two views corresponding to multi-view video content using multiple slice groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings
    Inventors: Purvin Bibhas Pandit, Peng Yin, Jill Boyce
  • Method and apparatus for customizing 3-dimensional effects of stereo content
    Patent number: 10154243
    Abstract: A method and system for adjustable 3-dimensional content are described in which a viewer can adjust the depth range according to the viewer's own visual comfort level and/or viewing preference. The depth change is achieved by shifting the left and right images of stereoscopic content image pairs so that corresponding pixels in the shifted left and right images of a stereoscopic pair exhibit a new horizontal disparity sufficient to achieve the desired depth change. By shifting the left and right images in an image pair, content objects in the scene can appear closer to, or farther away from the viewer than those same objects in the un-shifted image pair. This technique achieves a viewer controlled customization of the sensation of depth in the stereoscopic 3-dimensional content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Shan He, Tao Zhang
  • Motion vector prediction and refinement using candidate and correction motion vectors
    Patent number: 10142650
    Abstract: The method includes determining at least one candidate motion vector associated with a neighboring block of said current block. A prediction motion vector is determined from the candidate motion vector, and the current block is coded from the prediction motion vector. The prediction motion vector is determined according by determining, for the candidate motion vector, a corrective motion vector so as to minimize a distortion calculated between the neighoboring block successively coded and reconstructed and a prediction block motion compensated by the at least one candidate motion vector modified by the corrective motion vector. The prediction motion vector is then determined from the candidate motion vector modified by the corrective motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Edouard Francois, Dominique Thoreau, Jerome Vieron, Aurelie Martin
  • Method and device for correcting distortion errors due to accommodation effect in stereoscopic display
    Patent number: 10110872
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a device for correcting distortion errors in a 3D content viewed by an observer on a screen. The method comprises the step of determining a rendered roundness factor (rrf) of a pinhole model projected cylinder, estimating a rendered roundness factor table depending on the defined distance of the observer to the screen and the disparity values of objects of the image, determining for the observer a disparity transform function (TD) as a function of the estimated rendered roundness factor table and modifying the object disparity values using the disparity transform so that a perceived roundness factor of one is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings
    Inventors: Cyril Vienne, Laurent Blonde, Didier Doyen
  • Filter cloth retention
    Patent number: 9616367
    Abstract: Cloth retention apparatus for retaining the edges of a filter cloth comprises an edge strip having which can engage with a channel in a frame member, and be retained therein by a wedging member. The wedging member may be separate or attached to the bead, or incorporated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MADISON FILTER 981 LTD.
    Inventors: Anthony Maquet, Richard Patrick Lydon
  • Triscationic amphiphile derivative compounds having a pendent alcohol group, compositions thereof, and methods for making same
    Patent number: 9556109
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter relates to compounds of Formula I, compositions thereof, and processes for making such compounds as further described herein. The inventive compounds and compositions have antimicrobial properties and are useful as environmental disinfectants, topical cleansers such as topical personal care compositions, sanitizers, preservatives, in water treatment, as permanent or erodible coatings for medical devices and appliances, and in therapeutics. Additionally, the compounds of Formula I will serve as synthetic intermediates for making additional novel derivatives of triscationic amphiphile compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: JAMES MADISON INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Caran, Kyle Seifert
  • Sanitary Utility Hanger System
    Publication number: 20160327187
    Abstract: A utility hanger system for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries has a main hanger member extending in an axial direction, which has an axially extending semicylindrical central segment of a first radius, the central segment terminating in first and second wings on opposite sides of the central segment. A slot extends axially along the main hanger member and is positioned between two rod holes. Rods extend through the rod holes to an overhead support member and are fixed to the main hanger member by nuts. Pipes and conduits are gripped within standoffs which space the pipes from the main hanger member with a hexagonal member which is bolted within the main hanger member slot. The pipes and conduits can be supported above or below the main hanger member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Madison Sheet Metal, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew E. Brown
  • Disubstituted maleic anhydrides with altered kinetics of ring closure
    Patent number: 9481661
    Abstract: We describe anhydride compounds suitable for physiologically labile modification of amine-containing molecules. The described anhydrides form reversible linkages having desirable kinetics for in vivo delivery of biologically active molecules. Also described are endosomolytic polymers formed by modification of membrane active polyamines with the described anhydrides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Arrowhead Madison, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrei V Blokhin, David B Rozema, Jonathan D Benson, Jeffrey C Carlson
  • Compositions for targeted delivery of siRNA
    Patent number: 9345775
    Abstract: The present invention is directed compositions for targeted delivery of RNA interference (RNAi) polynucleotides to hepatocytes in vivo. Targeted RNAi polynucleotides are administered together with co-targeted delivery polymers. Delivery polymers provide membrane penetration function for movement of the RNAi polynucleotides from outside the cell to inside the cell. Reversible modification provides physiological responsiveness to the delivery polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Arrowhead Madison Inc.
    Inventors: David L Lewis, David B Rozema, Darren H Wakefield
  • FILTER CLOTH RETENTION
    Publication number: 20160129379
    Abstract: Cloth retention apparatus for retaining the edges of a filter cloth comprises an edge strip having which can engage with a channel in a frame member, and be retained therein by a wedging member. The wedging member may be separate or attached to the bead, or incorporated therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Madison Filter 981 Ltd.
    Inventors: Anthony Maquet, Richard Patrick Lydon
  • Surgical devices and related methods thereof
    Patent number: 9320540
    Abstract: Surgical devices and methods are configured to access areas of the brain while minimizing brain damage. A brain probe device for removing a lesion from a brain includes a cannula fixable to the skull to align the cannula with the lesion, a tubular stem within the cannula configured to be advanced to the lesion, and a rotatable cutting tube within the tubular stem. Expandable wire loops configured to cut tissue are attached to the distal end of the tubular stem. A loop expander and rotation motor mechanism is operably linked to the wire loops and configured to cause rotation and variable outward expansion of the wire loops. Tissue cut by the wire loops is removed through slots and a central lumen of the tubular stem. The cutting tube is rotatable to sever tissue drawn into the slots into smaller fragments that are removed through the central lumen via aspiration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MADISON SURGICAL DESIGNS, LLC
    Inventor: Behnam Badie
  • Cleaning composition for the food and beverage industry
    Patent number: 9260679
    Abstract: An aqueous cleaning composition and methods for use in the agricultural, food and beverage industry which comprises at least 3% of hydrogen peroxide and a plurality of non-ionic surfactants, wherein said cleaning composition is substantially free of any alkalinity source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Madison Chemcial Co., Inc.
    Inventor: David M Craft
  • Galactose cluster-pharmacokinetic modulator targeting moiety for siRNA
    Patent number: 9249179
    Abstract: The present invention is directed compositions for targeted delivery of RNA interference (RNAi) polynucleotides to cell in vivo. The pharmacokinetic modulator improve in vivo targeting compared to the targeting ligand alone. Targeting ligand-pharmacokinetic modulator targeting moiety targeted RNAi polynucleotides can be administered in vivo alone or together with co-targeted delivery polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Arrowhead Madison Inc.
    Inventors: Philipp Hadwiger, Torsten Hoffmann, Eric A. Kitas, Peter Mohr, Ingo Roehl, Linda Valis, David B. Rozema, David L. Lewis, Darren H. Wakefield
  • Draft seal for an electrical box
    Patent number: D774467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: MADISON ELECTRIC PRODUCTS
    Inventor: Dave Maccarone