Patents by Inventor Anthony James Carvallo Cole

Anthony James Carvallo Cole 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).

  • Method and circuitry for compressing and decompressing digital video data
    Patent number: 6204780
    Abstract: According to the present invention circuitry is provided for processing digital data items. The circuitry comprises compression and decompression circuitry. The compression circuitry further comprises: a circuit for transforming M number of data items into N number of data items; a circuit for quantising P number of data items and producing Q number of data items; and a circuit for appropriately storing in memory and/or transferring R number of data items. The decompression circuitry comprises: a circuit for appropriately retrieving from memory and/or receiving S number of data items; a circuit for dequantising T number of data items and producing U number of dequantised data items; and a circuit for receiving and inverse transforming V number of data items into W number of data items, said W data items being representative of said M data items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Limited
    Inventor: Anthony James Carvallo Cole