Patents by Inventor Blake Bender

Blake Bender 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).

  • Frame-accurate editing methods and systems
    Patent number: 7564974
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable content authors to achieve frame-accurate editing and, in at least some embodiments, reduce the amount of content that needs to be decompressed in order to operate on the frames. Some embodiments ensure that bit rate integrity is preserved so that bit rate conditions associated with streaming environments are preserved. Various embodiments intelligently determine which content portions should be decompressed, processed, and recompressed and which content portions should not be decompressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandre V. Grigorovitch, Chih-lung Bruce Lin, Gareth Alan Howell, Mei L. Wilson, Niranjan S. Nayak, Olivier Colle, Randolph B Oakley, Blake Bender, Tony M. Antoun
  • Controlling processor-based systems using a digital camera
    Publication number: 20060204085
    Abstract: A processor-based system may be controlled using a digital camera. The digital camera can provide luminance and motion information which may be analyzed to determine whether to alter one or more of the power consumption state, the operation of system utilities, or the operation of a screen saver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Frederick Cooper, Ranjit Menon, Teresa Urutia, Girish Gopal, Keith Hopper, Blake Bender
  • Frame-accurate editing methods and systems
    Publication number: 20050244005
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable content authors to achieve frame-accurate editing and, in at least some embodiments, reduce the amount of content that needs to be decompressed in order to operate on the frames. Some embodiments ensure that bit rate integrity is preserved so that bit rate conditions associated with streaming environments are preserved. Various embodiments intelligently determine which content portions should be decompressed, processed, and recompressed and which content portions should not be decompressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandre Grigorovitch, Chih-lung Lin, Gareth Howell, Mei Wilson, Niranjan Nayak, Olivier Colle, Randolph Oakley, Blake Bender, Tony Antoun
  • Method and apparatus for displaying an image using direct memory access
    Patent number: 5751270
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying an image in a system having an image generation subsystem and an image display subsystem. The image generation subsystem provides digital data corresponding to the image. The image generation subsystem writes the digital data directly to a memory of the image display subsystem. The image display subsystem displays the digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Rhodes, Rohan Coelho, Blake Bender, Davis Frank
  • Method and apparatus for displaying an image using subsystem interrogation
    Patent number: 5572232
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying an image in a system having an image generation subsystem and an image display subsystem. The image generation subsystem provides digital data corresponding to the image and interrogates the image display subsystem to determine image display subsystem capabilities for at least one of (1) color format support, (2) access to an image display subsystem memory, and (3) window management. The image generation subsystem and the image display subsystem then process the digital data in accordance with the results of the interrogation. The image display subsystem then displays the processed digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Rhodes, Rohan Coelho, Davis Frank, Blake Bender
  • Method and apparatus for displaying an image in a windowed environment
    Patent number: 5546103
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying an image in a system having an image generation subsystem and an image display subsystem. The image generation subsystem provides digital data corresponding to the image. The image generation subsystem then copies the digital data to a memory of the image display subsystem. The image display subsystem performs window management on the digital data and displays the digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Rhodes, Rohan Coelho, Davis Frank, Blake Bender