Patents by Inventor Carlos M. Diaz-Perez

Carlos M. Diaz-Perez 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: 9432616
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and implementing technologies for up-scaling an original source video from a lower, first resolution to a desired output video having a higher, second resolution, using fractal zooming techniques to replace individual source pixels in each respective image frame of the original source video with a plurality of proposed replacement pixels in the vertical and horizontal dimensions having similar characteristics as the individual source pixel, reducing noise associated with each respective frame of the desired output video, re-sizing, as necessary, each respective replacement frame to the second resolution, and outputting each zoomed replacement frame to generate the desired output video, which is an up-scaled version of the original source video. The quality of the up-scaled output video is improved by using artifact filtering and linear smoothing techniques after the initial search and replace steps of the fractal zooming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: DIMENSION, INC.
    Inventors: Lyman P. Hurd, John H. Elton, Carlos M. Diaz-Perez
  • Patent number: 8983236
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for up-scaling a source input video from a lower, first resolution to a desired output video having a higher, second resolution, using fractal zooming techniques to replace each individual source pixel of each respective frame of the source input video with a multiple of proposed replacement pixels in the vertical and horizontal dimensions having similar characteristics as the individual source pixel, reducing noise associated with each respective frame of the desired output video, re-sizing, as necessary, each respective replacement frame to the second resolution, and outputting each zoomed replacement frame to generate the desired output video having a higher, second resolution, which is the up-scaled version of the source video. The fractal zooming techniques include identifying a plurality of candidate pixels from the source video and selecting a group of pixels from the candidate pixels that best matches the individual source pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: Lyman P. Hurd, John H. Elton, Carlos M. Diaz-Perez
  • Patent number: 8639053
    Abstract: A computerized system for up-scaling a source input video from a lower, first resolution to a desired output video having a higher, second resolution, using fractal zooming techniques to replace each individual source pixel of each respective frame of the source input video with a multiple of proposed replacement pixels in the vertical and horizontal dimensions having similar characteristics as the individual source pixel, converting each of the proposed replacement pixels into a desired color space for the desired output video, using low-pass filtering to reduce noise associated with each respective frame of the desired output video, down-sizing the output video to its desired resolution, and outputting each zoomed replacement frame to generate the desired output video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Elton, Lyman P. Hurd, Carlos M. Diaz-Perez
  • Publication number: 20130077887
    Abstract: A computerized system for up-scaling a source input video from a lower, first resolution to a desired output video having a higher, second resolution, using fractal zooming techniques to replace each individual source pixel of each respective frame of the source input video with a multiple of proposed replacement pixels in the vertical and horizontal dimensions having similar characteristics as the individual source pixel, converting each of the proposed replacement pixels into a desired color space for the desired output video, using low-pass filtering to reduce noise associated with each respective frame of the desired output video, down-sizing the output video to its desired resolution, and outputting each zoomed replacement frame to generate the desired output video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: DIMENSION, INC.
    Inventors: John H. Elton, Lyman P. Hurd, Carlos M. Diaz-Perez