Patents by Inventor Darryn McDade

Darryn McDade 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: 7844167
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and an apparatus for a digital audio/video decoder comprising a file reader capable of obtaining an encoded audio/video data stream from a data source, a navigator that instructs the file reader to obtain the encoded audio/video data stream, a splitter that separates the encoded audio/video data stream obtained by the file reader into one or more component data streams, and a reprogrammable proxy filter that decodes and converts the one or more component data streams into three or more renderable signals including at least one renderable audio signal and at least two renderable video signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Darryn McDade, Jefferson Eugene Owen
  • Publication number: 20090016438
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for an instruction generator that utilizes two or more parameters comprising one or more prediction mode parameters and one or more motion vector parameters to generate one or more motion compensation instructions for a prediction block in a macroblock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Darryn McDade, Jefferson Eugene Owen
  • Publication number: 20080040601
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for providing a security and method of providing an enhanced security booting environment. The system and method includes a basic input/output system (BIOS) stored in memory. The system and method also includes a counter embedded in the memory configured to monitor the number of times each block of the memory has been written. This information could be used with existing error detection mechanisms to improve the ability to detect unintended write operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Darryn McDade
  • Patent number: 6947485
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and an apparatus for a digital video processor comprising an error memory and a merge memory, a half pixel filter communicably coupled to the merge memory, a controller communicably coupled to the error memory, the merge memory and the half pixel filter. The present invention also including a sum unit communicably coupled to the error memory. The controller executing one or more instructions to provide motion compensation during video decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jefferson Eugene Owen, Darryn McDade
  • Patent number: 6490324
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and an apparatus for a digital video decoder, which includes a data processor that utilizes at least an encoded video data stream to produce one or more output streams. The one or more output streams includes at least a set of motion compensation instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Darryn McDade, Jefferson Eugene Owen
  • Publication number: 20020114395
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for an instruction generator that utilizes two or more parameters comprising one or more prediction mode parameters and one or more motion vector parameters to generate one or more motion compensation instructions for a prediction block in a macroblock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: JEFFERSON EUGENE OWEN, DARRYN MCDADE
  • Patent number: 6414996
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and an apparatus for a digital video processor comprising an error memory and a merge memory, a half pixel filter communicably coupled to the merge memory, a controller communicably coupled to the error memory, the merge memory and the half pixel filter. The present invention also including a sum unit communicably coupled to the error memory. The controller executing one or more instructions to provide motion compensation during video decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jefferson Eugene Owen, Darryn McDade
  • Publication number: 20020034252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and an apparatus for a digital video processor comprising an error memory and a merge memory, a half pixel filter communicably coupled to the merge memory, a controller communicably coupled to the error memory, the merge memory and the half pixel filter. The present invention also including a sum unit communicably coupled to the error memory. The controller executing one or more instructions to provide motion compensation during video decoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Jefferson Eugene Owen, Darryn McDade