Patents by Inventor Douglas M. Chin

Douglas M. Chin 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: 10624086
    Abstract: A security network provides reduced power consumption and more robust communication of messages in comparison to conventional wireless systems. Reducing power consumption as discussed herein ensures that the security system is able to operate for a long duration of time, potentially with minimal or no power from an electrical grid. Additionally, redundant communication paths as discussed herein provide a more robust way of selectively forwarding security data to a remote server. The availability of multiple communication paths ensures that a respective remote target recipient such as a server resource or remote communication device operated by a user can be notified of a trigger event during power failure conditions, such as when certain communication functionality of a security system is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: A9.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Gordon, Peter D. Besen, Julian I. Gorfajn, Douglas M. Chin
  • Publication number: 20180288761
    Abstract: A security network provides reduced power consumption and more robust communication of messages in comparison to conventional wireless systems. Reducing power consumption as discussed herein ensures that the security system is able to operate for a long duration of time, potentially with minimal or no power from an electrical grid. Additionally, redundant communication paths as discussed herein provide a more robust way of selectively forwarding security data to a remote server. The availability of multiple communication paths ensures that a respective remote target recipient such as a server resource or remote communication device operated by a user can be notified of a trigger event during power failure conditions, such as when certain communication functionality of a security system is disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen E. Gordon, Peter D. Besen, Julian I. Gorfajn, Douglas M. Chin
  • Patent number: 9984472
    Abstract: An image processing system receives a sequence of frames including a current input frame and a next input frame (the next input frame is captured subsequent in time with respect to capturing of the current input frame). The image processing system stores a previously outputted output frame. The previously outputted output frame is derived from previously processed input frames in the sequence. The image processing modifies the current input frame based on detected first motion and second motion. The first motion is detected based on an analysis of the current input frame with respect to the next input frame. The second motion is detected based on an analysis of the current input frame with respect to the previously outputted output frame. According to one configuration, the image processing system implements multi-sized analyzer windows to more precisely detect the first motion and second motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: A9.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel B. Grunberg, Anantharanga Prithviraj, Douglas M. Chin, Peter D. Besen
  • Patent number: 9811914
    Abstract: An image processing system receives a sequence of frames including a current input frame and a next input frame (the next input frame is captured subsequent in time with respect to capturing of the current input frame). The image processing system stores a previously outputted output frame. The previously outputted output frame is derived from previously processed input frames in the sequence. The image processing modifies the current input frame based on detected first motion and second motion. The first motion is detected based on an analysis of the current input frame with respect to the next input frame. The second motion is detected based on an analysis of the current input frame with respect to the previously outputted output frame. According to one configuration, the image processing system implements multi-sized analyzer windows to more precisely detect the first motion and second motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Immedia Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel B. Grunberg, Anantharanga Prithviraj, Douglas M. Chin, Peter D. Besen
  • Publication number: 20150138403
    Abstract: An image processing system receives a sequence of frames including a current input frame and a next input frame (the next input frame is captured subsequent in time with respect to capturing of the current input frame). The image processing system stores a previously outputted output frame. The previously outputted output frame is derived from previously processed input frames in the sequence. The image processing modifies the current input frame based on detected first motion and second motion. The first motion is detected based on an analysis of the current input frame with respect to the next input frame. The second motion is detected based on an analysis of the current input frame with respect to the previously outputted output frame. According to one configuration, the image processing system implements multi-sized analyzer windows to more precisely detect the first motion and second motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel B. Grunberg, Anantharanga Prithviraj, Douglas M. Chin, Peter D. Besen
  • Publication number: 20150139607
    Abstract: An image processing system receives a sequence of frames including a current input frame and a next input frame (the next input frame is captured subsequent in time with respect to capturing of the current input frame). The image processing system stores a previously outputted output frame. The previously outputted output frame is derived from previously processed input frames in the sequence. The image processing modifies the current input frame based on detected first motion and second motion. The first motion is detected based on an analysis of the current input frame with respect to the next input frame. The second motion is detected based on an analysis of the current input frame with respect to the previously outputted output frame. According to one configuration, the image processing system implements multi-sized analyzer windows to more precisely detect the first motion and second motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel B. Grunberg, Anantharanga Prithviraj, Douglas M. Chin, Peter D. Besen
  • Patent number: 9007495
    Abstract: One example configuration as discussed herein includes a multi-stage image processing system. A first stage image processor in the multi-stage image processing system analyzes a first window of settings produced by an array of sensor elements in an image sensor. The first stage image processor scales one or more color ranges to detect defective sensor elements and produces corrective values on an as-needed basis. A second stage image-processing resource processes a second window of settings including original settings and/or substitute settings as produced by the first stage image processor. The second stage image processor applies a debayering algorithm to the second window of values to produce final display settings for the sensor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Immedia Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas M. Chin, Daniel B. Grunberg, John K. Iler, Ronald Laidley
  • Patent number: 4932243
    Abstract: A method of determining the moisture content of a material in which the material is caused to flow continually through a sensor region, the spatially averaged temperature of the material being continually determined independently of the dynamic thermal response of the material. The loss and capacitance of the sensor is also continually determined, the moisture content of the material than being determined in response to the spatially averaged temperature and the loss and capacitance determinations independently of changes in the packing density of the material as it continually flows through the sensor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: Axiomatics Corporation
    Inventors: Nam P. Suh, Francis A. Waldman, Richard E. von Turkovich, Douglas M. Chin, Thomas H. Lee