Patents by Inventor Eddie Collins

Eddie Collins 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).

  • System and method for providing enhanced graphics in a video environment
    Patent number: 9143725
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a video input from a video source coupled to a display configured for rendering a user interface thereon; generating a grayscale element associated with the user interface by evaluating alpha values related to pixels associated with the video input; generating an opacity mask; and setting red, green, blue (RGB) values equal to an alpha value of a source image for certain pixels in the source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: John M. Kanalakis, Jr., Zachary R. Bean, David J. Mackie, Eddie Collins, Mark David Dyer
  • System and method for providing enhanced graphics in a video environment
    Patent number: 8902244
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a video input from a video source coupled to a display configured for rendering a user interface thereon; evaluating a plurality of pixels within the video input; and determining if a particular pixel within the pixels is associated with a color that matches a designated value associated with a chroma-key. If a match is found for the particular pixel, then the particular pixel is rendered as a clear image on the display, and if the match is not found, the particular pixel is darkened by a certain percentage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Kanalakis, Jr., Zachary R. Bean, David J. Mackie, Eddie Collins, Mark David Dyer
  • System and method for transferring transparency information in a video environment
    Patent number: 8786631
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving overlay data at a dual frame buffer module, which interacts with a video data buffer and an alpha data buffer. The method can also include storing the overlay data as a first video data in the video data buffer if an indicator is not present in the overlay data; and storing the overlay data as a second video data in the alpha data buffer if the indicator is present. In more specific implementations, the indicator is a pixel in a non-viewable area of the overlay data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Eddie Collins
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED GRAPHICS IN A VIDEO ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120120085
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a video input from a video source coupled to a display configured for rendering a user interface thereon; generating a grayscale element associated with the user interface by evaluating alpha values related to pixels associated with the video input; generating an opacity mask; and setting red, green, blue (RGB) values equal to an alpha value of a source image for certain pixels in the source image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: John M. Kanalakis, JR., Zachary R. Bean, David J. Mackie, Eddie Collins, Mark David Dyer
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED GRAPHICS IN A VIDEO ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120120181
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a video input from a video source coupled to a display configured for rendering a user interface thereon; evaluating a plurality of pixels within the video input; and determining if a particular pixel within the pixels is associated with a color that matches a designated value associated with a chroma-key. If a match is found for the particular pixel, then the particular pixel is rendered as a clear image on the display, and if the match is not found, the particular pixel is darkened by a certain percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: John M. Kanalakis, JR., Zachary R. Bean, David J. Mackie, Eddie Collins, Mark David Dyer