Patents by Inventor Edward L. Schwartz

Edward L. Schwartz 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).

  • Publication number: 20010031096
    Abstract: A reversible Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) is described. The reversible DCT may be part of a compressor in a system. The system may include a decompressor with a reversible inverse DCT for lossless decompression or a legacy decompressor with an inverse DCT for lossy decompression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Edward L. Schwartz, Ahmad Zandi
  • Patent number: 6285790
    Abstract: A data compression system separates input data into color planes prior to compression. If needed for legacy game consoles, compression is performed by a game cartridge transparent to the console. To minimize the number of passes required of a coder/decoder, color planes are ordered by density and the densest color plane is coded first. After the first color plane is coded, other color planes are coded, but pixels which are known to have colors from previously coded color planes are not coded. The last color plane is not coded, but is deduced from all the other color planes. Alternatively, pixel color values are represented by vectors with components thereof separately coded by subcolor planes. Also, each color plane can be coded until a threshold number of pixels are coded, and the remaining pixels coded by bit plane. The image data could be coded using pixel position information as context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Edward L. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 6229927
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing compression and/or decompression is described. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a system having a buffer, a wavelet transform unit, and a coder. The wavelet transform unit has an input coupled to the buffer to perform a wavelet transform on pixels stored therein and to generate coefficients at an output. The coder is coupled to the wavelet transform unit to code the transformed pixels received from the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventor: Edward L. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 6222941
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding data is described. The present invention includes a method and apparatus for generating transformed signals in response to input data. In one embodiment, the transformed signals are generated using a reversible wavelet transform. The present invention also includes a method and apparatus for compressing the transformed signals into data representing a losslessly compressed version of the input data. In one embodiment, the present invention decomposes the input data using a non-minimal length reversible filter. The decomposition may be performed using multiple one-dimension filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignees: Ricoh Co., Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad Zandi, James D. Allen, Edward L. Schwartz, Martin Boliek
  • Patent number: 6219458
    Abstract: Recently, a number of reversible wavelet transforms have been identified which allow for exact reconstruction in integer arithmetic. Different transforms vary in how rounding is performed. The present invention provides a transform, which is linear except for the rounding with non-linear operations in order to create a reversible implementation. Also, the present invention also provides transforms which are decomposed into all FIR parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignees: Ricoh Co., Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad Zandi, Edward L. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 6216145
    Abstract: Recently, a number of reversible wavelet transforms have been identified which allow for exact reconstruction in integer arithmetic. Different transforms vary in how rounding is performed. The present invention provides a transform, which is linear except for the rounding with non-linear operations in order to create a reversible implementation. Also, the present invention also provides transforms which are decomposed into all FIR parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignees: Ricoh Co., Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad Zandi, Edward L. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 6195465
    Abstract: A compression and decompression system in which a reversible wavelet filter are used to generates coefficients from input data, such as image data. The reversible wavelet filter is an efficient transform implemented with integer arithmetic that has exact reconstruction. The present invention uses the reversible wavelet filter in a lossless system (or lossy system) in which an embedded codestream is generated from the coefficients produced by the filter. An entropy coder performs entropy coding on the embedded codestream to produce the compressed data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad Zandi, Edward L. Schwartz, Michael J. Gormish, Martin Boliek
  • Patent number: 6195466
    Abstract: A reversible Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) is described. The reversible DCT may be part of a compressor in a system. The system may include a decompressor with a reversible inverse DCT for lossless decompression or a legacy decompressor with an inverse DCT for lossy decompression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Edward L. Schwartz, Ahmad Zandi
  • Patent number: 6141446
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding data that includes generating transformed signals in response to input data. In one embodiment, the transformed signals are generated using a reversible wavelet transform. The present invention also includes a method and apparatus for compressing the transform signals into data representing a losslessly compressed version of the input data. In one embodiment, the present invention decomposes the input data using reversible wavelet transforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin Boliek, Michael J. Gormish, Alexander F. Keith, Edward L. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 6094151
    Abstract: An FSM-coder hardware is described. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of encoding that includes creating an interval based on a finite state machine (FSM) state. The interval comprises a pair of subintervals having endpoints. The method also includes selecting one of the pair of subintervals based on whether the input bit is in a most probable state, and outputting zero or more bits corresponding to bits that match between endpoints of said one subinterval that occur from the most significant bits to, and not including, the first non-matching bits between the endpoints of said one subinterval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Edward L. Schwartz, Michael J. Gormish
  • Patent number: 6058215
    Abstract: A reversible Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) is described. The reversible DCT may be part of a compressor in a system. The system may include a decompressor with a reversible inverse DCT for lossless decompression or a legacy decompressor with an inverse DCT for lossy decompression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, LTD., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Edward L. Schwartz, Ahmad Zandi
  • Patent number: 5999656
    Abstract: Recently, a number of reversible wavelet transforms have been identified which allow for exact reconstruction in integer arithmetic. Different transforms vary in how rounding is performed. The present invention provides a transform, which is linear except for the rounding with non-linear operations in order to create a reversible implementation. Also, the present invention also provides transforms which are decomposed into all finite inpulse response parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignees: Ricoh Co., Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad Zandi, Edward L. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 5966465
    Abstract: A compression and decompression system in which a reversible wavelet filter are used to generates coefficients from input data, such as image data. The reversible wavelet filter is an efficient transform implemented with integer arithmetic that has exact reconstruction. The present invention uses the reversible wavelet filter in a lossless system (or lossy system) in which an embedded codestream is generated from the coefficients produced by the filter. An entropy coder performs entropy coding on the embedded codestream to produce the compressed data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignees: Ricoh Corporation, Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander F. Keith, Edward L. Schwartz, Ahmad Zandi, Martin Boliek, Michael J. Gormish
  • Patent number: 5912636
    Abstract: The present invention provides an encoding and/or decoding apparatus used for the compression and expansion of data. A finite state machine comprises a number of tables, which collectively have a plurality of states. One of the tables encodes multi-bit symbols for fixed probabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Gormish, Edward L. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 5881176
    Abstract: A compression and decompression system in which a reversible wavelet filter are used to generates coefficients from input data, such as image data. The reversible wavelet filter is an efficient transform implemented with integer arithmetic that has exact reconstruction. The present invention uses the reversible wavelet filter in a lossless system (or lossy system) in which an embedded codestream is generated from the coefficients produced by the filter. An entropy coder performs entropy coding on the embedded codestream to produce the compressed data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignees: Ricoh Corporation, Ricoh Company, LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander F. Keith, Edward L. Schwartz, Ahmad Zandi, Martin Boliek, Michael J. Gormish
  • Patent number: 5867602
    Abstract: A compression and decompression system in which a reversible wavelet filter are used to generates coefficients from input data such as image data. The reversible wavelet filter is an efficient transform implemented with integer arithmetic that has exact reconstruction. The present invention uses the reversible wavelet filter in a lossless system (or lossy system) in which an embedded codestream is generated from the coefficients produced by the filter. An entropy coder performs entropy coding on the embedded codestream to produce the compressed data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignees: Ricoh Corporation, Ricoh Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Ahmad Zandi, Edward L. Schwartz, Michael J. Gormish, Martin Boliek
  • Patent number: 5815097
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for compressing and/or decompressing data. In one embodiment, a system comprises a one-pass spatially embedded compressor and a limited bandwidth channel. The compressor comprises image data into compressed image data in one-pass. The compressor comprises an encoder and a coded data manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignees: Ricoh Co. Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Edward L. Schwartz, Ahmad Zandi, Tibor Boros
  • Patent number: 5748786
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding data is described. The present invention includes a method and apparatus for generating transformed signals in response to input data. In one embodiment, the transformed signals are generated using a reversible wavelet transform. The present invention also includes a method and apparatus for compressing the transformed signals into data representing a losslessly compressed version of the input data. In one embodiment, the present invention decomposes the input data using a non-minimal length reversible filter. The decomposition may be performed using multiple one-dimension filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad Zandi, James D. Allen, Edward L. Schwartz, Martin Boliek
  • Patent number: 5731988
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing color conversion on image data provided as a plurality of vectors representing a datum of the image. The present invention provides a forward transform that performs reversible color conversion on the plurality of vectors, such that the transform is reversible in integer arithmetic with predictable precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignees: Richo Company, Ltd., Richo Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad Zandi, Edward L. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 5717394
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for decompressing and compressing data is described. The present invention provides an encoder for use in a compression system having a decoder for decoding information generated by the encoder. The encoder of the present invention includes a coder for producing codeword information in response to data. The encoder also includes a reorder unit that generates a coded data stream in response to the codeword information from the coder. The reorder unit comprises a run count reorder unit for arranging codewords into a decoding order and a bit pack unit to combine variable length codewords into fixed length interleaved words and to output the fixed length interleaved words in an order required by the decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignees: Ricoh Company Ltd., Ricoh Corporation
    Inventors: Edward L. Schwartz, Michael J. Gormish, James D. Allen, Martin Boliek