Patents by Inventor Edward W. Brakus

Edward W. Brakus 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).

  • Home Videoconferencing System
    Publication number: 20140253665
    Abstract: A home videoconferencing system interfaces with traditional set-top boxes and typical home A/V equipment. The system includes a camera, a microphone, and a codec module. The module can couple to a modem connected to a television network and can couple to a display and a set-top box. Alternatively, the module can connect to a network for exchanging videoconference data and can connect between the set-top box and the display. The set-top box can connect to the television network on its own.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul G. Nietfeld, Krishna Sai, Edward W. Brakus, Edward Gonen, Shai Toren, Boris Rakhlin
  • Home videoconferencing system
    Patent number: 8619953
    Abstract: A home videoconferencing system interfaces with traditional set-top boxes and typical home A/V equipment. The system includes a camera, a microphone, and a codec module. The module can couple to a modem connected to a television network and can couple to a display and a set-top box. Alternatively, the module can connect to a network for exchanging videoconference data and can connect between the set-top box and the display. The set-top box can connect to the television network on its own.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul G. Nietfeld, Krishna Sai, Edward W. Brakus, Jr., Edward Gonen, Shai Toren, Boris Rakhlin
  • Home Videoconferencing System
    Publication number: 20120169831
    Abstract: A home videoconferencing system interfaces with traditional set-top boxes and typical home A/V equipment. The system includes a camera, a microphone, and a codec module. The module can couple to a modem connected to a television network and can couple to a display and a set-top box. Alternatively, the module can connect to a network for exchanging videoconference data and can connect between the set-top box and the display. The set-top box can connect to the television network on its own.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Paul G. Nietfeld, Krishna Sai, Edward W. Brakus, JR., Edward Gonen, Shai Toren, Boris Rakhlin
  • Image compression using variable bit size run length encoding
    Patent number: 7483585
    Abstract: Variable bit size run length encoding (“RLE”) is used to encode uninterrupted runs of adjacent first symbols and adjacent second symbols within a sequence that may represent an image. The symbols may be 1s and 0s. The bit size used to encode a run length for a current run is varied in dependence on the bit sized used or required to encode a run length of a previous run of the same symbol type. Further, an image to be encoded may be transformed into an image/bit sequence representing changes from line to line in the image. By so transforming the image, the correlation from run length to run length of like colors is increased, thereby improving the efficiency of the variable bit size RLE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventor: Edward W. Brakus, Jr.