Patents by Inventor Erik Schäffer

Erik Schäffer 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: 20220286697
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving video data to be encoded, determining pixels for a first transform unit (TU) of a first prediction unit (PU) of a square shape of the video data, storing the pixels in a buffer, performing intra-prediction for a second PU by reusing the stored pixels for a second TU of the second PU, and encoding the video data based on the intra-prediction. A system may include a video encoder and/or a tape holder apparatus. The tape holder apparatus may include a cubical tape holder to hold multiple tape cartridges in a stack, wherein a tape cartridge may be inserted into a top of the cubical tape holder. The tape holder apparatus may include a handle and a horizontal slot enabling a single tape cartridge to be pushed out from a bottom of the stack. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yunqing Chen, Rohan Prakash Mallya, Lei Feng, Deepa Palamadai Sundar, Visalakshi Vaduganathan, Harikrishna Madadi Reddy, Jose Gallegos, Caleb Cotton, Erik Schaeffer, Jason Odom
  • Patent number: 6605229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an element comprising a substrate and at least one anti-reflection coating with pores. The dimensions of the anti-reflection coating are below the wavelength of visible light or the neighboring spectral ranges. The invention also relates to an element produced according to this method with at least one anti-reflection coating, for example optical lenses, mirrors or other optical components. The optical anti-reflection coating of these elements is essentially improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Universitat Konstanz
    Inventors: Ullrich Steiner, Stefan Walheim, Erik Schäffer, Stefan Eggert, Jürgen Mlynek
  • Patent number: 6391217
    Abstract: A method for forming a patterned film on a substrate, the method including: providing a first flowable medium on the substrate and a second flowable medium on the first flowable medium, the first and second flowable media having different dielectric properties and defining an interface there between; applying an electric field to the interface for a time sufficient to produce a structure in the first flowable medium along the interface; and hardening the structure in the first flowable medium to form the patterned film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignees: University of Massachusetts, Universitat Konstanz
    Inventors: Erik Schäffer, Jurgen Mlynek, Ullrich Steiner, Thomas Thurn-Albrecht, Thomas P. Russell