Patents by Inventor Frank Alva Krueger

Frank Alva Krueger 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 an extensible codec architecture for digital images
    Patent number: 7502516
    Abstract: An improved system and method for an extensible codec architecture for digital images is provided. Executable software code may be operably coupled to a codec manager for requesting imaging operations to be performed on a digital image. The codec manager may receive the request to perform an imaging operation on the digital image and may select an imaging component, such as a codec, from one or more imaging components registered in the computer system for performing an imaging operation on the digital image. An arbitration manager may include functionality for requesting enumeration of the operations an imaging component may perform on a particular digital image. One or more pixel format converters may then convert the pixel format in the digital image to a pixel format supported by an imaging component installed on the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Albert, Frank Alva Krueger, Rajat Goel, Peter A. Gurevich, Anthony John Rolls Hodsdon, Radu C. Magarint, Thomas W. Olsen, Rahul V. Patil, Cyra S. Richardson, Robert Earl Sinclair, II, Richard S. Turner, Jr., Eric Vandenberg, Robert A. Wlodarczyk