Patents by Inventor Gregory J. Conklin

Gregory J. Conklin 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 generating multiple synchronized encoded representations of media data
    Patent number: 7885340
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and methods for producing multiple encoded representations of a video input sequence. The multiple representations produced each contain identified synchronization frames that allow a server and a client to switch between streamed representations in real time without interruption. Synchronization frames are frames of encoded video that can be independently decoded. A representation can thus be decoded starting at a synchronization frame. Each synchronization frame in one representation has a corresponding synchronization frame at a substantially similar temporal location in any other generated representation of the same video input sequence. The temporal co-location of synchronization frames in all representations facilitates the dynamic switching between representations during the streaming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: RealNetworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary S. Greenbaum, Jeffrey M. Ayars, Gregory J. Conklin, Alan F. Lippman, Bradley D. Hefta-Gaub, Dale R. Stammen
  • VIDEO PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DEINTERLACING AND INVERSE TELECINE
    Publication number: 20100225805
    Abstract: A video apparatus is provided with automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine pre-filtering capability to automatically analyze the frames of the video to determine at least whether the video is one of telecine, non-telecine progressive and non-telecine interlaced formatted, and to automatically reformat the video into a non-telecine progressive format if the video is determined to be one of telecine and non-telecine interlaced formatted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: REALNETWORKS, INC.
    Inventor: Gregory J. Conklin
  • Automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine
    Patent number: 7605866
    Abstract: A video apparatus is provided with automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine pre-filtering capability to automatically analyze the frames of the video to determine at least whether the video is one of telecine, non-telecine progressive and non-telecine interlaced formatted, and to automatically reformat the video into a non-telecine progressive format if the video is determined to be one of telecine and non-telecine interlaced formatted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Realnetworks, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory J. Conklin
  • Intra coding video data methods and apparatuses
    Patent number: 7606312
    Abstract: Streamlined prediction approaches are provided to predict pixel values of a 4×4 subblock of a macroblock of video data being encoded, under a number of prediction modes. Additionally, prediction approaches are provided to predict pixel values of a non-4×4 M×N subblock of a macroblock of video data being encoded, under a number of prediction modes, including 8×8, 8×4 and 4×8 subblocks. The invention may be practiced in an encoder and/or a decoder of a video apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: RealNetworks, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory J. Conklin
  • Automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine
    Patent number: 7154555
    Abstract: A video apparatus is provided with automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine pre-filtering capability to automatically analyze the frames of the video to determine at least whether the video is one of telecine, non-telecine progressive and non-telecine interlaced formatted, and to automatically reformat the video into a non-telecine progressive format if the video is determined to be one of telecine and non-telecine interlaced formatted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Realnetworks, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory J. Conklin
  • Automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine
    Publication number: 20040135924
    Abstract: A video apparatus is provided with automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine pre-filtering capability to automatically analyze the frames of the video to determine at least whether the video is one of telecine, non-telecine progressive and non-telecine interlaced formatted, and to automatically reformat the video into a non-telecine progressive format if the video is determined to be one of telecine and non-telecine interlaced formatted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventor: Gregory J. Conklin