Patents by Inventor Guy Cote
Guy Cote 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).
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Publication number: 20200351460Abstract: Systems and methods for down-scaling are provided. In one example, a method for processing image data includes determining a plurality of output pixel locations using a position value stored by a position register, using the current position value to select a center input pixel from the image data and selecting an index value, selecting a set of input pixels adjacent to the center input pixel, selecting a set of filtering coefficients from a filter coefficient lookup table using the index value, filtering the set of source input pixels to apply a respective one of the set of filtering coefficients to each of the set of source input pixels to determine an output value for the current output pixel at the current position value, and correcting chromatic aberrations in the set of source input pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guy Cote, Simon Wolfenden Butler, Joseph Anthony Petolino, JR., Joseph P. Bratt
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Patent number: 10812823Abstract: Systems and methods for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding system used to encode image data are provided. In embodiments, the video encoding system includes a low resolution pipeline that includes a low resolution motion estimation block, which generates downscaled image data by reducing resolution of the image data and performs a motion estimation search using the downscaled image data and previously downscaled image data. The video encoding system also includes a main encoding pipeline in parallel with the low resolution pipeline that includes a motion estimation block, which determines a global motion vector based on data from the low resolution motion estimation block. The main encoding pipeline may utilize the global motion vector in determining a candidate inter prediction mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Athanasios Leontaris, Guy Côté, Mark P. Rygh
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Patent number: 10789902Abstract: An electronic device may generate content that is to be displayed on a display. The display may have an array of liquid crystal display pixels for displaying image frames of the content. The image frames may be displayed with positive and negative polarities to help reduce charge accumulation effects. A charge accumulation tracker may analyze the image frames to determine when there is a risk of excess charge accumulation. The charge accumulation tracker may analyze information on gray levels, frame duration, and frame polarity. The charge accumulation tracker may compute a charge accumulation metric for entire image frames or may process subregions of each frame separately. When subregions are processed separately, each subregion may be individually monitored for a risk of excess charge accumulation.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chaohao Wang, Brijesh Tripathi, Christopher Philip Alan Tann, David S. Zalatimo, Guy Cote, Hao Nan, Marc Albrecht, Paolo Sacchetto, Sandro H. Pintz
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Publication number: 20200286169Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automated online real-time data processing are provided. The system has a front end server and a back end server that communicate electronically with a user device to automate online form processing. The front end server automates parts of user information entry and sends the user information to a back end server, which further processes the user information to obtain a response within a predetermined period, then relaying the response to the user device to allow further processing to be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Pina Pinizzotto, Maria do Carmo Ruggeri Pucci, François Guy Côté, Michel Quintin, Susan Margaret Hale, Jean-Philippe Larochelle, Alessandra Chollet Moreira Alvarenga
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Patent number: 10706817Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display that is configured to show content that includes a plurality of frames. The plurality of frames includes a first frame that is associated with a pre-transition value. The plurality of frames also includes a second frame that is associated with a current frame value that corresponds to a first luminance. Additionally, the electronic device is configured to determine an overdriven current frame value corresponding to a second luminance that is greater than the first luminance. The electronic device is also configured to display the second frame using the overdriven current frame value.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yingying Tang, Chaohao Wang, Sheng Zhang, Yunhui Hou, Paolo Sacchetto, Koorosh Aflatooni, Gokhan Avkarogullari, Guy Cote, Mahesh B. Chappalli, Peter F. Holland
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Patent number: 10706825Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a timestamp based display update mechanism. A display control unit includes a timestamp queue for storing timestamps, wherein each timestamp indicates when a corresponding frame configuration set should be fetched from memory. At pre-defined intervals, the display control unit may compare the timestamp of the topmost entry of the timestamp queue to a global timer value. If the timestamp is earlier than the global timer value, the display control unit may pop the timestamp entry and fetch the frame next configuration set from memory. The display control unit may then apply the updates of the frame configuration set to its pixel processing elements. After applying the updates, the display control unit may fetch and process the source pixel data and then drive the pixels of the next frame to the display.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brijesh Tripathi, Arthur L. Spence, Joshua P. de Cesare, Ilie Garbacea, Guy Cote, Mahesh B. Chappalli, Malcolm D. Gray, Christopher P. Tann
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Patent number: 10699622Abstract: A data processing system can store a long-term history of pixel luminance values in a secure memory and use those values to create burn-in compensation values that are used to mitigate burn-in effect on a display. The long-term history can be updated over time with new, accumulated pixel luminance values.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Ross Thompson, Guy Cote, Christopher P. Tann, Jerrold V. Hauck, Ian C. Hendry, Vanessa C. Heppolette, Adam J. Machalek, Alan M. Dunn, Ali Sazegari, Lars M. Lindberg, Arthur L. Spence
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Patent number: 10694129Abstract: Systems and methods for down-scaling are provided. In one example, a method for processing image data includes determining a plurality of output pixel locations using a position value stored by a position register, using the current position value to select a center input pixel from the image data and selecting an index value, selecting a set of input pixels adjacent to the center input pixel, selecting a set of filtering coefficients from a filter coefficient lookup table using the index value, filtering the set of source input pixels to apply a respective one of the set of filtering coefficients to each of the set of source input pixels to determine an output value for the current output pixel at the current position value, and correcting chromatic aberrations in the set of source input pixels.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guy Cote, Simon Wolfenden Butler, Joseph Anthony Petolino, Jr., Joseph P. Bratt
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Patent number: 10657874Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display that is configured to show content that includes a plurality of frames. The plurality of frames includes a first frame that is associated with a pre-transition value. The plurality of frames also includes a second frame that is associated with a current frame value that corresponds to a first luminance. Additionally, the electronic device is configured to determine an overdriven current frame value corresponding to a second luminance that is greater than the first luminance. The electronic device is also configured to display the second frame using the overdriven current frame value.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yingying Tang, Chaohao Wang, Sheng Zhang, Yunhui Hou, Paolo Sacchetto, Koorosh Aflatooni, Gokhan Avkarogullari, Guy Cote, Mahesh B. Chappalli, Peter F. Holland
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Publication number: 20200099942Abstract: Support for additional components may be specified in a coding scheme for image data. A layer of a coding scheme that specifies color components may also specify additional components. Characteristics of the components may be specified in the same layer or a different layer of the coding scheme. An encoder or decoder may identify the specified components and determine the respective characteristics to perform encoding and decoding of image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Yeping Su, Khaled Mammou, Jungsun Kim, David W. Singer, Fabrice A. Robinet, Guy Cote, Jim C. Chou, Hsi-Jung Wu
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Patent number: 10602152Abstract: Adaptive video processing for a target display panel may be implemented in or by a server/encoding pipeline. The adaptive video processing methods may obtain and take into account video content and display panel-specific information including display characteristics and environmental conditions (e.g., ambient lighting and viewer location) when processing and encoding video content to be streamed to the target display panel in an ambient setting or environment. The server-side adaptive video processing methods may use this information to adjust one or more video processing functions as applied to the video data to generate video content in the color gamut and dynamic range of the target display panel that is adapted to the display panel characteristics and ambient viewing conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kenneth I. Greenebaum, Haitao Guo, Hao Pan, Guy Cote, Andrew Bai
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Publication number: 20200058152Abstract: A mixed reality system that includes a device and a base station that communicate via a wireless connection The device may include sensors that collect information about the user's environment and about the user. The information collected by the sensors may be transmitted to the base station via the wireless connection. The base station renders frames or slices based at least in part on the sensor information received from the device, encodes the frames or slices, and transmits the compressed frames or slices to the device for decoding and display. The base station may provide more computing power than conventional stand-alone systems, and the wireless connection does not tether the device to the base station as in conventional tethered systems. The system may implement methods and apparatus to maintain a target frame rate through the wireless link and to minimize latency in frame rendering, transmittal, and display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Arthur Y. Zhang, Ray L. Chang, Timothy R. Oriol, Ling Su, Gurjeet S. Saund, Guy Cote, Jim C. Chou, Hao Pan, Tobias Eble, Avi Bar-Zeev, Sheng Zhang, Justin A. Hensley, Geoffrey Stahl
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Publication number: 20200021841Abstract: Systems and methods for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding system used to encode image data are provided. In embodiments, the video encoding system includes a low resolution pipeline that includes a low resolution motion estimation block, which generates downscaled image data by reducing resolution of the image data and performs a motion estimation search using the downscaled image data and previously downscaled image data. The video encoding system also includes a main encoding pipeline in parallel with the low resolution pipeline that includes a motion estimation block, which determines a global motion vector based on data from the low resolution motion estimation block. The main encoding pipeline may utilize the global motion vector in determining a candidate inter prediction mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Athanasios Leontaris, Guy Côté, Mark P. Rygh
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Patent number: 10477233Abstract: System and method for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding pipeline used to encode image data. The video encoding pipeline includes a mode decision block, which selects a first inter-frame prediction mode used to prediction encode a first prediction unit, and a motion estimation block, which receives the first inter-frame prediction mode as feedback from the mode decision block when processing a second prediction unit; determines an initial candidate inter-frame prediction mode of the second prediction unit based at least in part on the first inter-frame prediction mode; and determines a final candidate inter-frame prediction mode of the second prediction unit by performing a first motion estimation search based at least in part on the initial candidate inter-frame prediction mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jim C. Chou, Mark P. Rygh, Guy Côté
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Patent number: 10453375Abstract: A data processing system can store a long-term history of pixel luminance values in a secure memory and use those values to create burn-in compensation values that are used to mitigate burn-in effect on a display. The long-term history can be updated over time with new, accumulated pixel luminance values.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Paul S. Drzaic, Tae-Wook Koh, Ross Thompson, Guy Cote, Christopher P. Tann, Jerrold V. Hauck, Yifan Zhang, Jean-Pierre Guillou, Ian C. Hendry, Vanessa C. Heppolette, Arthur L. Spence
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Patent number: 10438561Abstract: Systems and methods for interpolating overdrive values using a lookup table to compensate for potential display artifacts. Interpolating includes applying a first interpolation type to a first portion of the lookup table when a point to be interpolated is in the first portion of the lookup table. However, interpolating includes applying a second interpolation type to a second portion of the lookup table when the point to be interpolated is in the second portion of the lookup table. The interpolated values are then used to drive pixels of a display panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Shereef Shehata, Christopher P. Tann, Guy Côté
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Patent number: 10438564Abstract: An electronic display includes a display side and an ambient light sensor configured to measure received light received through the display side. The electronic display also includes multiple pixels located between the display side and the ambient light sensor. The multiple pixels are configured to emit display light through the display side.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guy Cote, Mahesh B. Chappalli, Venu M. Duggineni
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Patent number: 10410568Abstract: A data processing system can store a long-term history of pixel luminance values in a secure memory and use those values to create burn-in compensation values that are used to mitigate burn-in effect on a display. The long-term history can be updated over time with new, accumulated pixel luminance values.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Paul S. Drzaic, Ross Thompson, Guy Cote, Christopher P. Tann, Jerrold V. Hauck, Yifan Zhang, Jean-Pierre Guillou, Ian C. Hendry, Vanessa C. Heppolette, Tae-Wook Koh, Arthur L. Spence
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Patent number: 10410569Abstract: A data processing system can store a long-term history of pixel luminance values in a secure memory and use those values to create burn-in compensation values that are used to mitigate burn-in effect on a display. The long-term history can be updated over time with new, accumulated pixel luminance values.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Paul S. Drzaic, Ross Thompson, Guy Cote, Christopher P. Tann, Jerrold V. Hauck, Yifan Zhang, Jean-Pierre Guillou, Ian C. Hendry, Vanessa C. Heppolette, Tae-Wook Koh, Arthur L. Spence
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Patent number: 10403192Abstract: Devices and methods for error diffusion and spatiotemporal dithering are provided. By way of example, a method of operating a display includes receiving a pixel input, a set of pixel coordinates, and a current frame number. A kernel and a particular kernel bit of the kernel is selected from a set of kernels, based upon the pixel input, the pixel coordinates, the frame number, or any combination thereof. A dithered output is determined based at least in part upon the kernel bit. When the display is in a diamond pixel configuration, the dithered output is applied in accordance with a diamond pattern formed by red, blue, or red and blue pixel channels.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Marc Albrecht, Mahesh B. Chappalli, Christopher P. Tann, Jim C. Chou, Guy Cote