Patents by Inventor James Barnard Bankoski

James Barnard Bankoski 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).

  • Patent number: 8885706
    Abstract: Systems and methods for noise reduction are disclosed herein. The system includes a video codec system that can encode and/or decode video information. A noise representation component can identify flat regions and a quantizer can utilize the identified flat regions to suppress noise during compression. By suppressing noise during compression, the size of the video file to be compressed can be reduced, compression can use less resources and take less time, and the speed at which the compressed information is transferred can benefit. Noise can be reintroduced during the reconstruction of the video. Accordingly, both noise reduction and noise synthesis can be accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Barnard Bankoski, Anil Christopher Kokaram, Yaowu Xu
  • Publication number: 20130128957
    Abstract: Systems and methods for noise reduction are disclosed herein. The system includes a video codec system that can encode and/or decode video information. A noise representation component can identify flat regions and a quantizer can utilize the identified flat regions to suppress noise during compression. By suppressing noise during compression, the size of the video file to be compressed can be reduced, compression can use less resources and take less time, and the speed at which the compressed information is transferred can benefit. Noise can be reintroduced during the reconstruction of the video. Accordingly, both noise reduction and noise synthesis can be accomplished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: James Barnard Bankoski, Anil Christopher Kokaram, Yaowu Xu