Patents by Inventor Jeremy B. D. Fonseca

Jeremy B. D. Fonseca 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: 5220616
    Abstract: A method of digitally processing images, in the form of a two dimensional data element array, in which the image is compressed by dividing the array into blocks (2) and performing transformation thereon. In order to smooth discontinuities at the boundaries (1, 13, 3, 14) between the blocks (2) resulting from the compression, filtering is performed by sequentially scanning elements at the boundaries with a one dimensional operator matrix (6, FIG. 1). The matrix applies suitable weights to those elements and adjacent ones to effect smoothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Anthony H. Downing, Robert G. Hadingham, John Whitaker, Jeremy B. D. Fonseca