Patents by Inventor Jill McDonald Joyce

Jill McDonald Joyce 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).

  • Method and Apparatus for Adaptive Weight Selection for Motion Compensated Prediction
    Publication number: 20090010330
    Abstract: There are provided a method and apparatus for adaptive weight selection for motion compensated prediction. The apparatus includes an encoder for encoding a picture by deriving a set of weighting parameters, selecting at least one weighting parameter in the set based upon a selection criteria, and applying the selected at least one weighting parameter to a reference picture used to encode the picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Jill McDonald Joyce, Peng Yin