Patents by Inventor Mark Keating
Mark Keating 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: 20230007259Abstract: Image data encoding apparatus, comprises an entropy encoder configured to selectively encode data items representing image data so as to generate encoded binarized symbols of successive output data units; the entropy encoder being configured to generate an output data stream subject to a constraint defining an upper limit to the number of binarized symbols that may be expressed by any individual output data unit relative to the size in bytes of that output data unit, in which the entropy encoder is configured to provide padding data, for each output data unit which does not meet the constraint, so as to increase the size in bytes of that output data unit in order to meet the constraint; the apparatus comprising: an attribute detector configured to detect an encoding attribute applicable to a given output data unit; and a selector configured to select, in response to the detected encoding attribute, a constraint, for use with the given output data unit, from two or more candidate constraints.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Karl James SHARMAN, Stephen Mark KEATING, Adrian Richard BROWNE
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Patent number: 11523121Abstract: An image encoding apparatus comprises a selector configured to select, from a set of candidate prediction operations each defining at least a prediction direction selected from a set of available prediction directions, a prediction operation for prediction of samples of a current region of a current image, the current region comprising an array of two or more rows and two or more columns of samples; and an intra-image predictor configured to derive predicted samples of the current region with respect to one or more of a group of reference samples of the same image in dependence upon a prediction direction, defined by the selected prediction operation, between a current sample to be predicted and the reference samples; in which for at least some of the candidate prediction operations: the group of reference samples comprises two or more parallel linear arrays of reference samples disposed at different respective separations from the current region, the intra-image predictor being configured to derive the prediType: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Karl James Sharman, Stephen Mark Keating
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Publication number: 20220364088Abstract: The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double stranded RNA (dsRNA) agents, targeting the complement component C3 gene (C3). The invention also relates to methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of a C3 gene and to methods of preventing and treating a C3-associated disorder, e.g., cold agglutinin disease (CAD), warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), lupis nephritis (LN), bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus, e.g., pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF), and C3 glomerulopathy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Mark Keating, James D. McIninch, Elane Fishilevich, Kristina Yucius, Sarah Solomon, Mark K. Schlegel, Adam Castoreno, Charalambos Kaittanis
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Publication number: 20220360783Abstract: Image data encoding apparatus comprises an entropy encoder for selectively encoding data items representing image data to be encoded by a first, context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC), encoding system or by a second, bypass, encoding system, so as to generate encoded binarized symbols; the image data representing one or more pictures of a picture sequence, each picture comprising two or more output data units representing respective sub-sections of the picture, each sub-section being decodable and reconstructable independently of other sub-sections in that picture and picture sequence; the entropy encoder being configured to generate an output data stream subject to a constraint defining an upper limit to the number of binarized symbols that may be expressed by any individual output data unit relative to the size in bytes of that output data unit, in which the entropy encoder is configured to apply the constraint to each output data unit, and to provide padding data, for each output data unit whichType: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Stephen Mark KEATING, Karl James SHARMAN, Adrian BROWNE
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Publication number: 20220360782Abstract: Image data encoding apparatus comprises an entropy encoder for selectively encoding data items representing image data to be encoded by a first, context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC), encoding system or by a second, bypass, encoding system, so as to generate encoded binarized symbols; the image data representing one or more pictures of a picture sequence, each picture comprising two or more output data units representing respective sub-sections of the picture, each sub-section being decodable and reconstructable independently of other sub-sections in that picture and picture sequence; in which each sub-section is subject to a respective minimum compression ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Stephen Mark KEATING, Karl James SHARMAN, Adrian Richard BROWNE
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Publication number: 20220333104Abstract: The present invention provides iRNA agents, e.g., double stranded iRNA agents, that target the transthyretin (TTR) gene and methods of using such iRNA agents for treating or preventing TTR-associated ocular diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Jayaprakash K. Nair, Martin A. Maier, Vasant R. Jadhav, Mark Keating, Kevin Fitzgerald, Stuart Milstein, Kirk Brown, Muthiah Manoharan
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Publication number: 20220303575Abstract: An image encoding apparatus comprises a selector configured to select, from a set of candidate prediction operations each defining at least a prediction direction, a prediction operation for prediction of samples of a current region of a current image, the current region comprising an array of two or more rows and two or more columns of samples; and an intra-image predictor configured to interpolate predicted samples of the current region with respect to one or more of a group of reference samples being samples decoded from previously encoded samples of the current image, the group of reference samples being selected in dependence upon a prediction direction, defined by the selected prediction operation, between a current sample to be predicted and a reference position amongst the reference samples, in which the intra-image predictor is configured to apply an interpolation process to the group of reference samples in order to generate each predicted sample; in which the intra-image predictor is configured toType: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Stephen Mark KEATING, Karl James SHARMAN, Adrian BROWNE
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Publication number: 20220248024Abstract: An image data encoding apparatus includes an entropy encoder configured to selectively encode data items representing image data by an encoding system selected from a context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) encoding system and a bypass encoding system. The data items include (i) a first data item indicating whether a multi-direction linear model (MDLM) chroma mode applies to a current image region; and (ii) a second data item indicating a processing direction for operation of the MDLM chroma mode. The entropy encoder encodes instances of the first data item and instances of the second data item independently of the encoding of instances of the first data item.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Stephen Mark KEATING, Karl James SHARMAN, Adrian BROWNE
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Patent number: 11361795Abstract: Control apparatus to control operation of a data buffer to which data items are written according to a write pointer which advances in position in response to an input data item rate and from which data items are read according to a read pointer which advances in position in response to an output data item rate, comprises: a detector configured to detect an occupancy difference between a current buffer occupancy and a target buffer occupancy, in which the current buffer occupancy represents a difference between the read and write pointers; an output data item interpolator configured to interpolate a data item at an interpolated data buffer location displaced by a read offset displacement from a data buffer location pointed to by the read pointer; and output control circuitry configured, in response to a current occupancy difference exceeding a threshold occupancy difference, to change the read pointer from an initial read pointer to a target read pointer by a change amount so as to reduce the occupancy differType: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Stephen Mark Keating
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Publication number: 20220182637Abstract: Apparatus comprises a data encoder configured to derive, from an array of sample values, sample range flags each indicative of whether one or more sample values of the array of sample values lie in a predetermined range of sample values, the data encoder being configured in a first encoding mode to encode the array of sample values, at least in part, by encoding the sample range flags to an output data stream; a predictor configured to predict the state of a group of the sample range flags for a given array of sample values, the group being at least a subset of the sample range flags; and a comparator configured to compare the predicted state of the group of sample range flags with the actual state of the respective sample range flags for the given array of sample values; the data encoder being configured, in response to the comparator, to encode the given array of samples values in a second encoding mode in which the encoder is configured to encode to the output data stream a predetermined number of indicatoType: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Stephen Mark KEATING, Karl James SHARMAN, Adrian BROWNE
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Publication number: 20220142485Abstract: A point-of-care system with a diagnostic tool and a base station with a display and in communication with the diagnostic tool is described. Used in diagnosing health conditions for a tissue under analysis, the diagnostic tool includes a handle and a head portion. The head portion includes a speculum and optical spectroscopy (OS) data acquisition components positioned within the head portion. The OS data acquisition components are configure to (i) emit light toward the tissue under analysis, (ii) receive light reflected at least in part from the tissue under analysis based on the emitted light, and (iii) determine reflectance spectra associated with the received light. Either the diagnostic tool or a base station includes analytic components configured to (i) generate diagnostic metrics including characteristics of the reflectance spectra and (ii) compare these characteristics to data associated with characteristics of known reflectance spectra associated healthy and/or unhealthy tissue of patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Samir G. Shreim, John Weidling, Mark Keating, Elliot L. Botvinick, Sean Michael White
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Patent number: 11330275Abstract: An image decoding apparatus comprises a selector configured to select, from a set of candidate prediction operations each defining at least a prediction direction, a prediction operation for prediction of samples of a current region of a current image, the current region comprising an array of two or more rows and two or more columns of samples; and an intra-image predictor configured to derive predicted samples of the current region with respect to one or more of a group of reference samples of the same image in dependence upon a prediction direction, defined by the selected prediction operation, between a current sample to be predicted and a reference position amongst the reference samples; in which, for at least some of the candidate prediction operations, the group of reference samples comprises two or more parallel linear arrays of reference samples disposed at different respective separations from the current region.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Stephen Mark Keating, Karl James Sharman, Magali Kimlee Miri Philippe
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Patent number: 11290709Abstract: Apparatus comprises an image data encoder to encode a current image region of an image, the image data encoder being operable in at least two modes of operation; a controller to control a mode of operation of the image data encoder in dependence upon the encoded data for the current image region meeting a predetermined criterion; and prediction circuitry configured to predict, from one or more properties of one or more image regions other than the current image region, whether the encoded data for the current image region will meet the predetermined criterion.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Magali Kimlee Miri Philippe, Karl James Sharman, Stephen Mark Keating
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Publication number: 20220078430Abstract: Image data encoding and/or decoding apparatus comprises an inter-image predictor configured to predict samples of a current image region, of a plurality of regions of an image in a sequence of images, with respect to a reference image region of another, reference, image of the sequence of images, according to a direction vector indicating a spatial displacement of the reference image region from the current image region;an interpolation filter configured to generate the predicted samples of the current image region by spatial interpolation of samples of the reference image region, at least in instances where the direction vector indicates a spatial displacement of a non-integer number of samples, in which the interpolation filter is configured to operate according to a set of filter parameters each defining the spatial frequency response of a set of filters providing interpolation at a spatial displacement resolution of 1/m sample, where m is an integer greater than one; and a filter response selector configuType: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Karl James SHARMAN, Stephen Mark KEATING, Adrian Richard BROWNE
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Publication number: 20220038690Abstract: An image encoding apparatus comprises a selector configured to select a prediction operation, for prediction of samples of a current region of a current image with respect to one or more of a group of reference samples, from a set of candidate prediction operations, at least some of which define, as an intra-image prediction operation, a prediction direction between a current sample to be predicted and a group of reference samples in the same image; and an intra-image predictor configured to derive predicted samples of a current image region from reference samples of the same image in response to selection, by the selector, of an intra-image prediction operation for the current image region; in which: the current region comprises at least a subset of a current coding tree unit (CTU) in an array of CTUs; the group of references samples is disposed, with respect to the current image region at one or more predetermined sides of the current image region; and the selector is configured to inhibit the selection ofType: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Karl James SHARMAN, Stephen Mark KEATING
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Publication number: 20220002724Abstract: The disclosure relates to double stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNAi) agents and compositions targeting the APP gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of an APP gene and methods of treating subjects having an APP-associated disease or disorder, such as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and early onset familial Alzheimer disease (EOFAD or eFAD), using such dsRNAi agents and compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Stuart Milstein, Kirk Brown, Jayaprakash Nair, Martin Maier, Vasant Jadhav, Mark Keating, Adam Castoreno, Patrick Haslett, Mangala Meenakshi Soundarapandian, Kevin Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20210392362Abstract: Apparatus comprises video data decoder circuitry configured to decode an input video data stream, the video data decoder being responsive to parameter data associated with the input video data stream, the parameter data indicating a profile selected from a plurality of profiles, each profile defining a decoding attribute comprising one or more of a bit depth and a chrominance subsampling format; detector circuitry configured to detect constraint data associated with the input video data stream, the constraint data defining a difference between a decoding attribute applicable to the input video data stream and the decoding attribute defined by the profile indicated by the parameter data, in which the constraint data is configured to indicate a zero difference of the decoding attribute by a zero value of the constraint data; and control circuitry configured to control the video data decoder to decode the input video data stream to generate a decoded video data stream having a decoding attribute defined by the eType: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Karl James Sharman, Stephen Mark Keating, Adrian Richard Browne
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Publication number: 20210360261Abstract: An image encoding apparatus comprises a selector configured to select, from a set of candidate prediction operations each defining at least a prediction direction, a prediction operation for prediction of samples of a current region of a current image, the current region comprising an array of two or more rows and two or more columns of samples; an intra-image predictor configured to derive predicted samples of the current region with respect to one or more of a group of reference samples of the same image in dependence upon a prediction direction, defined by the selected prediction operation, between a current sample to be predicted and a reference position amongst the reference samples; in which, for at least some of the candidate prediction operations, the group of reference samples comprises two or more parallel linear arrays of reference samples disposed at different respective separations from the current region; a detector configured to detect whether samples corresponding to any of the two or more parType: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Karl James Sharman, Stephen Mark Keating, Magali Kimlee Miri Philippe
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Patent number: 11159803Abstract: An image encoding apparatus comprises a selector configured to select, from a set of candidate prediction operations each defining at least a prediction direction, a prediction operation for prediction of samples of a current region of a current image, the current region comprising an array of two or more rows and two or more columns of samples; an intra-image predictor configured to derive predicted samples of the current region with respect to one or more of a group of reference samples of the same image in dependence upon a prediction direction, defined by the selected prediction operation, between a current sample to be predicted and a reference position amongst the reference samples; in which, for at least some of the candidate prediction operations, the group of reference samples comprises two or more parallel linear arrays of reference samples disposed at different respective separations from the current region; a detector configured to detect whether samples corresponding to any of the two or more parType: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Karl James Sharman, Stephen Mark Keating, Magali Kimlee Miri Philippe
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Publication number: 20210314574Abstract: Apparatus comprises a video data decoder configured to decode an input video data stream, the video data decoder being responsive to a parameter value associated with the input video data stream, the parameter value indicating an encoding level selected from a plurality of encoding levels, each encoding level defining at least a maximum luminance picture size and a maximum luminance sample rate; the encoding level defining a first numerical component and a second numerical component, the second numerical component being a numerical value greater than or equal to zero; in which: for encoding levels having a second numerical component of zero, the first numerical component increases monotonically with increasing maximum luminance picture size; second component varies with the maximum luminance sample rate; the parameter value being a numeric encoding of the encoding level a first predetermined constant multiplied by the first numerical component plus a second predetermined constant multiplied by the second numeType: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Stephen Mark Keating, Karl James Sharman, Adrian Richard Browne