Patents by Inventor Michael Carlton Harden

Michael Carlton Harden 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).

  • Systems and methods for testing video hardware by evaluating output video frames containing embedded reference characteristics
    Patent number: 8767076
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for assessing the video image decoding quality of a set top box (STB), television receiver or other video device. Moving video testing of video delivery hardware in a manufacturing environment uses a video sequence that has reference characteristics embedded in the visible portion of the video signal from frame to frame. Each frame of the video is analyzed for distortions of the embedded reference objects, and the reference objects are allowed to move from frame to frame. The reference objects are located through the use of a background that is easily discriminated from the objects and by the use of frame templates that locate the reference information in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: Wally E. Hall, Micah Moore, Michael Carlton Harden
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING VIDEO HARDWARE BY EVALUATING OUTPUT VIDEO FRAMES CONTAINING EMBEDDED REFERENCE CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20120307076
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for assessing the video image decoding quality of a set top box (STB), television receiver or other video device. Moving video testing of video delivery hardware in a manufacturing environment uses a video sequence that has reference characteristics embedded in the visible portion of the video signal from frame to frame. Each frame of the video is analyzed for distortions of the embedded reference objects, and the reference objects are allowed to move from frame to frame. The reference objects are located through the use of a background that is easily discriminated from the objects and by the use of frame templates that locate the reference information in the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventors: Wally E. Hall, Micah Moore, Michael Carlton Harden