Patents by Inventor Miles S. Simpson

Miles S. Simpson 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 PROVIDING A SYNCHRONIZED VIDEO PRESENTATION WITHOUT VIDEO TEARING
    Publication number: 20110206344
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for feeding a video stream from a video source in a manner that prevents video tearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: MILES S. SIMPSON
  • Method and apparatus for providing a synchronized video presentation without video tearing
    Patent number: 7889191
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for feeding a video stream from a video source in a manner that prevents video tearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Miles S. Simpson
  • Method and Apparatus For Providing A Synchronized Video Presentation Without Video Tearing
    Publication number: 20080129868
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for feeding a video stream from a video source in a manner that prevents video tearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventor: Miles S. Simpson
  • Data processing technique for limiting the bandwidth of data to be stored in a buffer
    Patent number: 5463422
    Abstract: The bandwidth capability of a full-motion video buffer is prevented from being exceeded by automatically controlling the horizontal scaling of the incoming video data and the horizontal zooming or expansion of the outgoing display data to force the bandwidth of the video data to virtually match the bandwidth capability of the video buffer. In one embodiment, this automatic control of the horizontal scaling and zooming is performed in a dynamic fashion where a detector detects the dropping of any video bits caused by the bandwidth of the incoming video data exceeding the bandwidth capability of the video buffer. Upon detection of these dropped bits, the horizontal scaling of the incoming video data is incrementally reduced (and the horizontal zooming is proportionally increased) until the bandwidth of the incoming video data is at or below the maximum bandwidth capability of the memory buffer. In this way, the video buffer cannot be overdriven and no video data is lost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Auravision Corporation
    Inventors: Miles S. Simpson, Scott A. Kimura, Steven L. Gibson
  • Flexible multiport multiformat burst buffer
    Patent number: 5442747
    Abstract: A multimedia video processor chip for a personal computer in employs a multi-port central cache memory to queue all the incoming data to be stored in a DRAM and all the outgoing data being retrieved from the DRAM. Such a cache memory is used in one of several modes in which the cache memory is partitioned by cache boundaries into different groups of storage areas. Each storage area of the cache is dedicated to storing data from a specific data source. The cache boundaries are chosen such that, for a given mode, the storage areas are optimized for worst case conditions for all data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: AuraVision Corporation
    Inventors: Steven S. Chan, Miles S. Simpson, Scott A. Kimura