Patents by Inventor Nikolaos Georgis

Nikolaos Georgis 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 higher resolution images in an embedded device
    Patent number: 8374444
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to providing higher resolution images on an embedded device by performing a super resolution technique on a compressed image sequence and one or more motion vectors are described. In one example, the method includes compressing an image sequence using a video compression technique, wherein the image sequence comprises a plurality of lower resolution images and applying a super resolution technique to the compressed image sequence to generate a higher resolution image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Crisan, Nikolaos Georgis
  • OFFLOADING PROCESSING OF IMAGES FROM A PORTABLE DIGITAL CAMERA
    Publication number: 20120320225
    Abstract: Images are offloaded from a portable camera automatically to a network server at the time the images are taken, transparently to a user of the camera. The server executes processing functions on the images and returns the output of the processing over the network to the camera and/or other user-defined destination device to thereby relieve the camera processor of potentially complex processing chores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicants: SONY ELECTRONICS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nikolaos Georgis, Fredrik Carpio, Adrian Crisan
  • Automatic speed limit adjust for road conditions
    Patent number: 8311734
    Abstract: A mobile computer that can be borne in a vehicle and that can receive position information may adjust a maximum speed limit to account for unfavorable weather or road conditions and cause the vehicle to automatically reduce speed below the adjusted maximum limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Georgis, Fredrik Carpio, Paul Jin Hwang
  • Offloading processing of images from a portable digital camera
    Patent number: 8310556
    Abstract: Images are offloaded from a portable camera automatically to a network server at the time the images are taken, transparently to a user of the camera. The server executes processing functions on the images and returns the output of the processing over the network to the camera and/or other user-defined destination device to thereby relieve the camera processor of potentially complex processing chores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Georgis, Fredrik Carpio, Adrian Crisan
  • GPS-based CE device wireless access point mapping
    Patent number: 8295846
    Abstract: A CE device can incorporate a GPS receiver and can be moved around a building with wireless access point (AP) signal strengths recorded at various locations. The optimum AP location is selected on the basis of the location-to-signal strength correlations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Jin Hwang, Fredrik Carpio, Nikolaos Georgis, Benjamin Lo
  • GPS-BASED CE DEVICE WIRELESS ACCESS POINT MAPPING
    Publication number: 20120229341
    Abstract: A CE device can incorporate a GPS receiver and can be moved around a building with wireless access point (AP) signal strengths recorded at various locations. The optimum AP location is selected on the basis of the location-to-signal strength correlations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Jin Hwang, Fredrik Carpio, Nikolaos Georgis, Benjamin Lo
  • Marketing and selling contributed resources in distributed computing
    Publication number: 20120215598
    Abstract: A method or system for marketing and selling contributed resources of a plurality of separate electronic devices by generating a framework for resource contribution. The assigned contributed resources are the contributed resources that are assigned to credit categories. A credit category model is optimized based the assigned contributed resources using a dynamic availability of the assigned contributed resources and a processing requirement of a task. Resource contributions are tracked based on completed task segments, wherein the completed task segments are distributed task segments derived from the task that have been processed by the assigned contributed resources. And an account is credited based on the tracked resource contribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nikolaos Georgis, Adrian Crisan, Milton M. Frazier
  • System And Method For Effectively Performing Data Restore/Migration Procedures
    Publication number: 20120195432
    Abstract: A system and method for effectively supporting data transfer procedures includes a source device that registers with an account server to participate in a data backup service. The source device then encrypts and stores user data onto a datacenter. The source device later may request a data transfer task from a vendor. The datacenter responsively transfers the encrypted user data to a vendor server, and an escrow server generates and sends a temporary key to the vendor server. A destination device may then utilize the temporary key to decrypt and securely store the user data onto the destination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Russo, Grant Sabesky, Darion Felix Rodgers, Glenda McFerran, Carolyn A. Lynch, Justin Kauffman, Robert Cowie, Fredrik Carpio, Nikolaos Georgis, Jonathan Hood
  • Redistributing incomplete segments for processing tasks in distributed computing
    Publication number: 20120151491
    Abstract: A method or system for redistributing incomplete segments for processing tasks by generating a model based on resources of a plurality of separate electronic devices; simulating an assessment task to determine a computation time for the assessment task according to the model; updating the model to optimize the computation time based on a dynamic availability of the resources and a processing requirement of a live task; distributing task segments for processing the live task based on the updated model; and dynamically redistributing incomplete segments for processing the live task by further updating the model based on the dynamic availability of the resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nikolaos Georgis, Adrian Crisan, Milton M. Frazier
  • System and method for effectively transmitting content bursts to electronic devices
    Patent number: 8199776
    Abstract: A system for supporting a burst transmission procedure includes a burst manager that divides a selected content item into individual content segments. A transmitter then transmits the content segments in a substantially concurrent manner over different corresponding transmission channels. One or more electronic devices receives and stores the transmitted content segments. A content manager of the electronic device performs a reassembly procedure to convert the content segments into the originally-transmitted content item for utilization by a device user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Fredrik Carpio, Nikolaos Georgis
  • System and method for effectively performing data restore/migration procedures
    Patent number: 8189794
    Abstract: A system and method for effectively supporting data transfer procedures includes a source device that registers with an account server to participate in a data backup service. The source device then encrypts and stores user data onto a datacenter. The source device later may request a data transfer task from a vendor. The datacenter responsively transfers the encrypted user data to a vendor server, and an escrow server generates and sends a temporary key to the vendor server. A destination device may then utilize the temporary key to decrypt and securely store the user data onto the destination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Russo, Grant Sabesky, Darion Felix Rodgers, Glenda McFerran, Carolyn A. Lynch, Justin Kauffman, Robert Cowie, Fredrik Carpio, Nikolaos Georgis, Jonathan Hood
  • System And Method For Effectively Transferring Electronic Information
    Publication number: 20120121007
    Abstract: A system and method for effectively transferring electronic information includes a transmitter with an encoder that performs a parity encoding procedure. The encoder creates parity blocks for embedding in transmission packets. The parity blocks may be based upon data segments from one or more of the transmission packets. The system also includes a receiver with a decoder that utilizes the parity blocks for performing a packet validation procedure to identify corrupted packets from among the transmission packets. The decoder also performs a packet reconstruction procedure with selected ones of the data segments and the parity blocks to produce reconstructed data segments for the corrupted packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Fredrik Carpio, Milton Frazier, Nikolaos Georgis
  • Methods and apparatuses for accumulating and distributing processing power
    Publication number: 20120110587
    Abstract: Calculating and distributing resources of at least one electronic device over a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nikolaos Georgis, Adrian Crisan, Milton M. Frazier
  • System and method for effectively transferring electronic information
    Patent number: 8139655
    Abstract: An architecture for electronically transferring information includes a transmitter with an encoder that performs a parity encoding procedure. The encoder creates parity blocks for embedding in transmission packets. The parity blocks may be based upon data segments from one or more of the transmission packets. The system also includes a receiver with a decoder that utilizes the parity blocks for performing a packet validation procedure to identify corrupted packets from among the transmission packets. The decoder also performs a packet reconstruction procedure with selected ones of the data segments and the parity blocks to produce reconstructed data segments for the corrupted packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Fredrik Carpio, Milton Frazier, Nikolaos Georgis
  • System and method for effectively optimizing zoom settings in a digital camera
    Publication number: 20120057052
    Abstract: A system and method for effectively optimizing zoom settings in a digital camera includes a digital zoom module that performs a digital zoom function, and an optical zoom module that controls a lens unit of the digital camera to perform an optical zoom function. A depth of field manager performs a zoom-setting optimization procedure to select optimal zoom values for the optical zoom module and the digital zoom module to thereby optimize image quality characteristics of images captured by the camera device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Nikolaos Georgis, Fredrik Carpio, Paul Hwang
  • Using different physical interface to request retransmission of packet lost on unidirectional interface
    Patent number: 8132070
    Abstract: Packets detected to be lost from a unidirectional interface such as an ATSC tuner are requested from the source or a peer using a different physical interface. The packets may be retransmitted for reception over either interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Fredrik Carpio, Milton Massey Frazier, Nikolaos Georgis
  • HOT BUTTON FOR PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSTIC AND RECOMMENDATION
    Publication number: 20120041840
    Abstract: A hot button can be pressed to cause a computer to execute a series of diagnostic tests to identify the cause of poor computer performance. When a cause is determined a website address can be presented that a user can access to purchase goods or services to alleviate the cause, and billing information may be generated in response to presentation of the website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Nikolaos Georgis, Fredrik Carpio, Paul Hwang
  • Pre- and post-shutter signal image capture and sort for digital camera
    Patent number: 8098297
    Abstract: A camera system includes an image sensor and a processing apparatus receiving image frames from the sensor before and after receipt of a user picture signal. The processing apparatus discards frames that do not meet a quality criterion such as under-exposed frames. Also, the processing apparatus compresses only a subset of remaining frames, specifically, those that meet a compression amount threshold. The remaining frames are presented to a user, who can select a representative frame as the “picture” that was taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Crisan, Nikolaos Georgis, Fredrik Carpio, Paul Jin Hwang
  • PRE- AND POST-SHUTTER SIGNAL IMAGE CAPTURE AND SORT FOR DIGITAL CAMERA
    Publication number: 20110310261
    Abstract: A camera system includes an image sensor and a processing apparatus receiving image frames from the sensor before and after receipt of a user picture signal. The processing apparatus discards frames that do not meet a quality criterion such as under-exposed frames. Also, the processing apparatus compresses only a subset of remaining frames, specifically, those that meet a compression amount threshold. The remaining frames are presented to a user, who can select a representative frame as the “picture” that was taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: ADRIAN CRISAN, Nikolaos Georgis
  • USING COMPUTER VIDEO CAMERA TO DETECT EARTHQUAKE
    Publication number: 20110292220
    Abstract: Images from the video camera of a computer are compared over time, e.g., every few milliseconds, to determine from the pixel data if motion of the computer matches template motion associated with an earthquake P-wave. If so, a warning is generated, uploaded to a communication network, and propagated over the network to other computers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Nikolaos Georgis, Keisuke Omori