Patents by Inventor Nirmala Paul

Nirmala Paul 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).

  • Parallel symbol decoding
    Patent number: 9432688
    Abstract: A device for parallel symbol decoding may include a first and second block. The first block is configured to convert a bitstream into a stream of binary symbols corresponding to motion vector data and other compressed image data, insert length fields into the stream of binary symbols that are each indicative of a number of consecutive binary symbols that correspond to motion vector data, and store the stream of binary symbols in a buffer. The second block is configured to retrieve the stream of binary symbols from the buffer, determine, based at least in part on the inserted length fields, consecutive binary symbols that correspond to motion vector data, decode the consecutive binary symbols that correspond to motion vector data via a first decode path, and to decode binary symbols that correspond to other compressed image data via a second decode path that is independent of the first decode path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Moore Hellman, Nirmala Paul, Stephen Michael Thompson
  • PARALLEL SYMBOL DECODING
    Publication number: 20150055708
    Abstract: A device for parallel symbol decoding may include a first and second block. The first block is configured to convert a bitstream into a stream of binary symbols corresponding to motion vector data and other compressed image data, insert length fields into the stream of binary symbols that are each indicative of a number of consecutive binary symbols that correspond to motion vector data, and store the stream of binary symbols in a buffer. The second block is configured to retrieve the stream of binary symbols from the buffer, determine, based at least in part on the inserted length fields, consecutive binary symbols that correspond to motion vector data, decode the consecutive binary symbols that correspond to motion vector data via a first decode path, and to decode binary symbols that correspond to other compressed image data via a second decode path that is independent of the first decode path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy Moore HELLMAN, Nirmala Paul, Stephen Michael Thompson