Patents by Inventor Paul Niman

Paul Niman 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).

  • Source agnostic audio/visual analysis framework
    Patent number: 9906782
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the quality of video playback are provided. Errors in video playback may be detected at any point of transmission at which video can be extracted regardless of the means of transmission or the type of device through which transmission occurs thus allowing for testing of a plurality of devices or transmission means with the same testing system. Such devices or transmission means may provide direct or indirect input for analysis and identification of frame glitches, pulldown performance, frame jitter, frame judder, frame skip, frame tear, audio synchronization, quality comparison and MOS scoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cinder LLC
    Inventors: Steven Martin, Ayal Lutwak, Paul Niman
  • Source Agnostic Audio/Visual Analysis Framework
    Publication number: 20160205397
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the quality of video playback are provided. Errors in video playback may be detected at any point of transmission at which video can be extracted regardless of the means of transmission or the type of device through which transmission occurs thus allowing for testing of a plurality of devices or transmission means with the same testing system. Such devices or transmission means may provide direct or indirect input for analysis and identification of frame glitches, pulldown performance, frame jitter, frame judder, frame skip, frame tear, audio synchronization, quality comparison and MOS scoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Cinder Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Martin, Ayal Lutwak, Paul Niman