Patents by Inventor Payam Kermani

Payam Kermani 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, apparatus and system for communicating sideband data with non-compressed video
    Patent number: 8786776
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for communicating sideband information in a data frame including video data. In an embodiment, a data frame is exchanged between two device via a hardware interconnect which is compatible with physical layer requirements of an interface specification. The interface specification identifies a data frame format comprising a total of X consecutive horizontal lines of vertical blanking data and a total of Y consecutive horizontal lines of data including video data. In another embodiment, vertical blanking data of the data frame includes only (X?N) consecutive horizontal lines of data. Active data of the data frame includes N horizontal lines of data including sideband data, and Y additional horizontal lines of data including video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiong Huang, Jaeryon Lee, Sergey Yarygin, Gyudong Kim, Chandlee Harrell, Payam Kermani