Patents by Inventor Peter Hans Westerink

Peter Hans Westerink 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).

  • Dynamic scene description emulation for playback of audio/visual streams on a scene description based playback system
    Publication number: 20030016747
    Abstract: A method, and program storage device apparatus for adapting multi-media presentations of various formats to a new format suitable for playback on a general scene description based playback system. More specifically, when mult-media presentations do not contain scene description components, such components appropriate to the multi-media presentation will be constructed. The multi-media presentation will then be presented together with the created scene description components to the playback system for decoding rendering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Hans Westerink, Stephen Peter Wood
  • Approximate MPEG decoder with compressed reference frames
    Patent number: 5777677
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the memory requirements of a decoding subsystem by storing reference frames in compressed form. A reference picture in a sequence is decoded, compressed and stored in memory. When the reference frame is needed for motion compensation, it is decompressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Elliot Neil Linzer, Roderick Michael Peters West, Peter Hans Westerink