Patents by Inventor Phil Hallmark

Phil Hallmark 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).

  • Patent number: 6538583
    Abstract: A system for encoding and decoding information of a codeblock from a memory buffer that includes a context modeler that receives from the memory buffer the codeblock and divides the codeblock into a plurality of codesegments or decodes a codeblock worth of information from received compressed data. The codesegments includes a plurality of bits. The context modeler processes each of the codesegments individually by determining whether any of the bits need special coding information or decoding. The context modeler outputs coded bits associated with the bits that are coded with the special coding information and context information associated with the coded bits or outputs a codeblock worth of information to the memory buffer. An arithmetic coder receives the context information and coded bits and compresses the coded bits or receives compressed data and decompresses the compressed data to produce context information and coded bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Phil Hallmark, Richard Greene
  • Patent number: 5984514
    Abstract: A video compression circuit comprises an input that receives an input video signal. A memory buffer, coupled to the input, temporarily stores a portion of the input video signal. A single horizontal filter bank, coupled to the memory buffer, high-pass and low-pass filters horizontal components of the input video signal. A single vertical filter bank, also coupled to the memory buffer, high-pass and low-pass filters vertical components of the input video signal. A recursion buffer, coupled to the filter banks, temporarily stores filter components of the input video signal for recursive filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Greene, Mark Rossman, Phil Hallmark