Patents by Inventor Raymond H. Tice

Raymond H. Tice 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).

  • Framework to integrate and abstract processing of multiple hardware domains, data types and format
    Patent number: 8982138
    Abstract: A portable development and execution framework for processing media objects. The framework involves: accepting an instruction to perform a media processing function; accepting a media object to be associated with the media processing function; wrapping the media object with an attribute that specifies a type and format of the media object, and a hardware domain associated with the media object; and causing an execution domain to perform the media processing function on the media object. The instruction to perform the media processing function is expressed in a form that is independent of the hardware domain associated with the media object, and may also be independent of the type and format of the media object. The media object may be an image, and the media processing function may include an image processing function performed on a GPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Avid Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailendra Mathur, Daniel Beaudry, Michel Eid, Mathieu Lamarre, Raymond H. Tice
  • Framework to integrate and abstract processing of multiple hardware domains, data types and format
    Patent number: 8358313
    Abstract: A portable development and execution framework for processing media objects. The framework involves: accepting an instruction to perform a media processing function; accepting a media object to be associated with the media processing function; wrapping the media object with an attribute that specifies a type and format of the media object, and a hardware domain associated with the media object; and causing an execution domain to perform the media processing function on the media object. The instruction to perform the media processing function is expressed in a form that is independent of the hardware domain associated with the media object, and may also be independent of the type and format of the media object. The media object may be an image, and the media processing function may include an image processing function performed on a GPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Avid Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailendra Mathur, Daniel Beaudry, Michel Eid, Mathieu Lamarre, Raymond H. Tice
  • FRAMEWORK TO INTEGRATE AND ABSTRACT PROCESSING OF MULTIPLE HARDWARE DOMAINS, DATA TYPES AND FORMAT
    Publication number: 20090251475
    Abstract: A portable development and execution framework for processing media objects. The framework involves: accepting an instruction to perform a media processing function; accepting a media object to be associated with the media processing function; wrapping the media object with an attribute that specifies a type and format of the media object, and a hardware domain associated with the media object; and causing an execution domain to perform the media processing function on the media object. The instruction to perform the media processing function is expressed in a form that is independent of the hardware domain associated with the media object, and may also be independent of the type and format of the media object. The media object may be an image, and the media processing function may include an image processing function performed on a GPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Shailendra Mathur, Daniel Beaudry, Michel Eid, Mathieu Lamarre, Raymond H. Tice
  • Method and apparatus for positioning an input image into interlaced video
    Patent number: 6317158
    Abstract: When processing a time varying effect that positions an input image into an interlaced output image, the input image is filtered first. The filtered input image then is positioned in the output image by mapping one line in the output image to one line in the input image space. The input image may be filtered once and the filtered image may be used to create all output fields for the effect. Thus, the overhead per output field used to create the output field from the input image is reduced in comparison to filtered subpixel positioning. In addition, equipment that is capable of performing only unfiltered subpixel positioning may use the filtered input image to reduce interlaced artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Avid Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond H. Tice