Patents by Inventor Raymond Westwater

Raymond Westwater 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 AND APPARATUS TO PROCESS VIDEO SEQUENCES IN TRANSFORM SPACE
    Publication number: 20190238872
    Abstract: A system configured to preform pre-compression on video sequences within a transform space to improve the compressibility of the video sequence during standard video encoding. In some cases, the pre-compression is configured to prevent the introduction of perceivable distortion into the video sequence or to substantially minimize the introduction of perceivable distortion. In some examples, a transform-Domain video processor may pre-compress or pre-process the video sequence in one, two, or three dimensional blocks or sequences using models of human visual contrast sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Raymond Westwater
  • Method and apparatus to process video sequences in transform space
    Patent number: 10298942
    Abstract: A system configured to preform pre-compression on video sequences within a transform space to improve the compressibility of the video sequence during standard video encoding. In some cases, the pre-compression is configured to prevent the introduction of perceivable distortion into the video sequence or to substantially minimize the introduction of perceivable distortion. In some examples, a transform-Domain video processor may pre-compress or pre-process the video sequence in one, two, or three dimensional blocks or sequences using models of human visual contrast sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: ZPEG, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond Westwater