Patents by Inventor Shivshankar Ramamurthi

Shivshankar Ramamurthi 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).

  • Content-transformation power management of a mobile display
    Patent number: 7742638
    Abstract: The present invention provides a video server. In one embodiment, the video server includes a perceptual analyzer configured to analyze frames of a video sequence and provide a video analysis file. The video server also includes a transmitter coupled to the perceptual analyzer and configured to transmit both the video sequence and the video analysis file. The present invention also provides a mobile client. In one embodiment, the mobile client includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) having a backlight and configured to provide a video sequence for the mobile client. The mobile client also includes a display processor, coupled to the LCD, configured to employ a received video analysis file to enhance at least one of a brightness and contrast of the video sequence and correspondingly reduce a backlight intensity of the backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Leonardo W. Estevez, Shivshankar Ramamurthi
  • CONTENT-TRANSFORMATION POWER MANAGEMENT OF A MOBILE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20070268235
    Abstract: The present invention provides a video server. In one embodiment, the video server includes a perceptual analyzer configured to analyze frames of a video sequence and provide a video analysis file. The video server also includes a transmitter coupled to the perceptual analyzer and configured to transmit both the video sequence and the video analysis file. The present invention also provides a mobile client. In one embodiment, the mobile client includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) having a backlight and configured to provide a video sequence for the mobile client. The mobile client also includes a display processor, coupled to the LCD, configured to employ a received video analysis file to enhance at least one of a brightness and contrast of the video sequence and correspondingly reduce a backlight intensity of the backlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Leonardo Estevez, Shivshankar Ramamurthi