Patents by Inventor Shlomo Beer Gingold
Shlomo Beer Gingold 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).
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Patent number: 9948928Abstract: A method for processing an image, the method comprising retrieving an image, encoding the image as a string of components, deriving an exponent for each component, deriving mantissas wherein at least an approximation of each component can be derived from the exponents and mantissas, and wherein each exponent indicates the number of bits in its accompanying mantissa, compressing at least the exponents, and storing the exponents and the mantissas in a memory. There is also provided a apparatus for processing an image.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.Inventors: Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Ofer Naaman, Michael Zarubinsky
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Publication number: 20140204103Abstract: A data processing system comprises a task scheduling device arranged to schedule a plurality of tasks; and a plurality of processing units, at least some of which being adapted to execute one or more assigned tasks of the plurality of tasks and, for each assigned task, to provide to the task scheduling device at least a task status event which indicates when an execution of the assigned task is finished; wherein the task scheduling device comprises a task scheduler controller unit arranged to assign one or more of the plurality of tasks, each to a corresponding one of the processing units being adapted to execute the assigned task, in response to receiving one or more of the task status events associated with one or more previously assigned tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.Inventors: Shlomo Beer-gingold, Eran Weingarten, Michael Zarubinsky
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Publication number: 20140133552Abstract: A method for processing an image, the method comprising retrieving an image, encoding the image as a string of components, deriving an exponent for each component, deriving mantissas wherein at least an approximation of each component can be derived from the exponents and mantissas, and wherein each exponent indicates the number of bits in its accompanying mantissa, compressing at least the exponents, and storing the exponents and the mantissas in a memory. There is also provided a apparatus for processing an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Ofer Naaman, Michael Zarubinsky
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Publication number: 20140086309Abstract: A method for encoding an image. The method comprises: dividing the image into a plurality of variable sized blocks, encoding each sub-block using variable bit rate encoding, storing the encoded sub-blocks, generating a marker matrix, and storing the marker matrix for use in decoding the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Ofer Naaman, Michael Zarubinsky
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Patent number: 8526756Abstract: A method and a system, the system includes: a memory unit, an image region definer, a spectral analyzer, a determination module, and an image processor. The spectral analyzer is arranged to divide a frequency spectrum of each image region into at least three image region frequency range components (IRFRCs); and calculate an energy level for each IRFRC. The comparator configured to compare the energy level of each IRFRC to at least one frequency region threshold to provide a comparison result for each IRFRC; wherein each frequency region threshold is calculated based on an intensity parameter of an image section and based on an energy parameter of at least one reference image section; a determination module arranged to determine a processing operation for each IRFRC, based on a comparison result associated with the IRFRC and based on a configurable decision rule.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Michael Zarubinsky, Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Michelle Kosashvili
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Patent number: 8456529Abstract: A device for evaluating connectivity between a video driver and a display, the device comprises a first video driver, a first output connector, a first terminating resistance; wherein the device is characterized by comprising a first comparison unit; wherein the first video driver has an output port that is coupled to the first output connector, to the first terminating resistance and to the first comparison unit; wherein the first output connector is configured to be coupled via a first cable to a first input of the display; wherein the first comparison unit is adapted to perform comparisons between a voltage level on the first terminating resistance to multiple thresholds and to determine whether a display first input impedance is substantially equal to the first terminating resistance, whether the display first input impedance is substantially lower then the first terminating resistance, or whether the first video driver is disconnected from the display; wherein the comparisons are executed during a pixelType: GrantFiled: April 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Anton Rozen, Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Michael Zarubinsky
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Patent number: 8345155Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises deflicker unit is described for adaptively applying deflicker filtering to image data to be displayed using an interlaced scan line technique. The deflicker unit comprises analysis unit arranged to receive the image data and identify at least one region of an image to which deflicker filtering is to be applied, and filter arranged to apply deflicker filtering to those regions identified by the analysis unit. In one example, the analysis unit may be arranged to identify regions of the image to which deflicker filtering is to be applied based at least on energy levels for a high frequency range component within the vertical frequency domain of the image data.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Eyal Rabia, Michael Zarubinsky
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Publication number: 20120086852Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises deflicker unit is described for adaptively applying deflicker filtering to image data to be displayed using an interlaced scan line technique. The deflicker unit comprises analysis unit arranged to receive the image data and identify at least one region of an image to which deflicker filtering is to be applied, and filter arranged to apply deflicker filtering to those regions identified by the analysis unit. In one example, the analysis unit may be arranged to identify regions of the image to which deflicker filtering is to be applied based at least on energy levels for a high frequency range component within the vertical frequency domain of the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Eyal Rabia, Michael Zarubinsky
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Publication number: 20120020560Abstract: A method and a system, the system includes: a memory unit, an image region definer, a spectral analyzer, a determination module, and an image processor. The spectral analyzer is arranged to divide a frequency spectrum of each image region into at least three image region frequency range components (IRFRCs); and calculate an energy level for each IRFRC. The comparator configured to compare the energy level of each IRFRC to at least one frequency region threshold to provide a comparison result for each IRFRC; wherein each frequency region threshold is calculated based on an intensity parameter of an image section and based on an energy parameter of at least one reference image section; a determination module arranged to determine a processing operation for each IRFRC, based on a comparison result associated with the IRFRC and based on a configurable decision rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2009Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.Inventors: Michael Zarubinsky, Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Michelle Kosashvili
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Patent number: 8077698Abstract: A method slot and frame synchronization of in a wireless system, the method includes: processing samples and a pair of primary synchronization code forming sequences by a pair of serially coupled filters to provide primary results; finding, in response to the primary results, slots boundaries; processing selected samples and multiple pairs of secondary synchronization code forming sequences by at least a second filter of the pair of serially coupled filters to provide secondary results; wherein the selected samples correspond to the slots boundaries; and detecting secondary synchronization sequences included in a frame in response to the secondary results.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Alexander Sverdlov, Michael Zarubinsky
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Patent number: 7977983Abstract: A method and a device having synchronizing capabilities, the device includes; (i) a first circuit that is adapted to receive a first clock signal; (ii) a second circuit that is adapted to receive a second clock signal; wherein the first and second clock signals and mutually asynchronous; and a (iii) synchronizer that is coupled between the first and second circuit and is adapted to receive the second clock signal, to receive an input signal from the first circuit and to output an output signal of definite values to the second circuit, wherein the input signal is synchronized with the first clock signal and the output signal is synchronized with the second clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Michael Priel, Shlomo Beer Gingold, Dan Kuzmin
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Publication number: 20110013088Abstract: A device for evaluating connectivity between a video driver and a display, the device comprises a first video driver, a first output connector, a first terminating resistance; wherein the device is characterized by comprising a first comparison unit; wherein the first video driver has an output port that is coupled to the first output connector, to the first terminating resistance and to the first comparison unit; wherein the first output connector is configured to be coupled via a first cable to a first input of the display; wherein the first comparison unit is adapted to perform comparisons between a voltage level on the first terminating resistance to multiple thresholds and to determine whether a display first input impedance is substantially equal to the first terminating resistance, whether the display first input impedance is substantially lower then the first terminating resistance, or whether the first video driver is disconnected from the display; wherein the comparisons are executed during a pixelType: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2008Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Anton Rozen, Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Michael Zarubinsky
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Publication number: 20100142511Abstract: A method slot and frame synchronization of in a wireless system, the method includes: processing samples and a pair of primary synchronization code forming sequences by a pair of serially coupled filters to provide primary results; finding, in response to the primary results, slots boundaries; processing selected samples and multiple pairs of secondary synchronization code forming sequences by at least a second filter of the pair of serially coupled filters to provide secondary results; wherein the selected samples correspond to the slots boundaries; and detecting secondary synchronization sequences included in a frame in response to the secondary results.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Shlomo Beer-Gingold, Alexander Sverdlov, Michael Zarubinsky