Patents by Inventor Sining Ma

Sining Ma 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).

  • Large scale online lossless animated GIF processor
    Patent number: 10803626
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for a large scale online lossless animated GIF processor are described herein. In an example, a lossless animated GIF processor is adapted to receive an animated GIF image and decode a first and second frame of the animated GIF image, wherein the decoding identifies a disposal method for each frame. The lossless animated GIF processor may determine an optimized disposal method for the second frame based on transparency pixels in the second frame and an overlap estimation between the second frame and the first frame. The lossless animated GIF processor may encode the second frame with the optimized disposal method. The lossless animated GIF processor may be further adapted to identify pixels in an area of interest, designate pixels outside the area of interest as transparent, and encode the area of interest and the pixels designated as transparent for the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yurong Jiang, Ivaylo G. Dimitrov, Sining Ma, Si Lao
  • LARGE SCALE ONLINE LOSSLESS ANIMATED GIF PROCESSOR
    Publication number: 20200005493
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for a large scale online lossless animated GIF processor are described herein. In an example, a lossless animated GIF processor is adapted to receive an animated GIF image and decode a first and second frame of the animated GIF image, wherein the decoding identifies a disposal method for each frame. The lossless animated GIF processor may determine an optimized disposal method for the second frame based on transparency pixels in the second frame and an overlap estimation between the second frame and the first frame. The lossless animated GIF processor may encode the second frame with the optimized disposal method. The lossless animated GIF processor may be further adapted to identify pixels in an area of interest, designate pixels outside the area of interest as transparent, and encode the area of interest and the pixels designated as transparent for the second frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yurong Jiang, Ivaylo G. Dimitrov, Sining Ma, Si Lao