Patents by Inventor Sorin Constantin Cismas

Sorin Constantin Cismas 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).

  • Patent number: 11843776
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of encoding an image is performed at a device including one or more processors and non-transitory memory. The method includes determining a category of a spatial portion of an image based on a relation between a plurality of thresholds associated with a plurality of quantization scaling parameters and a bit rate of the spatial portion of the image at the plurality of quantization scaling parameters. The method includes quantizing the spatial portion of the image based on the categorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Krishnakanth Rapaka, Munehiro Nakazato, Jiandong Shen, Ganesh G. Yadav, Sorin Constantin Cismas, Jim C. Chou, Hao Pan
  • Patent number: 11778211
    Abstract: Systems and methods of parallel image parsing and processing for video decoding are provided. Video decoder circuitry may enable an incoming encoded bitstream to be split into multiple bitstreams corresponding to the bitstream compression scheme and processed by multiple parsers corresponding to the bitstream compression scheme in parallel. This enables parallel decoding of the incoming bitstream and, thus, more efficient decoder processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yaxiong Zhou, Felix C. Fernandes, Jeffrey J. Irwin, Liviu R. Morogan, Sorin Constantin Cismas
  • Patent number: 11653057
    Abstract: A source electronic device may include first interface circuitry that transmits a data packet over a wireless link to a sink electronic device to present the data packet as part of a video stream. The source electronic device may also include encoder circuitry that encodes the data packet for transmission through the wireless link and a feedback path communicatively coupling the encoder circuitry directly to the first interface circuitry. The feedback path may transmit one or more feedback signals from the first interface circuitry to the encoder circuitry, bypassing a network layer, an encoder driver, or both. The encoder circuitry, the first interface circuitry, or both may adjust one or more transmission parameters associated with transmitting the data packet over the wireless link, based on the one or more feedback signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eran Sudak, Ran Katz, Sorin Constantin Cismas
  • Publication number: 20230078235
    Abstract: Compression techniques are described. In an embodiment, a first plane of sensor data is accessed, the first plane of sensor data is divided into a plurality of slices, each sample is encoded in each slice from the plurality of slices, where encoding a sample include computing a median based prediction for the sample, computing an error for the sample comprising a difference between the sample and the computed median based prediction, determining a context for the sample, selecting a model for the sample by using the determined context, and encoding the computed error by using the selected model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sorin Constantin Cismas, Ali Sazegari, Christian Thomas Martelock, Guy Cote
  • Publication number: 20230081975
    Abstract: Systems and methods of parallel image parsing and processing for video decoding are provided. Video decoder circuitry may enable an incoming encoded bitstream to be split into multiple bitstreams corresponding to the bitstream compression scheme and processed by multiple parsers corresponding to the bitstream compression scheme in parallel. This enables parallel decoding of the incoming bitstream and, thus, more efficient decoder processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yaxiong Zhou, Felix C. Fernandes, Jeffrey J. Irwin, Liviu R. Morogan, Sorin Constantin Cismas
  • Publication number: 20220329805
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of encoding an image is performed at a device including one or more processors and non-transitory memory. The method includes determining a category of a spatial portion of an image based on a relation between a plurality of thresholds associated with a plurality of quantization scaling parameters and a bit rate of the spatial portion of the image at the plurality of quantization scaling parameters. The method includes quantizing the spatial portion of the image based on the categorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Krishnakanth Rapaka, Munehiro Nakazato, Jiandong Shen, Ganesh G. Yadav, Sorin Constantin Cismas, Jim C. Chou, Hao Pan
  • Patent number: 11399180
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of encoding an image is performed at a device including one or more processors and non-transitory memory. The method includes receiving a first image comprising a plurality of pixels having a respective plurality of pixel locations and a respective plurality of pixel values. The method includes applying a frequency transform to a first spatial portion of the first image to generate a plurality of first frequency coefficients respectively associated with a plurality of spatial frequencies and applying the frequency transform to a second spatial portion of the first image to generate a plurality of second frequency coefficients respectively associated with the plurality of spatial frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Krishnakanth Rapaka, Munehiro Nakazato, Jiandong Shen, Ganesh G. Yadav, Sorin Constantin Cismas, Jim C. Chou, Hao Pan
  • Publication number: 20210029404
    Abstract: A source electronic device may include first interface circuitry that transmits a data packet over a wireless link to a sink electronic device to present the data packet as part of a video stream. The source electronic device may also include encoder circuitry that encodes the data packet for transmission through the wireless link and a feedback path communicatively coupling the encoder circuitry directly to the first interface circuitry. The feedback path may transmit one or more feedback signals from the first interface circuitry to the encoder circuitry, bypassing a network layer, an encoder driver, or both. The encoder circuitry, the first interface circuitry, or both may adjust one or more transmission parameters associated with transmitting the data packet over the wireless link, based on the one or more feedback signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Eran Sudak, Ran Katz, Sorin Constantin Cismas
  • Patent number: 10812857
    Abstract: A source electronic device may include first interface circuitry that transmits a data packet over a wireless link to a sink electronic device to present the data packet as part of a video stream. The source electronic device may also include encoder circuitry that encodes the data packet for transmission through the wireless link and a feedback path communicatively coupling the encoder circuitry directly to the first interface circuitry. The feedback path may transmit one or more feedback signals from the first interface circuitry to the encoder circuitry, bypassing a network layer, an encoder driver, or both. The encoder circuitry, the first interface circuitry, or both may adjust one or more transmission parameters associated with transmitting the data packet over the wireless link, based on the one or more feedback signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eran Sudak, Ran Katz, Sorin Constantin Cismas
  • Publication number: 20200107069
    Abstract: A source electronic device may include first interface circuitry that transmits a data packet over a wireless link to a sink electronic device to present the data packet as part of a video stream. The source electronic device may also include encoder circuitry that encodes the data packet for transmission through the wireless link and a feedback path communicatively coupling the encoder circuitry directly to the first interface circuitry. The feedback path may transmit one or more feedback signals from the first interface circuitry to the encoder circuitry, bypassing a network layer, an encoder driver, or both. The encoder circuitry, the first interface circuitry, or both may adjust one or more transmission parameters associated with transmitting the data packet over the wireless link, based on the one or more feedback signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Eran Sudak, Ran Katz, Sorin Constantin Cismas