Patents by Inventor Thomas McCarthy
Thomas McCarthy 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: 11395009Abstract: Given a sequence of images in a first codeword representation, methods, processes, and systems are presented for image reshaping using rate distortion optimization, wherein reshaping allows the images to be coded in a second codeword representation which allows more efficient compression than using the first codeword representation. Syntax methods for signaling reshaping parameters are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Peng Yin, Fangjun Pu, Taoran Lu, Tao Chen, Walter J. Husak, Sean Thomas McCarthy
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Publication number: 20220224946Abstract: Given a sequence of images in a first codeword representation, methods, processes, and systems are presented for image reshaping using rate distortion optimization, wherein reshaping allows the images to be coded in a second codeword representation which allows more efficient compression than using the first codeword representation. Syntax methods for signaling reshaping parameters are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Peng Yin, Fangjun Pu, Taoran Lu, Tao Chen, Walter J. Husak, Sean Thomas McCarthy
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Publication number: 20220166991Abstract: Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Robin Atkins, Peng YIN, Taoran LU, Fangjun PU, Sean Thomas MCCARTHY, Walter J. HUSAK, Tao CHEN, Guan-Ming SU
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Patent number: 11323728Abstract: Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Fangjun Pu, Sean Thomas McCarthy, Walter J. Husak, Tao Chen, Guan-Ming Su
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Patent number: 11277623Abstract: To support lossless mode at the block level when in-loop reshaping (LMCS) is enabled, the following changes are proposed to the existing LMCS pipeline. In intra mode, encode lossless blocks in the original domain, thus bypassing inverse mapping after reconstruction in the decoder. In inter mode, encode lossless blocks in the original domain, thus bypassing both forward mapping after motion compensation and inverse mapping after reconstruction in the decoder. In both modes, disable any LMCS-related color scaling.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Fangjun Pu, Sean Thomas McCarthy
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Publication number: 20220038723Abstract: Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Fangjun Pu, Sean Thomas McCarthy, Walter J. Husak, Tao Chen, Guan-Ming Su
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Publication number: 20210248656Abstract: There is described a system for providing an interface with personalized products or product recommendations by capturing user data with sensors and computing a physical and/or emotional signature of the user. The user data comprises at least image data, text input, biometric data, and audio data, and may have been captured using one or more sensors on the user device. The user data is processed using at least: facial analysis; body analysis; eye tracking; behavioural analysis; social network analysis; location analysis; user's activities analysis; speech analysis, and text analysis. Based on the user data, one or more states of one or more cognitive-affective competencies of the user may be determined. An is determined, based on the one or more states of the one or more cognitive-affective competencies of the user. Based on the physical and/or emotional signature, one or more personalized products or product recommendations are generating for improving the emotional signature or physical signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: John MAKOWSKY, Joseph John SANTRY, Thomas McCarthy WALLER, Sian Victoria ALLEN, Erica Margaret BUCKERIDGE, Siân Elizabeth GORDON, Todd James SMITH, Peder Richard Douglas SANDE, Amanda Susanne CASGAR, Robert John GATHERCOLE
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Publication number: 20210211688Abstract: Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Fangjun Pu, Sean Thomas McCarthy, Walter J. Husak, Tao Chen, Guan-Ming Su
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Publication number: 20210211738Abstract: Given a sequence of images in a first codeword representation, methods, processes, and systems are presented for image reshaping using rate distortion optimization, wherein reshaping allows the images to be coded in a second codeword representation which allows more efficient compression than using the first codeword representation. Syntax methods for signaling reshaping parameters are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2019Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Peng Yin, Fangjun Pu, Taoran Lu, Tao Chen, Walter J. Husak, Sean Thomas McCarthy
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Patent number: 10999585Abstract: Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Fangjun Pu, Sean Thomas McCarthy, Walter J. Husak, Tao Chen, Guan-Ming Su
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Patent number: 10977779Abstract: A coded video sequence is received in a bitstream with a set of content scan adaptive metadata. It is ascertained if the set of content scan adaptive metadata is received. The set of content scan adaptive metadata includes: a maximum content light level parameter; a maximum frame average light level parameter. The maximum content light level parameter and maximum frame average light level parameter are both dependent on a scan type of the frames of the coded video sequence, the scan type being at least one of a progressive frame type, complimentary field pair type, macroblock-adaptive frame-field frame type, and individual field picture type.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventor: Sean Thomas McCarthy
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Publication number: 20210084307Abstract: To support lossless mode at the block level when in-loop reshaping (LMCS) is enabled, the following changes are proposed to the existing LMCS pipeline. In intra mode, encode lossless blocks in the original domain, thus bypassing inverse mapping after reconstruction in the decoder. In inter mode, encode lossless blocks in the original domain, thus bypassing both forward mapping after motion compensation and inverse mapping after reconstruction in the decoder. In both modes, disable any LMCS-related color scaling.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Fangjun Pu, Sean Thomas McCarthy
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Publication number: 20210049747Abstract: A coded video sequence is received in a bitstream with a set of content scan adaptive metadata. It is ascertained if the set of content scan adaptive metadata is received. The set of content scan adaptive metadata includes: a maximum content light level parameter; a maximum frame average light level parameter. The maximum content light level parameter and maximum frame average light level parameter are both dependent on a scan type of the frames of the coded video sequence, the scan type being at least one of a progressive frame type, complimentary field pair type, macroblock-adaptive frame-field frame type, and individual field picture type.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventor: Sean Thomas McCarthy
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Publication number: 20200382802Abstract: Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Fangjun Pu, Sean Thomas McCarthy, Walter J. Husak, Tao Chen, Guan-Ming Su
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Patent number: 10667869Abstract: Systems and methods for surgical tool navigation, include a movable gantry. A light emitting device is connected to the movable gantry. A range meter connected to the gantry. The distance meter measures a distance between the light emitting device and a surface. In a method of surgical tool navigation, the light emitting device projects light on the surface. The range meter detects the light and measures the distance between the light emitting device and the surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Francois Kotian, Thomas McCarthy
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Patent number: 10610307Abstract: A workflow assistance system for image guided surgical procedures includes an interventional imaging system. The interventional imaging system operates to move relative to a patient and to acquire interventional images during a surgical procedure. A surveillance system is arranged about a surgical suite and produces surveillance data. A workflow controller processes the surveillance data to identify locations of clinicians, the patient, the interventional imaging system, and medical equipment within the surgical suite and provide operational commands to the interventional imaging system based upon the surveillance data.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Francois Kotian, Thomas McCarthy, Francisco Sureda, Valerie Desnoux
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Publication number: 20190350604Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self-expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Earl Howard Slee, Thomas Wilder, III, Thomas McCarthy, Mark Philip Ashby, Sanjay Shrivastava
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Patent number: 10456151Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self-expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Earl Howard Slee, Thomas Wilder, Thomas McCarthy, Mark Philip Ashby, Sanjay Shrivastava
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Patent number: 9665090Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes system includes a data collection system configured to collect a data from a control system. The system further includes a configuration management system configured to manage a hardware configuration and a software configuration for the control system based on the data. The system additionally includes a rule engine configured to use the data as input and to output a health assessment by using a rule database configured to store at least one rule, and a report generator configured to provide a health assessment for the control system. The system also includes a rule editor configured to create the at least one rule, update the at least one rule, delete the at least one rule, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Karthikeyan Loganathan, Ayush Srivastava, Paul Venditti, Ramesh Pai Brahmavar, Goutam Banerjee, Kevin Thomas McCarthy
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Patent number: 9416282Abstract: The disclosure described herein includes antifouling compositions, methods of antifouling by adhesion suppression and methods of selecting an antifouling composition which suppresses marine animal adhesion or reduces the strength of marine animal adhesion by reducing or quenching the oxidative adhesion chemistry of the marine animal.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Jonathan Wilker, Joshua Cloud, Christopher Clark, Thomas McCarthy