Patents by Inventor Wayne A. Mercer

Wayne A. Mercer 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: 9061206
    Abstract: A method and related system of generating a frame of video is disclosed. In the method, a request is received. For instance, the request may initiate a video game. A motion search between an object in a subsequent frame of video and the object in a current frame of video is performed. A pre-determined motion vector for the object is selected. The object in the subsequent frame of video may correspond to a set of pre-encoded macro-blocks and the performing the motion search may include searching a corresponding set of macro-blocks associated with the current frame of video. The pre-encoded macro-blocks may be pre-encoded prior to the request. The motion vector may be pre-determined prior to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: ActiveVideo Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Craig, Clifford Wayne Mercer, Ulrich Sigmund
  • Patent number: 9060101
    Abstract: A method and related system of generating a frame of video is disclosed. In the method, a current frame of video is transmitted. A command corresponding to an action associated with a shifting of an image in the frame of video is received. A subsequent frame of video is transmitted in accordance with the received command, including transmitting at least two slices of video information corresponding to the shifting. Each slice may include an intra-coded macro-block having additional image information at an edge of the frame of video and at least two predictive macro-blocks, and at least one of the predictive macro-blocks includes a motion vector corresponding to the shifting of the image in the frame of video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: ACTIVEVIDEO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Craig, Clifford Wayne Mercer, Ulrich Sigmund
  • Patent number: 8619867
    Abstract: A method and related system of generating a frame of video is disclosed. In the method, a request is received and a frame of video is generated using a plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks. Generating the frame of video includes assigning the plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks to respective positions in a grid. The frame of video may be compatible with an MPEG compression standard. The plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks are pre-encoded prior to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Activevideo Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Craig, Clifford Wayne Mercer, Ulrich Sigmund
  • Publication number: 20130003826
    Abstract: A method and related system of generating a frame of video is disclosed. In the method, a request is received and a frame of video is generated using a plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks. Generating the frame of video includes assigning the plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks to respective positions in a grid. The frame of video may be compatible with an MPEG compression standard. The plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks are pre-encoded prior to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Craig, Clifford Wayne Mercer, Ulrich Sigmund
  • Patent number: 8284842
    Abstract: A method and related system of generating a frame of video is disclosed. In the method, a request is received and a frame of video is generated using a plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks. Generating the frame of video includes assigning the plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks to respective positions in a grid. The frame of video may be compatible with an MPEG compression standard. The plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks are pre-encoded prior to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Activevideo Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Craig, Clifford Wayne Mercer, Ulrich Sigmund
  • Patent number: 8118676
    Abstract: A method and related system of generating a frame of video is disclosed. In the method, a request is received. The frame of video is generated using a plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks. The frame of video is compatible with an MPEG compression standard. The plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks are pre-encoded prior to the request. In some embodiments, the request initiates a video game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Activevideo Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Craig, Clifford Wayne Mercer, Ulrich Sigmund
  • Patent number: 7936819
    Abstract: In a method of transmitting a frame of video, a number of bits corresponding to a frame of video is determined. A length of time needed to transmit the number of bits is determined and is compared with a length of time corresponding to a frame period. A frame period may correspond to an inverse of an average frame update rate. If the length of time exceeds the length of time corresponding to the frame period, one or more P-frames including a plurality of empty macro-blocks may be transmitted and the frame of video may then be transmitted over period of time exceeding one frame period. In some cases, the transmission of the frame of video may equal two or more frame periods. The transmitting may include transmitting an instruction for setting a latency in a client device to less than 50 ms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: TAG Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Craig, Clifford Wayne Mercer, Ulrich Sigmund
  • Patent number: 6029399
    Abstract: Vertically stackable benches and pallets for holding three inch and four inch diameter planting pots, wherein the benches can be entirely formed from wire. Each of the benches has a center portion formed from a planar shaped wire grid. Support members on opposite ends of the wire grid allow the benches to be stacked on top of one another while maintaining an airspace therebetween. Each support member has an upper bent tip extending upwardly from the surface of the grid, and a lower legs that form a downwardly opening slot opening, the legs extending below the undersurface of the grid. The bent tips of a first bench interlock into the slot in the legs of a second bench that is stacked on top of the first bench. Airspaces between each of the stacked pallets allows for seedlings in the pots to grow regardless of whether the pots are arranged in every grid opening or in staggered grid openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Inventor: Wayne A. Mercer