Patents by Inventor William Sheets

William Sheets 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).

  • Method, system and article of manufacture for identifying the source type and quality level of a video sequence
    Publication number: 20020149703
    Abstract: A deinterlacing system which converts an interlaced video stream into a progressive video stream is disclosed. The deinterlacing system includes a field assembly responsive to a last field, a next field, a current field and progressive source phase and operative to develop a progressive output frame, a source detection module responsive to last, next and current fields and operative to develop a progressive source phase and a progressive source detected and an intra-frame deinterlacer responsive to the progressive output frame and the progressive source detected and operative to develop a progressive frame output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Dale R. Adams, William Sheet