Patents by Inventor Winfried Wolf

Winfried Wolf 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 of decoding coded image data utilizing transmission error detection to interrupt decoding and up-dating
    Patent number: 5117288
    Abstract: A method of decoding coded image data, preferably coded according to CCITT Recommendsation H. 261, wherein the data stream is continuously monitored for transmission errors by utilizing the residual redundancy of the data stream, and pixel values reconstructed after the detection of a transmission error are not entered into the predicted-image memory until a subsequent starting code word for a frame or field has appeared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Eisenhardt, Georg Kummerfeldt, Franz May, Winfried Wolf