Silicon Optix Inc.

Audiotrack Corporation

Qualcomm Incorporated

Gregory Lionel Smith

Louie Lee

Zorawar Singh Bassi

Vladimir Lachine

Marvin C Nolan

John H Wiltshire

An edge adaptive system and method for image filtering. The method maps each output pixel onto input image coordinates and then prefilters and resamples the input image pixels around this point to reduce noise and adjust the scale corresponding to a particular operation. Then the edge in the input image is detected based on local and average signal variances in the input pixels. According to the edge detection parameters, including orientation, anisotropy and variance strength, the method determines a footprint and frequency response for the interpolation of the output pixel. In a more particular implementation, the method divides the input pixel space into a finite number of directions called skews, and estimates the edge orientation with the nearest skew direction. This further facilitates pixels inclusion in the interpolation of the output pixel.

Edge adaptive image expansion and enhancement system and method

Dynamic warp map generation system and corresponding method are disclosed. A compactor obtains spatial transformation parameters along with geometric and optical distortion parameters and combines them to form hybrid grid data in a hybrid vector space. This vector space is divided into hybrid blocks. In each hybrid block, the grid dataset is fitted with a hypersurface and the surface coefficients are saved in an interface. A decompactor obtains dynamic control parameters representing varying distortion parameters and generates a hybrid space vector. According to the hybrid space vector, a warp map is decoded from the hypersurface coefficients that compensates for dynamic geometric and optical distortions. In another example of the present invention, the dynamic warp map generation system is used for color gamut transformation.

Dynamic warp map generation system and method

A short throw projection system and method for displaying a corrected optical image on a projection screen based on input image data that includes an electronic correction unit, an image projector and a reflection assembly. The electronic correction unit receives the input image data and generates pre-distorted image data. The image projector receives the pre-distorted image data from the electronic correction unit and projects a pre-distorted optical image that corresponds to the pre-distorted image data or a pre-distorted image compensated by the projection optic distortion. The optical reflection assembly is positioned in the optical path of the pre-distorted optical image to project an optical image on the projection screen. The reflection assembly can consist of various combinations of curved and planar mirrors as desired. The electronic correction unit is encoded to pre-distort the geometry of the image represented by the image data such that when the pre-distorted optical image is projected through the image projector and reflected within the reflection assembly, the optical and geometric distortions associated with the image projector and the mirrors within the reflection assembly are eliminated in the displayed optical image.

Short throw projection system and method

A method and system for circularly symmetric anisotropic filtering over an extended elliptical or rectangular footprint in single-pass digital image warping are disclosed. The filtering is performed by first finding and adjusting an ellipse that approximates a non-uniform image scaling function in a mapped position of an output pixel in the input image space. A linear transformation from this ellipse to a unit circle in the output image space is determined to calculate input pixel radii inside the footprint and corresponding filter coefficient as a function of the radius. The shape of the footprint is determined as a trade-off between image quality and processing speed. In one implementation, profiles of smoothing and warping components are combined to produce sharper or detail enhanced output image. The method and system of the invention produce natural output image without jagging artifacts, while maintaining or enhancing the sharpness of the input image.

Single-pass image resampling system and method with anisotropic filtering

A code is embedded into an audio product so as to be processed therewith for recording and/or broadcast and yet be reliably detected while remaining inaudible to human perception. The code is represented by symbols formed from an impulse function having its energy within a specified frequency range. The audio product is analyzed to find segments which can mask the code based on tonality and a minimum signal energy. When the audio product with an embedded code is detected, decoding thereof involves finding candidate code signals which are checked against preset criteria. In particular, each symbol is made of at least two impulse functions with a preset spacing therebetween.

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Gregory Lionel Smith