Image Codec Engine

Patent №

US 8,908,980

Granted

2014-12-09

Filed 2012

Owner

S3 INCORPORATED

+2 more

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13692047

A method implemented in a graphics engine for decoding image blocks to derive an original image is provided. The method comprises receiving at least one encoded image data block at a block decoder, the at least one encoded image data block comprising a plurality of codewords and a bitmap. The method further comprises determining a block type based on the plurality of codewords and selecting a decoder unit among a plurality of decoder units in accordance with the block type.

VisionG06T 9/005G06T 9/00H03M 7/30H04N 19/12H04N 19/124H04N 19/14H04N 19/176H04N 19/186+3 more

AI classification

Vision0.98
Natural language0.02
Machine learning0.01
AI hardware0.01
Knowledge representation0.00
Planning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

S3 INCORPORATED

assignment · 294190237

SONICBLUE INCORPORATED

namechg · 294220429

S3 GRAPHICS CO., LTD.

assignment · 294400734

Assignors

IOURCHA, KONSTANTINE I., NAYAK, KRISHNA S., HONG, ZHOU

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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