Stephan D Schaem

6535634, Mar 18, 2003

Aug 13, 1999

09/374326

Stephan D. Schaem - Fair Oaks CA

GlobalStreams, Inc. - Clayton MO

G06K 900

382166, 382232, 382238

A method of compressing a video image comprising a two-dimensional array of pixels, the image being divided into an array of contiguous blocks, the method comprising the steps of: (1) calculating, for each pixel within a block, a difference between a predicted luminance and an actual luminance; (2) assigning a frequency characteristic to the block based on a magnitude of the differences of the pixels within the block; (3) determining, for each pixel within the block, a quantized difference code based on the calculated difference and the assigned frequency characteristic; and (4) storing the frequency characteristic of the block and the quantized difference codes for each pixel within the block; and wherein the step of assigning comprises calculating a sum of the squares of the differences of all pixels within the block, and selecting the frequency characteristic from a set of predetermined frequency characteristics based on the calculated sum.

6941517, Sep 6, 2005

Dec 12, 2001

10/020104

Joseph Paul Montgomery - Granite Bay CA, US
Michael Richard Young Moore - Rancho Cordova CA, US
Stephen A. Hartford - Folsom CA, US
Mark R. Mooneyham - Folsom CA, US
Daniel A. Kaye - San Francisco CA, US
Kenneth A. Turcotte - Folsom CA, US
Steven R. Kell - El Dorado Hills CA, US
Stephan D. Schaem - Citrus Heights CA, US

Vibe Solutions Group, Inc. - St. Louis MO

G06F003/00

715723, 715716, 715731, 715719

The present invention is concerned with client-side production in a personal computer environment of low bandwidth images and audio. A series of low bandwidth still images along with a “script” and audio data is sent over a network in a client/server architecture or is read from a compact disk or other memory. A “director” module residing in a client personal computer uses the “script” to tell the computer how to execute a sequence of “moves” on the still images. These moves include cuts, dissolves, fades, wipes, focuses, flying planes and digital video effects such as push and pull. Moves within a still image occur in real time, and are relatively smooth and continuous as compared to prior art network video. Low bandwidth is achieved because most of the production is done at the client location without relying upon slow, bandwidth-limited downloading of conventional network video formats.

7665021, Feb 16, 2010

Nov 8, 2002

10/291311

Mark Randall - Folsom CA, US
Thomas Lee Ocel - Sacramento CA, US
Stephan Schaem - Fair Oaks CA, US
Stephan Bouchard - Folsom CA, US

Adobe Systems Incorporated - San Jose CA

G06F 715/716

715716, 715726, 715731, 725135

An integrated and interactive real-time media creation system and method are disclosed that visually link the order and execution of media events to a scrolling on-screen text script that is spoken. As the user speaks, the on-screen text script scrolls under user control. Adjacent to the script text are visual images which represent associated media events. The visual images maintain a constant relative spatial relationship with the text. When the text reaches a predetermined region of the screen it is spoken out loud by the user and the media events are caused to occur at that time. The invention allows a single user with a single personal computer to easily self-produce a multimedia presentation of undetermined and variable length, featuring media events appropriately inserted in real-time without the assistance of a director or other operator.

20060064641, Mar 23, 2006

Sep 6, 2005

11/220267

Joseph Montgomery - Granite Bay CA, US
Michael Richard Moore - Rancho Cordova CA, US
Stephen Hartford - Folsom CA, US
Mark Mooneyham - Folsom CA, US
Daniel Kaye - San Francisco CA, US
Kenneth Turcotte - Folsom CA, US
Steven Kell - El Dorado Hills CA, US
Stephan Schaem - Citrus Heights CA, US

G11B 27/00
G06F 3/00

715723000, 715716000, 715719000, 715731000

The present invention is concerned with client-side production in a personal computer environment of low bandwidth images and audio. A series of low bandwidth still images along with a “script” and audio data is sent over a network in a client/server architecture or is read from a compact disk or other memory. A “director” module residing in a client personal computer uses the “script” to tell the computer how to execute a sequence of “moves” on the still images. These moves include cuts, dissolves, fades, wipes, focuses, flying planes and digital video effects such as push and pull. Moves within a still image occur in real time, and are relatively smooth and continuous as compared to prior art network video. Low bandwidth is achieved because most of the production is done at the client location without relying upon slow, bandwidth-limited downloading of conventional network video formats.

20110200305, Aug 18, 2011

Apr 26, 2011

13/094417

Joseph Paul Montgomery - Granite Bay CA, US
Michael Richard Young Moore - Rancho Cordova CA, US
Stephen A. Hartford - Folsom CA, US
Mark R. Mooneyham - Folsom CA, US
Daniel A. Kaye - San Francisco CA, US
Kenneth A. Turcotte - Folsom CA, US
Steven R. Kell - El Dorado Hills CA, US
Stephan D. Schaem - Citrus Heights CA, US

H04N 5/93

386280, 386E05028

The present invention is concerned with client-side production in a personal computer environment of low bandwidth images and audio. A series of low bandwidth still images along with a “script” and audio data is sent over a network in a client/server architecture or is read from a compact disk or other memory. A “director” module residing in a client personal computer uses the “script” to tell the computer how to execute a sequence of “moves” on the still images. These moves include cuts, dissolves, fades, wipes, focuses, flying planes and digital video effects such as push and pull. Moves within a still image occur in real time, and are relatively smooth and continuous as compared to prior art network video. Low bandwidth is achieved because most of the production is done at the client location without relying upon slow, bandwidth-limited downloading of conventional network video formats.

6380950, Apr 30, 2002

Jan 19, 1999

09/233687

Joseph Paul Montgomery - Granite Bay CA
Michael Richard Young Moore - Rancho Cordova CA
Stephen A. Hartford - Folsom CA
Mark R. Mooneyham - Folsom CA
Daniel A. Kaye - San Francisco CA
Kenneth A. Turcotte - Folsom CA
Steven R. Kell - El Dorado Hills CA
Stephan D. Schaem - Citrus Heights CA

GlobalStreams, Inc. - Emeryville CA

G06F 300

345723, 345719, 345716, 7075001

The present invention is concerned with client-side production in a personal computer environment of low bandwidth images and audio. A series of low bandwidth still images along with a âscriptâ and audio data is sent over a network in a client/server architecture or is read from a compact disk or other memory. A âdirectorâ module residing in a client personal computer uses the âscriptâ to tell the computer how to execute a sequence of âmovesâ on the still images. These moves include cuts, dissolves, fades, wipes, focuses, flying planes and digital video effects such as push and pull. Moves within a still image occur in real time, and are relatively smooth and continuous as compared to prior art network video. Low bandwidth is achieved because most of the production is done at the client location without relying upon slow, bandwidth-limited downloading of conventional network video formats.