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Equator Technologies, Inc.

25Patents
0Active
25Granted
31Portfolio score

Filing activity: Sep 4, 1997 → Sep 12, 2005

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6347344B1 Integrated multimedia system with local processor, data transfer switch, processing modules, fixed functional unit, data streamer, interface unit and multiplexer, all integrated on multimedia processor Physics 157 Expired
US6385638B1 Processor resource distributor and method Physics 119 Expired
US6690838B2 Image processing circuit and method for reducing a difference between pixel values across an image boundary Physics 97 Expired
US7093256B2 Method and apparatus for scheduling real-time and non-real-time access to a shared resource Physics 52 Expired
US6608625B1 Three dimensional graphic processor Physics 50 Expired
US6236764A Image processing circuit and method for reducing a difference between pixel values across an image boundary Physics 39 Expired
US6721948B1 Method for managing shared tasks in a multi-tasking data processing system Physics 38 Expired
US6690836B2 Circuit and method for decoding an encoded version of an image having a first resolution directly into a decoded version of the image having a second resolution Electricity 35 Expired
US6434649B1 Data streamer Physics 34 Expired
US7548996B2 Data streamer Physics 34 Expired
US7194032B1 Circuit and method for modifying a region of an encoded image Electricity 28 Expired
US7051123B1 Data transfer engine of a processor having a plurality of modules Physics 22 Expired
US6507293B2 Processing circuit and method for variable-length coding and decoding Electricity 18 Expired
US6498816B1 Circuit and method for formatting each of a series of encoded video images into respective regions Electricity 11 Expired
US6587058B1 Processing circuit and method for variable-length coding and decoding Electricity 9 Expired
US7113646B2 Decoding of predicted AC coefficient without division Electricity 9 Expired
US7068850B2 Decoding of predicted DC coefficient without division Electricity 9 Expired
US6909752B2 Circuit and method for generating filler pixels from the original pixels in a video stream Electricity 6 Expired
US7028245B2 Even-load software Reed-Solomon decoder Electricity 5 Expired
US7095448B2 Image processing circuit and method for modifying a pixel value Electricity 3 Expired
US7076105B2 Circuit and method for performing a two-dimensional transform during the processing of an image Electricity 2 Expired
US7262720B2 Processing circuit and method for variable-length coding and decoding Electricity 2 Expired
US7095785B2 Determination of prediction direction in MPEG-4 Electricity 1 Expired
US7103102B2 Bit stream code lookup table for an MPEG-4 code word Electricity 1 Expired
US7137121B2 Data-processing circuit and method for switching between application programs without an operating system Physics 1 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.