Inventor · Ardmore, PA, US

Joseph T. Friel

44Patents
10h-index
35Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 11, 1996 → Jun 24, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8358328B2 Multiple video camera processing for teleconferencing Electricity 50 Active
US8086076B2 Real-time face detection using temporal differences Electricity 29 Active
US8723914B2 System and method for providing enhanced video processing in a network environment Electricity 27 Active
US8890923B2 Generating and rendering synthesized views with multiple video streams in telepresence video conference sessions Electricity 26 Active
US8319819B2 Virtual round-table videoconference Electricity 22 Active
US5937185A Method and system for device virtualization based on an interrupt request in a DOS-based environment Physics 19 Expired
US8823776B2 Implementing selective image enhancement Physics 19 Active
US8854412B2 Real-time automatic scene relighting in video conference sessions Physics 18 Active
US8390667B2 Pop-up PIP for people not in picture Physics 16 Active
US8494049B2 Long term reference frame management with error video feedback for compressed video communication Electricity 12 Active
US8363721B2 Reference picture prediction for video coding Electricity 10 Active
US8111331B2 Image resizer and resizing method Physics 7 Active
US9338394B2 System and method for providing enhanced audio in a video environment Electricity 7 Active
US5790837A Method and system for device virtualization based on an interrupt request in a dos-based environment Physics 6 Expired
US8218831B2 Combined face detection and background registration Physics 6 Active
US9749718B1 Adaptive telemetry based on in-network cross domain intelligence Physics 5 Active
US9225916B2 System and method for enhancing video images in a conferencing environment Electricity 5 Active
US8077772B2 Coding background blocks in video coding that includes coding as skipped Electricity 4 Active
US9313452B2 System and method for providing retracting optics in a video conferencing environment Electricity 3 Active
US10977827B2 Multiview estimation of 6D pose Physics 3 Active
US8599934B2 System and method for skip coding during video conferencing in a network environment Electricity 3 Active
US8644384B2 Video coding reference picture prediction using information available at a decoder Electricity 3 Active
US10067810B2 Performing transactions between application containers Electricity 3 Active
US8483283B2 Real-time face detection Electricity 2 Active
US10464669B2 Unmanned aerial vehicle collision avoidance system Electricity 2 Active

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