Inventor · Los Angeles, CA, US

Kevin J. Stec

39Patents
10h-index
21Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 14, 1983 → Jun 21, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5587742A Flexible parallel processing architecture for video resizing Electricity 78 Expired
US5335074A Phase locked loop synchronizer for a resampling system having incompatible input and output sample rates Electricity 52 Expired
US6069664A Method and apparatus for converting a digital interlaced video signal from a film scanner to a digital progressive video signal Electricity 42 Expired
US5057911A System and method for conversion of digital video signals Electricity 33 Expired
US9554132B2 Video compression implementing resolution tradeoffs and optimization Electricity 27 Active
US5528301A Universal video format sample size converter Electricity 26 Expired
US6424749B1 System and method for scaling combined video and computer generated imagery Physics 22 Expired
US5260800A Apparatus and method for high-speed video tape duplication from master disk Electricity 18 Expired
US8229159B2 Multimedia coding and decoding with additional information capability Electricity 17 Active
US5268750A Apparatus for adjusting the timing of sampled data signals in a resampling system Electricity 12 Expired
US9014263B2 Multi-layer interlace frame-compatible enhanced resolution video delivery Electricity 9 Active
US10194172B2 Directed interpolation and data post-processing Electricity 8 Active
US8619852B2 Systems and methods for multi-layered frame-compatible video delivery Electricity 8 Active
US11477480B2 Directed interpolation and data post-processing Electricity 7 Active
US9729899B2 Directed interpolation and data post-processing Electricity 7 Active
US5119176A System and method for direct digital conversion of digital component video signals to NTSC signal Electricity 6 Expired
US11677982B2 Directed interpolation and data post-processing Electricity 6 Active
US5268756A Generation of synchronization samples for a digital PAL signal Electricity 5 Expired
US4581765A Information security system Electricity 5 Expired
US6836294B2 Method of decreasing delay through frame based format converters Electricity 5 Expired
US8571256B2 Multimedia coding and decoding with additional information capability Electricity 5 Active
US11792428B2 Directed interpolation and data post-processing Electricity 4 Active
US8676041B2 Support of full resolution graphics, menus, and subtitles in frame compatible 3D delivery Electricity 4 Active
US5249038A System and method for converting component video signals to a composite video signal compatible with the PAL standard Electricity 4 Expired
US10609413B2 Directed interpolation and data post-processing Electricity 1 Active

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