Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Robert O. Eifrig

28Patents
13h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 4, 1995 → May 5, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5991447A Prediction and coding of bi-directionally predicted video object planes for interlaced digital video Electricity 310 Expired
US6005980A Motion estimation and compensation of video object planes for interlaced digital video Electricity 236 Expired
US5974184A Intra-macroblock DC and AC coefficient prediction for interlaced digital video Electricity 193 Expired
US6026195A Motion estimation and compensation of video object planes for interlaced digital video Electricity 188 Expired
US6748020B1 Transcoder-multiplexer (transmux) software architecture Electricity 126 Expired
US6259741A Method of architecture for converting MPEG-2 4:2:2-profile bitstreams into main-profile bitstreams Electricity 125 Expired
US6570922B1 Rate control for an MPEG transcoder without a priori knowledge of picture type Electricity 101 Expired
US5686964A Bit rate control mechanism for digital image and video data compression Electricity 97 Expired
US5995151A Bit rate control mechanism for digital image and video data compression Electricity 89 Expired
USRE38563E1 Prediction and coding of bi-directionally predicted video object planes for interlaced digital video General 86 Expired
US6289129A Video rate buffer for use with push dataflow Electricity 21 Expired
US9582157B1 User interface and program guide for a multi-program video viewing apparatus Physics 20 Active
USRE38564E1 Motion estimation and compensation of video object planes for interlaced digital video General 18 Expired
US8351514B2 Method, protocol, and apparatus for transporting advanced video coding content Electricity 13 Active
US7840119B2 Methods and apparatus for processing progressive I-slice refreshed MPEG data streams to enable trick play mode features on a display device Electricity 5 Active
US8908765B2 Method and apparatus for performing motion estimation Electricity 4 Active
US8582652B2 Method and apparatus for selecting a coding mode Electricity 4 Active
US7020198B2 Rate control for an MPEG transcoder without a priori knowledge picture type Electricity 4 Expired
US9485456B2 Frame-rate conversion in a distributed computing system Electricity 3 Active
US8503541B2 Method and apparatus for determining timing information from a bit stream Electricity 3 Active
US10687106B2 System and method for distributed control of segmented media Electricity 2 Active
US8526489B2 Personal video recorder Electricity 1 Active
US9374577B2 Method and apparatus for selecting a coding mode Electricity 1 Active
US9609049B2 Frame-rate conversion in a distributed computing system Electricity 1 Active
US9549179B2 Personal video recorder Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.