Inventor · San Francisco, CA, US

Sean Thomas McCarthy

63Patents
7h-index
50Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 30, 1998 → Dec 23, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6014468A Apparatus and methods for image and signal processing Physics 68 Expired
US9165203B2 Legibility enhancement for a logo, text or other region of interest in video Physics 45 Active
US6360021B1 Apparatus and methods of image and signal processing Physics 37 Expired
US9672437B2 Legibility enhancement for a logo, text or other region of interest in video Physics 34 Active
US10999585B2 Frame-rate scalable video coding Electricity 13 Active
US9516085B2 Constrained fidelity Adaptive Bit Rate encoding systems and methods Electricity 12 Active
US9420317B2 Adaptive streaming to multicast and constrained-fidelity constant bit rate encoding Electricity 7 Active
US7046857B2 Apparatus and methods for image and signal processing Physics 5 Expired
US9118939B2 SVC-to-AVC rewriter with open-loop statistical multiplexer Electricity 2 Active
US10003860B2 Method and apparatus related to variable duration media segments Electricity 2 Active
US9661328B2 Method of bit allocation for image and video compression using perceptual guidance Electricity 2 Active
US8767127B2 System for reducing noise in video processing Physics 2 Active
US11533474B2 Video coding using reference picture resampling supporting region of interest Electricity 2 Active
US9225980B2 Video quality of sevice management and constrained fidelity constant bit rate video encoding systems and methods Electricity 2 Active
US11414175B2 Method and system for operating an aircraft powerplant Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US11193428B2 System and method for monitoring component integrity during engine operation Physics 1 Active
US9111338B2 System for reducing noise in video processing Physics 1 Active
US10977779B2 Light level management with content scan adaptive metadata Physics 1 Active
US11125603B2 Fault detection system and method for liquid level sensing device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US8780717B2 Video quality of service management and constrained fidelity constant bit rate video encoding systems and method Electricity 1 Active
US11168621B2 Method and system for operating an engine in a multi-engine aircraft Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US9961350B2 Method and apparatus for automatic discovery of elements in a system of encoders Electricity 1 Active
US11863839B2 Personalized sensitivity measurements and playback factors for adaptive and personalized media coding and delivery Electricity 1 Active
US11395009B2 Image reshaping in video coding using rate distortion optimization Electricity 1 Active
US12384979B2 Systems and methods for collecting and transporting biofuel components Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

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