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Inventor

Ralf Ostermann

Inventor
Hannover, DE

Overview

109→
Patents
2002–2020
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 109 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G11Bprimary
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer30%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television30%
G06FElectric digital data processing22%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general8%
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes2%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication2%
Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests1%
G06KGraphical data reading1%
F24J0%
F24SSolar heat collectors0%
PatentTitleYear
10,791,3143D disparity maps202010,353,547Method for representing animated menu buttons20199,792,719'Method and apparatus for removing outliers from a main view of a scene during 3D scene reconstruction'20179,749,576'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20179,635,306'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20179,595,293'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20179,591,281'Apparatus and method for determining a disparity estimate'20179,557,888'Method for representing animated menu buttons'20179,529,501'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20169,509,969'Method and apparatus for executing software applications'20169,503,678'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20169,462,221'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20169,445,042'Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data'20169,436,355'Method and device for composing a menu'20169,395,897'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20169,395,896'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20169,384,210'Bonding contents on separate storage media'20169,378,221'Bonding contents on separate storage media'20169,377,931'Method for decoding a menu data segment'20169,378,220'Bonding contents on separate storage media'20169,372,599'Method for representing animated menu buttons'20169,367,210'Method for representing animated menu buttons'20169,354,784'Method and device for composing a menu'20169,354,783'Method for representing animated menu buttons'20169,338,390'Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data'20169,304,664'Method for generating multi-language menus'20169,298,354'Method for generating multi-language menus'20169,204,117'Method and apparatus for executing software applications'20159,183,886'Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data'20159,176,654'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20159,167,220'Synchronized stream packing'20159,167,176'Method and device for handling multiple video streams using metadata'20159,137,507'Method and apparatus for executing software applications'20159,129,378'Method and apparatus for recovering a component of a distortion field and for determining a disparity field'20159,092,117'Method and device for composing a menu'20159,021,356'Method and device for composing a menu'20159,015,626'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20158,990,694'Method for representing animated menu buttons'20158,943,436'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20158,930,850'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20158,909,026'Method and apparatus for simplifying the access of metadata'20148,902,314'Transcoding MPEG bittstreams for adding sub-picture content'20148,887,093'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20148,887,094'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20148,867,890'Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data'20148,867,825'Method and apparatus for determining a similarity or dissimilarity measure'20148,862,994'Method and device for composing a menu'20148,856,654'Method and device for composing a menu'20148,792,770'Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data'20148,792,771'Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data'20148,788,939'Method and device for composing a menu'20148,751,932'Method and device for composing a menu'20148,745,530'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20148,737,810'Method and apparatus for cropping of subtitle elements'20148,732,612'Method for presenting menu buttons'20148,732,122'Bonding contents on separate storage media'20148,701,004'Method for generating multi-language menus'20148,667,036'Bonding contents on separate storage media'20148,607,160'Method for presenting menu buttons'20138,607,195'Method and apparatus for executing software applications'20138,607,194'Method and apparatus for executing software applications'20138,588,585'Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data'20138,561,039'Method for generating a set of machine-interpretable instructions for presenting media content to a user'20138,555,168'Method and device for composing a menu'20138,543,920'Method and device for composing a menu'20138,537,282'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20138,531,609'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20138,528,027'Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data'20138,479,119'Method for presenting menu buttons'20138,473,863'Method for generating an on-screen menu'20138,466,926'Renderer for presenting an image frame by help of a set of displaying commands'20138,432,493'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20138,418,133'Method and apparatus for executing software applications'20138,387,091'Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data'20138,381,254'Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data'20138,373,800'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20138,363,163'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20138,359,536'Method and device for composing a menu'20138,326,125'Method and device for linking multimedia data'20128,111,759'Method and apparatus for authoring a 24p audio/video data stream by supplementing it with additional 50i format data items'20128,064,751'Appliance-guided edit-operations in advanced digital video recording systems'20118,042,096'Method for automatically selecting a software application'20117,978,962'Method for controlling an optical pick-up for reading data streams for simultaneous reproduction'20117,949,958'Method and apparatus for generating an electronic menu'20117,929,791'Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data stream'20117,929,790'Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data stream'20117,929,792'Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data stream'20117,924,916'Method and apparatus for decoding encoded groups of pictures of a video sequence and presenting said video sequence and said groups of pictures in temporally backward direction'20117,921,377'Method for generating an interactive menu'20117,912,305'Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data stream'20117,852,411'Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles'20107,848,585'Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data stream'20107,715,685'Recording media maintenance support'20107,657,109'Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data stream'20107,653,882'Method for representing animated menu buttons'20107,643,384'Method for controlling an optical pick-up for reading data streams for simultaneous reproduction'20107,640,228'Method for retrieving data from first and second storage medium'20097,634,174'Method data recorder for recording data packet timestamps'20097,623,573'Method and apparatus for storing or transmitting coding parameters separately from coded audio-visual data'20097,409,409'Method for editing a recorded stream of application packets, and corresponding stream recorder'20087,317,866'Reproducing a digital datastream containing program information for trick mode display'20087,295,755'Method and apparatus for simplifying the access of metadata'20077,283,721'Method and apparatus for automatically or electronically addressing data within a file or files'20077,280,741'Method and apparatus for controlling the insertion of stuffing data into a bitstream to be recorded'20077,269,582'Database model for hierarchical data formats'20077,027,712'Method and apparatus for recording on a storage medium or replaying from a storage medium data packets of a transport stream'20067,006,756'Method and apparatus for timestamping a bitstream to be recorded'20066,622,187'Method for pre-processing data packets'20036,438,318'Method for regenerating the original data of a digitally coded video film, and apparatus for carrying out the method'2002

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2002–2020Based in Hannover, DE· patent location history
2007–2019Patents assigned to THOMSON LICENSING (102)· patent assignee history
2011–2020Patents assigned to OSTERMANN RALF (33)· patent assignee history
2012–2015Patents assigned to HOERENTRUP JOBST (22)· patent assignee history
2012–2015Patents assigned to GANDOLPH DIRK (21)· patent assignee history
2012–2015Patents assigned to PETERS HARTMUT (21)· patent assignee history
2013Based in Hanover, DE· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
THOMSON LICENSING1022007–2019
OSTERMANN RALFself332011–2020
HOERENTRUP JOBST222012–2015
GANDOLPH DIRK212012–2015
PETERS HARTMUT212012–2015
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Hannover, DE1082002–2020
Hanover, DE12013