Kathleen M Burns

US Patent:

6840959, Jan 11, 2005

Filed:

Jul 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/899448

Inventors:

Patrick J. Treacy - Kinnelon NJ, US
Damon Servidio - Montville NJ, US
Lawrence R. Menendez - Marina Del Rey CA, US
Kathleen N. Burns - Edgewater NJ, US

Assignee:

Howmedica Ostenics Corp. - Mahwah NJ

International Classification:

A61F 234

US Classification:

623 2222, 623 2232, 623 2235, 623 2238

Abstract:

A pelvic prosthesis includes a ball socket and two substantially parallel fanned wings extending upward from the socket. A stabilizing hump is located directly above the socket and extends between and substantially perpendicular to the fanned wings. Each wing is provided with at least two pin receiving holes such that pins may be inserted through the fanned wing. The holes are preferably arranged so that the pins, when inserted, are not parallel. The anterior fanned wing is approximately twice as tall as the posterior fanned wing. Methods and tools for implanting the prosthesis are also disclosed.

US Patent:

8331659, Dec 11, 2012

Filed:

May 23, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/126321

Inventors:

Kathleen Burns - Doylestown PA, US
Larry Pearlstein - Newtown PA, US

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

G06K 9/00
G06K 9/40

US Classification:

382162, 382274

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for reduced complexity video and image processing with special chroma handling are disclosed. Frame-type decisions are made on a video stream made up of a sequence of frames. A first subset of the frames are selected to be monochrome and generated without chroma data. A second subset of the frames are selected to be in color and generated with chroma components. In one embodiment, the first subset of frames includes odd frames and the second subset of frames includes even frames in the video stream. Under higher video frame rates, the lack of color in every other frame is not visible to the end viewer. Accordingly, subsequent processing of the output video stream permits luma-only processing of many frames in the video stream, extensively reducing the amount of computation.