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Mina Ayman Makar, Stanford, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110255589Methods of compressing data and methods of assessing the same - In a number of embodiments, methods for compressing video data are disclosed. In addition, in a number of embodiments, methods for assessing the quality of compressed videos are disclosed.10-20-2011

Minar Makar, Stanford, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110274155APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED VIDEO TRANSCODING - A method is described for streaming video data within a network, wherein the video data includes a sequence of frames. The method includes encoding the sequence of frames and generating a plurality of substreams from the encoded frames in this embodiment. Each of the plurality of substreams is assigned an identifier, and each substream includes a common encoded frame and a non-overlapping portion of the encoded sequence. The non-overlapping portion of the encoded sequence of each substream is selected from the encoded frames based on the identifier of the respective substream. The method also includes transmitting the plurality of substreams to a receiver in an embodiment.11-10-2011

Steve Makar, Kelowna CA

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20120018420HEATING CABLE - A heating cable includes a bus wire structure that includes a plurality of bus wires. An insulation layer is provided to insulate the plurality of bus wires. A plurality of node areas exposes portions of the bus wires from the insulation. A heating element is wrapped around the bus wire structure in a helical manner. The heating element includes an insulating core and one or more resistance wires wrapped around the core in a helical manner. The heating element is electrically coupled to the nodes of the bus wire structure at the plurality of node areas. The insulating core may be made of a folded-over tape made of a cloth material, such as glass cloth. Pluralities of redundant paths in between two nodes are provided to allow for current to flow in a zone if one of the redundant paths is broken.01-26-2012