Patents by Inventor Alvaro Dau

Alvaro Dau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7505395
    Abstract: The present invention provides a parallel pulse code modulation system enabling the independent control of a plurality of groups of one or more electronic devices. A memory unit receives control data from an external source, and a multiplexer connected to the memory unit receives control data therefrom and organizes it into a serial data stream. A shift register connected to the multiplexer receives the serial data stream and translates groups of data into parallel data stream output, representing control parameters for a particular group of one or more electronic devices. A latch connected to the shift register and to the groups of electronic devices receives each parallel data stream output and sends a particular parallel data stream output to a corresponding group electronic devices. A logic sequencer provides sequencing and timing signals to the memory unit, the multiplexer, the shift register and the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: TIR Technology LP
    Inventors: Ian Ashdown, Alvaro Dau
  • Publication number: 20050232132
    Abstract: The present invention provides a parallel pulse code modulation system enabling the independent control of a plurality of groups of one or more electronic devices. The system comprises a memory unit for receiving control data, from an external source, wherein this memory unit is configured to enable writing of the control data thereto and reading of the control data therefrom. The system further comprises a multiplexer connected to the memory unit for receiving the control data from the memory unit and organizing the control data into a serial data stream comprising groups of data. A shift register connected to the multiplexer receives the serial data stream from the multiplexer and translates each group of data into a parallel data stream output. Each parallel data stream output represents control parameters for a particular group of one or more electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: TIR Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian Ashdown, Alvaro Dau