Patents by Inventor Atols Kern

Atols Kern 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).

  • Method for controlling the quality of storage media
    Patent number: 8184516
    Abstract: A method for controlling the quality of storage media, and more specifically a method for determining if the quality of a storage medium decreases. The method includes: determining one or more quality parameters of the storage medium; and comparing one or more of the determined quality parameters with previously determined quality parameters of the storage medium stored in a memory in case the quality of the storage medium has been determined before.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Stefan Kimmelmann, Hartmut Richter, Atols Kern, Xavier Lebegue, Emmanuel Daugeras