Patents by Inventor Cedric Caron

Cedric Caron 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).

  • TIME-OF-FLIGHT DEMODULATION CIRCUITRY, TIME-OF-FLIGHT DEMODULATION METHOD, TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING APPARATUS, TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20240061090
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to time-of-flight demodulation circuitry configured to: determine a light event pattern with an event-based light detection element of a plurality of event-based light detection elements; and determine, for a demodulation element of a plurality of demodulation elements, a timing for a demodulation signal to be applied to the demodulation element based on the light event pattern, wherein the demodulation element is associated with the event-based light detection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Cédric CARON, Sua KIM, Stefan ISLER, Kensei JO, Atsumi NIWA
  • Method for seamless splicing in a video encoder
    Patent number: 6208691
    Abstract: A method of achieving seamless switching of digitally compressed signals. The method includes the steps of identifying the point in a video signal where splicing to a second video signal is desired, and thereafter, maintaining adherence to certain parameters in the encoder buffer to ensure that the input signal. is not being compressed at a rate that causes either underflow or overflow in the encoder buffer. The method also includes the steps of constraining the upper bound of the encoder buffer to ensure that data is not being outputted from the encoder buffer to the decoder buffer too slowly so as to cause an underflow of data in the decoder buffer. The method may also include the steps of constraining the lower bound of the encoder buffer to ensure that data is not being outputted from the encoder buffer to the decoder buffer too quickly so as to cause an overflow of data in the decoder buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corp.
    Inventors: Mahesh Balakrishnan, Cedric Caron
  • Method for seamless splicing in a video encoder
    Patent number: 5982436
    Abstract: A method of achieving seamless switching of digitally compressed signals. The method includes the steps of identifying the point in a video signal where splicing to a second video signal is desired, and thereafter, maintaining adherence to certain parameters in the encoder buffer to ensure that the input signal is not being compressed at a rate that causes either underflow or overflow in the encoder buffer. The method also includes the steps of constraining the upper bound of the encoder buffer to ensure that data is not being outputted from the encoder buffer to the decoder buffer too slowly so as to cause an underflow of data in the decoder buffer. The method may also include the steps of constraining the lower bound of the encoder buffer to ensure that data is not being outputted from the encoder buffer to the decoder buffer too quickly so as to cause an overflow of data in the decoder buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corp.
    Inventors: Mahesh Balakrishnan, Cedric Caron