Patents by Inventor Laurence Poirier-Clarac

Laurence Poirier-Clarac 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 and apparatus for decoding received data signals
    Patent number: 8649428
    Abstract: Decoding logic is arranged to receive an encoded data signal. The decoding logic comprises a convolutional decoder arranged to perform convolutional decoding on the encoded data signal, to produce a decoded data signal. The decoding logic comprises header bit prediction logic arranged to predict a value for at least one header bit within the decoded data signal, and to provide the predicted value for the at least one header bit to the convolutional decoder to be applied during convolutional decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathieu Villion, Laurence Poirier-Clarac, Pierre Tardy
  • Broadcasting of textual and multimedia information
    Patent number: 8270343
    Abstract: A wireless communication system comprises a broadcast transmitter broadcasting textual and multimedia information to a remote receiver unit. The broadcast transmitter is operably coupled to a signal manipulation function and arranged to receive and process a broadcast signal that comprises both a textual portion and multimedia information. The signal manipulation function separates the textual and multimedia information into multiple bursts of data sub-blocks, wherein substantially each sub block comprises the textual data and a sub-block of multimedia information for transmitting to the remote receiver unit. By implementing the aforementioned inventive concepts, faster access to the most important (i.e. semantic) part of the transmitted information can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Tardy, Laurence Poirier-Clarac
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING RECEIVED DATA SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20100316117
    Abstract: Decoding logic is arranged to receive an encoded data signal. The decoding logic comprises a convolutional decoder arranged to perform convolutional decoding on the encoded data signal, to produce a decoded data signal. The decoding logic comprises header bit prediction logic arranged to predict a value for at least one header bit within the decoded data signal, and to provide the predicted value for the at least one header bit to the convolutional decoder to be applied during convolutional decoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Mathieu Villion, Laurence Poirier-Clarac, Pierre Tardy
  • BROADCASTING OF TEXTUAL AND MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20090268648
    Abstract: A wireless communication system comprises a broadcast transmitter broadcasting textual and multimedia information to a remote receiver unit. The broadcast transmitter is operably coupled to a signal manipulation function and arranged to receive and process a broadcast signal that comprises both a textual portion and multimedia information. The signal manipulation function separates the textual and multimedia information into multiple bursts of data sub-blocks, wherein substantially each sub block comprises the textual data and a sub-block of multimedia information for transmitting to the remote receiver unit. By implementing the aforementioned inventive concepts, faster access to the most important (i.e. semantic) part of the transmitted information can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Tardy, Laurence Poirier-Clarac