Patents by Inventor Tiemen Spits

Tiemen Spits 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).

  • Audio and video decoder circuit and system
    Patent number: 6369855
    Abstract: An improved audio-visual circuit is provided that includes a transport packet parsing circuit for receiving a transport data packet stream, a CPU circuit for initializing said integrated circuit and for processing portions of said data packet stream, a ROM circuit for storing data, a RAM circuit for storing data, an audio decoder circuit for decoding audio portions of said data packet stream, a video decoder circuit for decoding video portions of said data packet stream, an NTSC/PAL encoding circuit for encoding video portions of said data packet stream, an OSD coprocessor circuit for processing OSD portions of said data packets, a traffic controller circuit moving portions of said data packet stream between portions of said integrated circuit, an extension bus interface circuit, a P1394 interface circuit, a communication coprocessors circuit, an address bus connected to said circuits, and a data bus connected to said circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerard Chauvel, Serge Lasserre, Mario Giani, Tiemen Spits, Gerard Benbassat, Frank L. Laczko, Sr., Y. Paul Chiang, Karen L. Walker, Mark E. Paley, Brian O. Chae
  • Real time window address calculation for on-screen display
    Patent number: 6310657
    Abstract: An on-screen display system in which a CPU generates windows in a working memory space also provides for real time calculation of window addresses in the working memory space. This can eliminate the need for a separate frame buffer memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerard Chauvel, Serge Lasserre, Mario Giani, Tiemen Spits, Gerard Benbassat, Frank L. Laczko, Sr., Y. Paul Chiang, Karen L. Walker, Mark E. Paley, Brian O. Chae
  • Transport stream packet parser system
    Patent number: 6226291
    Abstract: A transport stream parser system is provided that utilizes an intermediate buffer for containing packets after processing with an associated flag and then use a processor for further processing of packets selected by such flags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerard Chauvel, Serge Lasserre, Mario Giani, Tiemen Spits