Patents by Inventor Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI

Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI 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: 11675406
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220121258
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11243593
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200081508
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10503228
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160070325
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9218311
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8788870
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for enabling display system data transmission during use. An integrated circuit package includes input interface circuitry configured to receive an audio-video data stream having a video signal and timing information and timing extraction circuitry that can identify blanking patterns for the video signal. The package includes input processing circuitry for receiving audio-video signal and converting the audio-video data stream input into a low voltage differential signal (LVDS). The package includes a timing controller having timing extraction circuitry, a set of symbol buffers, a scheduler, and timing control circuitry. All configured to implement LVDS data transfer and in some implementation enable point to point data transfer from data buffers to associated column drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8732372
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for displaying enabling the transmission, formatting, and display of multimedia data after a hot plug event during a start-up dead period. In particular, approaches for transmission, formatting, and display of multimedia data in the absence or non-operation of a hot plug detect system or signal, so that multimedia information can be displayed in a proper format even during the dead period when no hot plug detect signal is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8667203
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for transmitting and displaying video data after a hot plug event during a start-up dead period. In particular, hot plug events occurring when a toggleable hot plug detection mechanism is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140051281
    Abstract: A multimedia sink device comprises: 1) a connector configured to be connected to an adaptor cable; 2) detection circuitry configured to detect when the adaptor cable is connected to the connector; and 3) hot plug detection (HPD) circuitry configured to determine if a configuration circuit is coupled to an HPD line of the multimedia sink device. In response to a determination that the configuration circuit is coupled to the HPD line, the HPD circuitry determines if the configuration circuit is associated with the adaptor cable. The HPD circuitry reads configuration data from the configuration circuit associated with the adaptor cable. The configuration data indicates the configuration circuit is resident in the cable adaptor and causes the multimedia sink device to increase a voltage level of a power supply voltage provided by the multimedia sink device to a multimedia source device via the adaptor cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140032945
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20130262720
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for transmitting and displaying video data after a hot plug event during a start-up dead period. In particular, hot plug events occurring when a toggleable hot plug detection mechanism is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventor: Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI