Patents by Inventor Bernard Finet

Bernard Finet 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).

  • Wireless interconnection method and assembly for establishing a bidirectional communication between audio and/or video devices
    Patent number: 7035586
    Abstract: In a interconnection assembly having two relays (R1, R2) for establishing a bi-directional wireless communication between two audio and/or video devices (4, 8) situated in different rooms (2, 3) in a building (1), a first one (4) of the two audio and/or video devices including a source (SAV) of audio and/or video electrical signals which can be controlled by means of a remote-control signal (6), the second (8) of the two audio and/or video devices including a receiver (TV2) and a remote control (TC) generating remote-control signals unable to pass through the walls of a building, one (R2) of the relays sending the remote-control information by radio link to the other relay (R1) which is able to return audio and/or video signals by radio link from the source (SAV) to the relay (R2), a coder (13) is provided for inserting a code in the remote-control information (9) and a decoder is provided (18) for decoding the coded remote-control information received by the relay (R1), comparing the code contained in the co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Bernard Finet
  • Wireless interconnection method and assembly for establishing a bidirectional communication between audio and/or video devices
    Publication number: 20020168934
    Abstract: In this interconnection assembly comprising two relays (R1, R2) for establishing a bidirectional wireless communication between two audio and/or video devices (4, 8) situated in different rooms (2, 3) in a building (1), a first one (4) of the two audio and/or video devices including a source (SAV) of audio and/or video electrical signals which can be controlled by means of a remote-control signal (6), the second (8) of the two audio and/or video devices comprising a receiver (TV2) and a remote control (TC) generating remote-control signals unable to pass through the walls of a building, one (R2) of the relays sending the remote-control information by radio link to the other relay (R1) which is able to return audio and/or video signals by radio link from the source (SAV) to the relay (R2), a coder (13) is provided for inserting a code in the remote-control information (9) and a decoder (18) for decoding the coded remote-control information received by the relay (R1), comparing the code contained in the coded r
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventor: Bernard Finet