Patents by Inventor Bernardus H. M. Vaske

Bernardus H. M. Vaske 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: 6025887
    Abstract: Transmitter station for transmitting, and receiver for receiving a plurality of television programs via respective transmission channels. A teletext page with tuning data, which are representative of the transmission channels used by the transmitter station is transmitted by one of the programs, for example, a local television program. An installation procedure of downloading the tuning data includes a search of the local television program. In order to accelerate the procedure, the page header of its teletext pages includes a code (.about.) indicating that the tuning data are incorporated in the television program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Bernardus H. M. Vaske
  • Patent number: 5978042
    Abstract: In a display device equipped with a picture-in-picture function, during controlling of the picture parameters of the main picture, one or several auxiliary pictures are presented on the screen, each having a certain combination of parameter settings. These may be preprogrammed, defined by a user, or automatically determined. The display device is provided with circuitry for transferring the parameter settings of one of the auxiliary pictures to the main picture. In a special embodiment, an auxiliary picture represents the parameter settings at the start of the picture parameter adjustment process. As a result, the old parameter settings may be compared with the new ones and, if so desired, may be reinstated in a simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Bernardus H. M. Vaske, Joanne H. D. M. Westerink, Michiel J. van der Korst, Guy J. Roberts
  • Patent number: 5684541
    Abstract: Transmitter station for transmitting, and receiver for receiving a plurality of television programs via respective transmission channels. A teletext page with tuning data (F) which are representative of the transmission channels used by the transmitter station is transmitted by means of one of the programs, for example a local television program. Moreover, further signal processing data are incorporated in the teletext page, which data are representative of the transmitted television programs, such as a station name (NAM), a system code (S) and a predetermined teletext page number (PDC). When the television receiver is tuned to a television program, the respective signal processing circuits are controlled by means of the corresponding signal processing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Bernardus H. M. Vaske
  • Patent number: 5579061
    Abstract: Transmitter station for transmitting a plurality of television programs, and receiver for receiving the programs.Transmitter station for transmitting, and receiver for receiving a plurality of television programs via respective transmission channels. A teletext page with tuning data which are representative of the transmission channels used by the transmitter station is transmitted by means of one of the programs, for example a local television program. An installation procedure of downloading the tuning data comprises the search of the local television program. In order to accelerate the procedure, the page header of its teletext pages includes a code (.about.) indicating that the tuning data are incorporated in said television program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Bernardus H. M. Vaske