Patents by Inventor Fabio Grilli

Fabio Grilli 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: 6292233
    Abstract: A device controller controls access to a device, such as a television, having a power input for receiving power and a data input for receiving control data. When in standby mode, the device controller disconnects the device from a power source, such as the AC mains of the building in which the device is situated. As a result, in standby mode only the device controller is powered, which uses much less power than prior art devices in standby mode. The device controller includes an input device structured to provide control data based on control instructions received from a user, a power switch coupled between a power source and the device power input, and a data coupler coupled to the device data input and structured to convert electrical data into non-electrical data and back to the electrical data for delivery to the device data input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gianluca Erba, Fabio Grilli
  • Patent number: 6091198
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube video device connected to a power source and having a first normal operating state and at least a second operating state at reduced power (stand-by mode) includes a switching power supply and a circuit portion for demagnetizing the cathode-ray tube coupled to the power source through an electrically actuated switch. The switch is closed to demagnetize the cathode-ray tube during the first operating state of the device, and opened during the second operating state at reduced power of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Fabio Grilli, Giuseppe Cestari, Alessandro Messi