Patents by Inventor Frederic Cerou

Frederic Cerou 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).

  • Computer checking tool
    Patent number: 8583941
    Abstract: A computer checking tool that can repeatedly process a plurality of data sets including data distributed according to a statistical rule may include an estimator that can establish, for a data set, a value characterizing the reproduction of a criterion concerning the data contained therein. The tool may also include a driver that calls the estimator with a plurality of data sets in order to determine a plurality of values, establish a new plurality of sets from the plurality of values, and repeat the estimator call with a new previously established plurality of sets until a condition is verified that involves an extremum of the plurality of values and/or number of repetitions. In addition, the tool may include a mixer that establishes a new set of data on the basis of an existing data set while maintaining the distribution according to the statistical rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Inria Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
    Inventors: Frederic Cerou, Teddy Furon, Arnaud Guyader
  • COMPUTER CHECKING TOOL
    Publication number: 20120060061
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer checking tool that can repeatedly process a plurality of data sets including data distributed according to a statistical rule. The tool includes an estimator (8) that can establish, for a data set, a value characterising the reproduction of a criterion concerning the data contained therein, a driver (6) designed to call the estimator (8) with a plurality of data sets in order to determine a plurality of values and establish a new plurality of sets from the plurality of values, and repeat the estimator (8) call with a new previously established plurality of sets until a condition is verified that involves an extremum of said plurality of values and/or number of repetitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Inria Institut National De Recherche En Informatique Et En Automatique
    Inventors: Frederic Cerou, Teddy Furon, Arnaud Guyader
  • Method of measuring the error rate of an optical transmission system and apparatus for implementing the method
    Patent number: 6744496
    Abstract: A method of measuring the error rate of an optical transmission system transmitting a signal by detecting the signal, and asynchronously sampling the signal at a frequency independent of the bit rate of the signal to obtain K samples of the signal at respective times t1 to tK, where K is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The eye diagram of the signal, the error rate of the signal and the bit time of the signal are then computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignees: Alcatel, Inria
    Inventors: Olivier Audouin, Maria Manzanedo, Ludovic Noirie, Denis Penninckx, Albert Benveniste, Frederic Cerou, George Moustakides
  • Method of measuring the error rate of an optical transmission system and apparatus for implementing the method
    Publication number: 20030117613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of measuring the error rate of an optical transmission system transmitting a signal, said method comprising the following operations:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: ALCATEL, INRIA
    Inventors: Olivier Audouin, Maria Manzanedo, Ludovic Noirie, Denis Penninckx, Albert Benveniste, Frederic Cerou, George Moustakides