Patents by Inventor Grady Cook

Grady Cook 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).

  • Method and apparatus for on-chip voltage controlled oscillator function
    Patent number: 8165199
    Abstract: This invention uses a flying adder frequency synthesis circuit to provide the required frequency adjustments to accommodate the varying encoding density of a MPEG2 video data stream. This invention adjusts the local clock based on the information extracted from the program clock reference signal in the incoming data. This invention replaces an external or internal voltage-controlled crystal oscillator using a phase locked loop circuit on the video processing integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Liming Xiu, Grady Cook, Daniel Dudek, Hongbing Lian, Yihe Hu, Christopher S. Tracy
  • Method and Apparatus for Variable Frame Rate
    Publication number: 20090161809
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting to a frame rate. The method displays the video frames with varying rates. The method comprising the steps of detecting a change in the frame rate, calculating the FREQ of the frame, adjusting the phase-locked loop utilizing the calculated FREQ, and utilizing the adjusted phase-locked loop output as the pixel clock to display the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Liming Xiu, Hongbing Lian, Grady Cook, Christopher Sean Tracy, Wen Li
  • Method and Apparatus for On-Chip Voltage Controlled Oscillator Function
    Publication number: 20090103604
    Abstract: This invention uses a flying adder frequency synthesis circuit to provide the required frequency adjustments to accommodate the varying encoding density of a MPEG2 video data stream. This invention adjusts the local clock based on the information extracted from the program clock reference signal in the incoming data. This invention replaces an external or internal voltage-controlled crystal oscillator using a phase locked loop circuit on the video processing integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Liming Xiu, Grady Cook, Daniel Dudek, Hongbing Lian, Yihe Hu, Christopher S. Tracy